Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympic marathon champion Takahashi among 12 women added to Tokyo organisers' board
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sydney Olympics marathon gold medallist Naoko Takahashi and former Paralympic alpine skier Kuniko Obinata were among 12 women added to the Tokyo Olympics organising committee board o...
Mar 03, 2021
Mali, Emirates facilitated Venezuelan gold trade in 2020, opposition says
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela sent gold to Mali in 2020 via Russian-owned planes to exchange for euros and U.S. dollars that President Nicolas Maduro's government used to remain afloat despite U.S. sa...
Mar 03, 2021
Boeing-backed Aerion says NetJets takes purchase rights to 20 supersonic jets
(Reuters) - Boeing Co-backed supersonic jet maker Aerion said on Wednesday Berkshire Hathaway's private aircraft firm, NetJets, has obtained purchase rights to 20 of its AS2 business jets. The AS2 wil...
Mar 03, 2021
U.S. will review impact of SK Innovation ruling on Biden green transportation goals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department will analyze the impact of an electric vehicle battery trade ruling against SK Innovation Co Ltd on President Joe Biden's green transportation...
Mar 03, 2021
Blinken singles out China as 'biggest geopolitical test' for U.S.
By Simon Lewis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday singled out the U.S. relationship with China as the main overseas focus of President Joe Biden's ...
Mar 03, 2021
California startup touts battery-swapping to juice demand for electric vehicles
By Paul Lienert (Reuters) - Ample, a seven-year-old San Francisco startup, wants to skirt one of the big hurdles to widespread adoption of electric vehicles by reviving the idea of quick, automated ba...
Mar 03, 2021
EU to propose that companies report on gender pay gap
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Companies employing at least 250 people in the European Union will have to start providing data on gender pay gaps under a proposal by the bloc's executive t...
Mar 03, 2021
Global uniform rules needed on climate risk reporting - Credit Suisse CEO
(Reuters) - The chief executive of Credit Suisse Group AG called on Wednesday for uniform rules and regulations on how businesses report in their earnings the impact of climate risk. "There is a need ...
Mar 03, 2021
Any new nuclear deal with Iran should be 'dramatically improved': Israel
(Reuters) - Any new nuclear deal between the West and Iran should be "dramatically improved" from the previous agreement, Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz said on Wednesday. Steinitz, a close al...
Mar 03, 2021
Italy's Enel to sell green power to Kellogg in virtual wind farm deal
MILAN (Reuters) - Europe's biggest utility Enel has agreed to sell 360 gigawatt hours of green power a year to Kellogg Company to help the U.S. food giant reach climate targets. The two companies said...
Mar 03, 2021
