Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. energy secretary cuts short Midwest trip after aides test positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette was returning to Washington on Friday, cutting short a trip to the Midwest after two of his security aides tested positive for the coronavi...
Oct 16, 2020
Old man quarterbacks Brady and Rodgers face off Sunday
By: Barry Wilner Hey old-timer, what are you still doing on an NFL field? Guaranteed no one is asking that question to the quarterbacks in the bays: 43-year-old Tom Brady in Tampa and 36-year-old Aaro...
Oct 16, 2020
Novartis sees EU OK ahead after panel nod for $10 bln anti-cholesterol prospect
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Novartis grabbed a key European panel's recommendation for its prospective cholesterol drug Leqvio on Friday, clearing the way for its approval in the next couple of...
Oct 16, 2020
United Airlines to add flights in Latin America
(Reuters) - United Airlines Holdings Inc said on Friday it would introduce eight new routes and add more flights to 19 destinations in the Caribbean, Mexico and Latin America. The U.S. carrier said it...
Oct 16, 2020
EU urged to review remdesivir supply deal after COVID trial results
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union should renegotiate a 1 billion euro ($1.17 billion) contract it sealed last week with Gilead for a six-month supply of the COVID-19 drug ...
Oct 16, 2020
Q&A: Where are we in the COVID-19 vaccine race?
By Carl O'Donnell NEW YORK (Reuters) - Drugmakers and research centers around the world are working on COVID-19 vaccines, with large global trials of several of the candidates involving tens of thousa...
Oct 16, 2020
U.S. consumer sentiment edges up in October
(Reuters) - U.S. consumer sentiment inched up to a seven-month high in early October as an uptick in expectations for better economic prospects in the future outweighed a reversal in assessments of cu...
Oct 16, 2020
Mexico vows purge after ex-defense chief arrested in U.S
By Diego Or and Frank Jack Daniel MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's president on Friday promised to clean up the armed forces but backed its current leadership after the arrest of a former defense mini...
Oct 16, 2020
U.S. business inventories increase for second straight month in August
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. business inventories increased for a second straight month in August, suggesting restocking could blunt the hit to economic growth in the third quarter from a widening trad...
Oct 16, 2020
Current Fed bond purchases 'appropriate': St. Louis Fed's Bullard
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's ongoing government bond purchases are "appropriate" for the economy's present situation, St. Louis Fed president Bullard said on Friday, the latest signal ...
Oct 16, 2020
