Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China reports 15 new COVID-19 cases in mainland vs 14 a day earlier
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China reported 15 new COVID-19 cases in the mainland as of Aug. 25, compared with 14 cases reported a day earlier, the country's health authority reported on Wednesday. All of the...
Aug 25, 2020
Asian stocks set for cautious gains on Sino-U.S. trade hopes
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Asian stock were set for a choppy session on Wednesday, following a mixed Wall Street lead as markets cheered signs of progress in U.S.-Sino trade negotiation...
Aug 25, 2020
Thiel-backed Palantir to go public via direct listing, reveals 2019 loss of $580 million
By Anirban Sen and Joshua Franklin (Reuters) - Palantir Technologies on Tuesday filed to go public through a direct listing, as the data analytics company known for working with the Central Intelligen...
Aug 25, 2020
Antetokounmpo named NBA Defensive Player of the Year
Milwaukee Bucks star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo was named NBA Defensive Player of the Year on Tuesday. Antetokounmpo received 75 first-place votes and 432 points in balloting performed by a panel o...
Aug 25, 2020
Ex-Trump adviser Cohn seeks $600 million for blank-check company IPO
By Joshua Franklin NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gary Cohn, the former economic adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, has teamed up with investor Clifton S. Robbins to seek $600 million in an initial public ...
Aug 25, 2020
Cambridge university aims for autumn trials of coronavirus vaccine after UK funding
LONDON (Reuters) - The University of Cambridge is aiming to start clinical trials of its possible coronavirus vaccine in the autumn after it received 1.9 million pounds ($2.5 million) in funding from ...
Aug 25, 2020
Brazil's Petrobras pays back $2.1 billion in revolving credit
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras has made an early repayment on $2.1 billion of revolving credit lines, it said on Tuesday. In a securities filing, Petroleo Brasileiro...
Aug 25, 2020
Drugmakers deliver counteroffer to Trump pricing plan: Politico
(Reuters) - Drugmakers made a counteroffer to the White House to stall President Donald Trump's plan to link Medicare's spending on some expensive drugs to the much lower prices that they command abro...
Aug 25, 2020
Australia's Victoria state reports 149 new coronavirus cases, 24 deaths
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's second most populous state of Victoria on Wednesday reported 24 deaths from the new coronavirus in the last 24 hours and 149 new cases. The southeast state a day earlier...
Aug 25, 2020
Cycling: BORA-Hansgrohe boss raises COVID-19 testing fears after false positive
LONDON (Reuters) - The manager of German cycling team BORA-Hansgrohe has raised concern about COVID-19 testing ahead of the Tour de France after pulling his team out of the Bretagne Classic on Tuesday...
Aug 25, 2020
