Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Eli Lilly to supply U.S. 300,000 vials of potential COVID-19 drug
(Reuters) - Eli Lilly and Co said on Wednesday it signed an agreement with the U.S. government to supply 300,000 vials of its experimental antibody drug to treat COVID-19 for $375 million. The agreeme...
Oct 28, 2020
Pope says 'lady' COVID must be obeyed, forgoes mask
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Wednesday described the COVID-19 pandemic as a tough "lady" taskmaster who must be obeyed, but he and most close aides did not wear masks at...
Oct 28, 2020
GE reports smaller loss as business recovers from pandemic lows
(Reuters) - General Electric Co reported a smaller quarterly loss and positive cash flow on Wednesday, as the company cut costs in its aviation unit and saw improvement in revenue in its power busines...
Oct 28, 2020
Britain's Heathrow Airport loses European crown during pandemic
By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) - London's Heathrow is no longer Europe's busiest airport, ceding its long-held crown to Paris during the pandemic and blaming government inaction for its passenger num...
Oct 28, 2020
Best of times, or the worst? A voter's guide to U.S. GDP
By Ann Saphir and Howard Schneider (Reuters) - When accountants at the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis release the latest U.S. gross domestic product report on Thursday, it may be the most fought-...
Oct 28, 2020
UK's Sunak to announce one-year spending plan on Nov. 25
LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday he would announce a one-year plan for government spending on Nov. 25, which would focus on tackling the COVID-19 pandemic and ...
Oct 28, 2020
Under-pressure German COVID-19 test lab produces run of false positives
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German laboratory wrongly diagnosed 58 out of 60 coronavirus tests as positive, a newspaper reported on Wednesday, after a hospital become suspicious of the results and retested t...
Oct 28, 2020
UPS quarterly profit beats as pandemic spurs home deliveries
(Reuters) - United Parcel Service Inc beat profit expectations on Wednesday, helped by a surge in home deliveries due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Average daily volumes in the United States rose 13.8% on...
Oct 28, 2020
Bank of England gives banks breathing space over crisis plans
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's main banks will have extra time before they have to say publicly how they could be closed down in a crisis, the Bank of England proposed on Wednesday. Banks were required ...
Oct 28, 2020
New Jersey congressman Van Drew, who ditched Democrats for Trump, battling to keep seat
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said New Jersey congressman Jeff Van Drew had "guts" when he abandoned the Democratic Party to join the Republicans, while an opponent n...
Oct 28, 2020
