Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Futures flat as stimulus rally cools
By Ambar Warrick and Shreyashi Sanyal (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were flat on Friday as major indexes appeared set to take a breather from a series of strong gains, while anticipation of a c...
Dec 18, 2020
WhatsApp tests voice and video calls on desktop version - report
(Reuters) - Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp has rolled out a beta version of its desktop app that features voice and video calls for the first time, according to a report by tech blog WABetaInfo...
Dec 18, 2020
Turkey's Kavala denies charges as coup-related trial begins
By Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Prominent Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala, already in jail for more than three years without being convicted, denied charges against him on Friday as an Ist...
Dec 18, 2020
Germany classifies Spain’s Canary Islands as COVID-19 risk area
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will add Spain's Canary Islands to its list of COVID-19 risk areas, its health authority RKI said on Friday, a classification that could hit tourism to the Atlantic archipel...
Dec 18, 2020
Gas, marbles and lead pellets: Peru protest deaths turn spotlight on police violence
By Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA (Reuters) - Ruben Guevara was marching in teargas-filled streets in Lima in November when he was hit in the face by what felt like a gas canister, severely damaging his right...
Dec 18, 2020
Analysis-Nike's free workout apps are key to its high-end pricing strategy
By Richa Naidu CHICAGO (Reuters) - With consumers under lockdown logging into Nike's workout apps and digital store, the Beaverton, Oregon-based company has been able to gather additional data on purc...
Dec 18, 2020
JPMorgan ups odds of a Brexit deal to 70% from 60%
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. investment bank JPMorgan said the probability of a Brexit trade deal had risen to 70% from 60%. "Our sense is that the likelihood of a deal has moved up from the 60-40 we had a...
Dec 18, 2020
Palestinians scramble for COVID-19 vaccines as Israel prepares rollout
By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - As Israel prepares to give COVID-19 vaccines to its citizens, Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza are scrambling to secure their own ...
Dec 18, 2020
U.S adding China chipmaker SMIC to economic blacklist, Ross confirms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is adding dozens of Chinese companies, including the country's top chipmaker SMIC, to a trade blacklist on Friday, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Friday i...
Dec 18, 2020
India's Biological E. to start vaccine late-stage trials in April - executive
By Anuron Kumar Mitra BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's Biological E. Ltd plans to start large late-stage trials of its potential COVID-19 vaccine candidate in April next year, according to a top executiv...
Dec 18, 2020
