Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. factory activity races to more than 13-1/2-year high in early January: IHS Markit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturing activity surged to its highest level in more than 13-1/2-years in early January amid strong growth in new orders, but bottlenecks in the supply chain caused b...
Jan 22, 2021
U.S. driving falls 11.1% in November as COVID-19 cases rise
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Travel on U.S. roads fell 11.1% in November, a steeper decline over October road use as coronavirus cases increased, the U.S. Transportation Department said Friday. The U.S. gov...
Jan 22, 2021
ECB to delve into what 'favourable financing' means as questions mount: sources
By Francesco Canepa, Balazs Koranyi and Frank Siebelt FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European Central Bank policymakers are set to delve deeper at their next meeting into how they measure borrowing costs in th...
Jan 22, 2021
Even without Keystone XL, U.S. set for record Canadian oil imports
By Nia Williams and Devika Krishna Kumar CALGARY/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Keystone XL pipeline project may be dead, but the United States is still poised to pull in record imports of Canadian oil in c...
Jan 22, 2021
Portugal's daily COVID-19 deaths hit record for fifth consecutive day
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's daily death toll from the coronavirus reached a record high of 234 on Thursday, up from 221 reported a day before, bringing the total to 9,920 fatalities since the start ...
Jan 22, 2021
Violence in West Africa's Sahel displaces record 2 million people, U.N. says
GENEVA (Reuters) - The number of people fleeing violence in West Africa's Sahel region has quadrupled in the past two years, with 2 million now displaced in their own countries, the U.N. refugee agenc...
Jan 22, 2021
Developer complains to EU over Apple, Google app rules after COVID game rejected
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A German app developer has filed a complaint with European Union antitrust authorities against Google and Apple which he said last year rejected a game aimed at en...
Jan 22, 2021
Sweden gives 1,000 people COVID-19 shots kept at too low temperature
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Around 1,000 people in Sweden have been given doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine that were kept at the wrong temperature during transportation, the pharmacy company delivering t...
Jan 22, 2021
U.S. alone won't fill COVAX funding gap, lead official says
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's decision to join the COVAX vaccine facility could make a "huge difference" to the financing of the scheme, intended to deliver coronavirus v...
Jan 22, 2021
New U.S. national security adviser talks to European, Japanese officials: statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House's new national security chief on Thursday held introductory calls with officials from France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Japan, according to a National Secu...
Jan 22, 2021
