Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. AstraZeneca vaccine trial will clear confusion on how well it works: U.S. scientist
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - A top U.S. scientist overseeing COVID-19 vaccine trials expects a large U.S. study to determine how effective AstraZeneca's experimental inoculation is, follow...
Dec 07, 2020
Japan's third quartre GDP revised up to annualised 22.9% growth
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy grew an annualised 22.9% in July-September, better than the initial estimate of a 21.4% expansion, revised data from the Cabinet Office showed on Tuesday, as it rebou...
Dec 07, 2020
China foreign minister pledges to uphold trade deal during Biden administration - US-China business council
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi assured U.S. executives during a videoconference on Sunday that Beijing remained committed to the Phase 1 trade deal with the United States, the...
Dec 07, 2020
Second U.S. judge blocks Commerce restrictions on TikTok
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A second U.S. judge late on Monday granted a preliminary injunction blocking the U.S. Commerce Department from imposing restrictions on Chinese-owned short video sharing app Tik...
Dec 07, 2020
Japanese manufacturers' gloom eases slightly in December - Reuters Tankan
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Sentiment among Japanese manufacturers and service-sector firms in December improved to its least pessimistic since February, as businesses eyed a slow and bumpy r...
Dec 07, 2020
Woods' Hall of Fame induction on hold until 2022 due to COVID-19
(Reuters) - Tiger Woods' induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame will have to wait, after organisers said they were postponing the 2021 ceremony until the following year due to the COVID-19 pandemi...
Dec 07, 2020
Duracell, Energizer end lawsuits over battery life claims
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The makers of Energizer and Duracell batteries have ended two lawsuits accusing each other of advertising false claims to consumers about battery life. According to filings on Fri...
Dec 07, 2020
Private equity firms, investors sign global initiative on diversity
By Chibuike Oguh (Reuters) - Nearly 50 buyout firms and investors have signed a global initiative that aims to improve diversity and inclusion among their ranks, a U.S. private equity investor associa...
Dec 07, 2020
Trump admin seeks to allow polar bear disturbance for oil in Alaska refuge
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Monday proposed allowing companies searching for oil and gas deposits in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to disrupt polar bears li...
Dec 07, 2020
Trump administration passed Pfizer's offer to sell more vaccine doses: NYT
(Reuters) - Trump administration officials passed when Pfizer Inc offered in late summer to sell more vaccine doses to the United States, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing people familiar ...
Dec 07, 2020
