Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Sweden's Embracer buys three gaming companies for up to $2.5 billion
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish video game group Embracer on Wednesday agreed to buy three gaming companies including U.S.-based Gearbox, the maker of first-person shooter game Borderlands, for up to $2...
Thomson Reuters Feb 03, 2021
Thousands protest Myanmar coup in Tokyo, demand Japan take tougher action
By Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) - Thousands of Burmese demonstrators gathered outside Japan's foreign affairs ministry on Wednesday demanding Tokyo join its allies in taking a harder stance against the...
Thomson Reuters Feb 03, 2021
GSK, CureVac to develop next-generation COVID-19 vaccines
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Britain's GlaxoSmithKline and German biotech firm CureVac struck a deal to develop next-generation vaccines against COVID-19 that target several variants in one product. In a joi...
Thomson Reuters Feb 03, 2021
Most of detained university protestors released in Istanbul
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Seventy six of 105 people detained over protests against President Tayyip Erdogan's appointment of a rector at one of Turkey's top universities were released, the Istanbul Governo...
Thomson Reuters Feb 03, 2021
Column: Basking in 'pseudo wealth'? - Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) - If "pseudo wealth" is a source of often unexplained economic volatility, then the financial rollercoaster accompanying the pandemic has many wild rides in store. The t...
Thomson Reuters Feb 03, 2021
As Poland's Church embraces politics, Catholics depart
By Justyna Pawlak and Alicja Ptak WARSAW (Reuters) - Katarzyna Lipka is no longer Catholic, and she says that is a political statement. Like most Poles, the 35-year-old has marked life's milestones in...
Thomson Reuters Feb 03, 2021
Elon Musk's banter with Robinhood CEO triggers stampede for Clubhouse app
By Jane Lanhee Lee, Elizabeth Culliford and Krystal Hu (Reuters) - A surprise chat between tech billionaire Elon Musk and Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev on new audio-based social network Clubhouse has helpe...
Thomson Reuters Feb 03, 2021
Regulators to meet as brokers call time on Reddit-trader rollercoaster
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Hedge funds, small investors and their stockbrokers are bracing for tougher U.S. markets regulation, with officials expected to meet this week to assess the fall...
Thomson Reuters Feb 03, 2021
With social media solidarity, protesting Indian farmers win global attention
By Devjyot Ghoshal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Protesting Indian farmers won global attention on Wednesday with prominent Western activists joining pop superstar Rihanna in support of their months-long camp...
Thomson Reuters Feb 03, 2021
Hong Kong expects to earn $4.5 billion from trading fees this financial year
HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Hong Kong government estimates it will earn HK$35 billion ($4.52 billion) in revenue in the current financial year from the 0.1% 'stamp duty' charged on stock transactions as...
Thomson Reuters Feb 03, 2021
