Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Hungary should extend partial lockdown beyond Monday, surgeon general says
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary should extend a partial lockdown currently due to end on Monday because of a rise in coronavirus infections in neighbouring countries, Surgeon General Cecilia Muller said ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 06, 2021
China suspends poultry imports from France due to bird flu
(Reuters) - China has stopped poultry imports from France due to highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu from Jan. 5 to protect the country's animal husbandry sector, the General Administration of Customs sai...
Thomson Reuters Jan 06, 2021
Britain signs 550 million sterling weapons contract for F-35 jets
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Wednesday that it signed a 550 million pound ($751 million) contract with European weapons-maker MBDA to manufacture surface-attack missiles for use on the country's...
Thomson Reuters Jan 06, 2021
UnitedHealth to buy Change Healthcare for $7.84 billion
(Reuters) - UnitedHealth Group will buy Change Healthcare for $7.84 billion to merge it with its health IT unit, the company said on Wednesday. UnitedHealth will pay $25.75 per Change Healthcare stock...
Thomson Reuters Jan 06, 2021
UC San Diego offers students COVID test kits by vending machine
By Mike Blake and Steve Gorman SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - The University of California's San Diego campus has launched the winter academic term with a unique twist to its coronavirus safety regimen: newly ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 06, 2021
Explainer-The meeting of the U.S. Congress that will seal Biden's win
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress will convene on Wednesday to set the seal on President-elect Joe Biden's victory in what is expected to be an unusually contentious and drawn-out ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 06, 2021
Fed minutes may shed light on bond plans, views of vaccine
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's decision in December to leave its monthly bond purchases unchanged dismayed analysts and investors who thought the central bank should ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 06, 2021
U.S. Congress braces for marathon protest by Republicans over Trump's election defeat
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's flailing effort to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's victory comes down to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday in a showdown led by a band of Repub...
Thomson Reuters Jan 06, 2021
Impossible Foods cuts wholesale prices by 15% for second time in one year
(Reuters) - Impossible Foods Inc, maker of the plant-based Impossible Burger, said on Wednesday it would cut prices for foodservice distributors in the United States by about 15% amid increasing deman...
Thomson Reuters Jan 06, 2021
Britain to name former Goldman banker Sharp as next BBC chairman -Sky News
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is to name former Goldman Sachs banker Richard Sharp as the next chairman of the BBC, Sky News reported on Wednesday. Sharp has recently been acting as an adviser to finance...
Thomson Reuters Jan 06, 2021
