Author Archives: Syndicated Content
French MP gets ovation on first day back after COVID coma
PARIS (Reuters) - French parliamentarians gave a standing ovation on Tuesday to a lawmaker who was making his return to work after he caught COVID-19 and spent a month in a coma. The speaker of the Na...
Oct 13, 2020
Unilever, JP Morgan entered into $500 million corporate swap linked to new SOFR benchmark
By Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) - Unilever and J.P. Morgan entered into a $500 million interest rate swap agreement at the end of September using the new SOFR benchmark interest rate, in one of t...
Oct 13, 2020
Israel's Redhill Biopharma signs manufacturing deal for potential COVID-19 treatment
(Reuters) - Redhill Biopharma Ltd has signed a manufacturing deal with two companies in Europe and Canada to ramp up production of its coronavirus treatment candidate, the Israeli drugmaker said on Tu...
Oct 13, 2020
Bank of England 'not there yet' on negative rates: Bailey
LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England is not yet at a point where it can decide on whether it should cut interest rates below zero, Governor Andrew Bailey said on Tuesday, reiterating his policy stan...
Oct 13, 2020
Fender releases new professional guitars as sales boom during pandemic
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Fender Musical Instruments Corp on Tuesday released a new range of electric guitars aimed at professional players, hoping that a sales boom in entry level guitars will ca...
Oct 13, 2020
UK reports highest daily COVID death toll since June
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom reported 143 new deaths from COVID-19 on Tuesday, the highest daily figure since June, as parts of the country were facing tougher social distancing restrictions ...
Oct 13, 2020
Italy PM says avoiding new lockdown is main aim of new COVID curbs
ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Tuesday the main aim of the government's new COVID-19 restrictions is to avoid a surge in infections which might lead to a nationwide loc...
Oct 13, 2020
U.S. consumers more optimistic about labor market, Fed survey finds
(Reuters) - U.S. consumers in September became slightly less worried about losing their jobs and more optimistic about their earnings, though the effects of the economic crisis caused by the coronavir...
Oct 13, 2020
Researchers find elevated radiation near U.S. fracking sites
(Reuters) - Radiation levels downwind of U.S. hydraulic fracturing drilling sites tend to be significantly higher than background levels, posing a potential health risk to nearby residents, according ...
Oct 13, 2020
Russia approves trial of COVID-19 vaccine on group of over 60s - RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's health ministry has approved a trial of the Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 on 110 volunteers over the age of 60, the RIA news agency cited the ministry as saying on Tue...
Oct 13, 2020
