Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Moscow homeless shelter sees visitors triple in pandemic
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Moscow charity helping the homeless has seen the number of people dropping in for a cup of tea or a bite to eat increase threefold because of the coronavirus pandemic. Russia, wit...
Feb 25, 2021
Protester jailed in Belarus for 10 years as U.N. warns of 'human rights crisis'
By Matthias Williams and Stephanie Nebehay (Reuters) - A Belarusian court sentenced an anti-government protester to 10 years in prison on Thursday, media and activists said, on charges that the opposi...
Feb 25, 2021
AstraZeneca's chief confirms pledge of 40 million COVID-19 shots to EU in first quarter
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - AstraZeneca is trying to deliver 40 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to the EU by the end of March, less than half the amount it promised in its contract for the quarter, CEO...
Feb 25, 2021
Activist Legion nominates four to OneSpan's board, pushes for asset sales
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Activist investment firm Legion Partners Asset Management on Thursday nominated four directors to OneSpan's board after having publicly pushed the cybersecuri...
Feb 25, 2021
Bullard: Jump in bond yields proper response to stronger growth, inflation outlook
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The recent rise in U.S. Treasury bond yields is a proper market response to the country's expected rapid growth and expectations for stronger inflation, St. Louis Federal Reserv...
Feb 25, 2021
Fed's George says rising fuel costs not a lasting sign of upward inflation
(Reuters) - Kansas City Fed President Esther George, asked Thursday if rising fuel prices could create the false impression that inflation is rising, said she is watching wage trends more closely for ...
Feb 25, 2021
What will it be like when we go back to the office?
(Reuters) - If absence makes the heart grow fonder, what will a pandemic sabbatical do to our feelings about the office? We may miss the way we set up our cubicle, recall fondly the water cooler conve...
Feb 25, 2021
Analysis: Micro-cap stock surge shows investor risk taking, GameStop effect
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some of the biggest winners on U.S. stock exchanges so far this year have been their smallest members, partly fueled by the GameStop effect, but their gains cou...
Feb 25, 2021
Morocco set to legalise cannabis production for medical use
RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco plans to allow the farming, export and domestic sale of cannabis for medical and industrial use, the government said on Thursday, a move it hopes will help impoverished farme...
Feb 25, 2021
Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny moved from Moscow prison: lawyer
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been moved from a prison in Moscow, his lawyer said on Thursday, a move that may mean he is being moved to a prison camp outs...
Feb 25, 2021
