Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Lewis checks out at Britain's Tesco, leaving challenges for new CEO
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - Dave Lewis steps down on Wednesday after six years as Tesco chief executive, during which he got Britain's biggest retailer back on track after an accounting crisis, ...
Sep 29, 2020
UK university students will be able to go home for Christmas: minister
LONDON (Reuters) - British university students will be able to return home for Christmas despite the impact of local COVID-19 lockdowns that are already impacting students in large parts of the countr...
Sep 29, 2020
Tencent to take China's Sogou private in $3.5 billion deal
(Reuters) - Sogou Inc said on Tuesday it would be taken private by shareholder Tencent Holdings Ltd for $9 per share in cash, valuing the Chinese web search firm at about $3.5 billion. U.S.-listed sha...
Sep 29, 2020
Oregon inmates find redemption in fighting wildfires
By Adrees Latif PAISLEY, Ore. (Reuters) - In the flames, they are finding redemption. The 10 Oregon prisoners carry chainsaws, axes, shovels and hoes into the biggest wildfires the state has seen in a...
Sep 29, 2020
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a flying paramedic
LONDON (Reuters) - Paramedics in England's remote, rugged Lake District region have been testing a jet suit that gets them to people in danger or distress in a fraction of the time it would take to tr...
Sep 29, 2020
Johnson says Britain should attract talented people from around the world
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday he remained a supporter of attracting talented people from around the world to Britain after the migrant advisory committee reported sho...
Sep 29, 2020
Ironwood Pharma's digestive disease drug fails late-stage study
(Reuters) - Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Tuesday its therapy to treat refractory gastroesophageal reflux disease failed to significantly reduce heartburn severity in a late-stage trial. The co...
Sep 29, 2020
Exclusive: South Africa's COVID-hit carmakers ask govt to cut taxes on new cars
By Emma Rumney JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's car makers have asked the government to reduce taxes on new vehicle purchases as part of a proposed stimulus package for the coronavirus-hit sect...
Sep 29, 2020
By the numbers: The chasm where the corner cafe used to be
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - How fast can you rebound from zero? In the massive job reshuffling under way in the United States right now, the speed with which corner restaurants, the loc...
Sep 29, 2020
Second seed Pliskova arrests slump against Sherif to advance
PARIS (Reuters) - Czech second seed Karolina Pliskova managed to rein in her errors and found a way past battling Egyptian qualifier Mayar Sherif with a 6-7(9) 6-2 6-4 victory in the opening round of ...
Sep 29, 2020
