Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Google to provide Mideast grants, loans to train digital skills
CAIRO (Reuters) - U.S. tech company Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc, plans to provide grants worth $1.1 million to help businesses in the Middle East and North Africa improve their digital skills and g...
Oct 13, 2020
FBI says it has reached no conclusion on cause of Beirut blast
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Tuesday it has reached no firm conclusion about what caused the Aug. 4 explosion in the port of Beirut that killed nearly 200 pe...
Oct 13, 2020
Player warned over political protest in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A beach volleyball player who was hauled in front of sporting authorities for publicly criticising Brazil's far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has escaped with a warning. Ca...
Oct 13, 2020
Nissan's U.S. lending arm to pay $4 million fine over improper repossessions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co's U.S. lending arm agreed on Tuesday to pay a $4 million U.S. fine after a government agency said it improperly repossessed hundreds of consumers' vehicles. The ...
Oct 13, 2020
Global economy's recovery hinges on stimulus, virus battle, officials say
By David Lawder and Jan Strupczewski WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Global finance leaders on Tuesday said the world economy had escaped a coronavirus-triggered collapse so far, but warned that failu...
Oct 13, 2020
Exclusive: FDA faults quality control at Lilly plant making Trump-touted COVID drug
By Dan Levine and Marisa Taylor (Reuters) - U.S. drug inspectors uncovered serious quality control problems at an Eli Lilly and Co pharmaceutical plant that is ramping up to manufacture one of two pro...
Oct 13, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court allows Trump to wind down census early
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump's administration to wind down population counting for the 2020 U.S. census earlier than originally ...
Oct 13, 2020
Michelle Obama and LeBron James partner to bring early voters to the U.S. polls
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - A get-out-the vote group led by former first lady Michelle Obama will team up with an organization backed by NBA star LeBron James to provide food, protective gear, fre...
Oct 13, 2020
Twitter suspends accounts of alleged Black Trump supporters over spam, manipulation
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc on Tuesday said it suspended a group of accounts that claimed to be owned by African-American supporters of President Donald Trump and his re-election campaign due to spam and ...
Oct 13, 2020
U.S. activists seek data to test corporate diversity pledges
By Ross Kerber and Simon Jessop BOSTON/LONDON (Reuters) - More data disclosure will help investors, employees and customers judge the pledges many American companies have made to diversify their workf...
Oct 13, 2020
