Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan plans record $1.03 trln budget, struggles to contain virus, debt
By Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government plans a record-high $1.03 trillion budget for the next fiscal year, boosted by its coronavirus response and rising welfare and military spendin...
Dec 17, 2020
Climate change turns up the heat on ad industry
By Andrew R.C. Marshall, Valerie Volcovici and Sheila Dang (Reuters) - The avuncular man in the TV ad has an urgent-sounding message from his employer, the oil giant Chevron Corp. "I think renewable e...
Dec 17, 2020
German software maker Spryker raises over $130 million
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Germany-based business software maker Spryker has raised more than $130 million in a financing round led by U.S. investment firm TCV, as it seeks to expand in international marke...
Dec 17, 2020
Moderna's coronavirus vaccine faces U.S. FDA expert panel review
(Reuters) - A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to endorse emergency use of Moderna Inc's coronavirus vaccine during a meeting on Thursday, as the nation p...
Dec 17, 2020
Real thing or placebo? My COVID-19 vaccine odyssey continues
By Steve Stecklow LONDON (Reuters) - The subject line on the email I received last week said simply, "Test." It contained the results of a private blood test I had undergone the day before. I opened t...
Dec 17, 2020
Bank of England leaves stimulus unchanged before Brexit endgame
LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England kept its stimulus programme unchanged on Thursday as it awaited the outcome of Britain's trade deal talks with the European Union, and said it would tolerate tem...
Dec 17, 2020
Wider area of England put under most stringent COVID restrictions
LONDON (Reuters) - A wider area of east and southeast England will be under the most stringent restrictions to tackle the rising number of COVID-19 infections, British health minister Matt Hancock sai...
Dec 17, 2020
Denmark strengthens rape laws, outlaws sex without explicit consent
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark strengthened its rape laws on Thursday by criminalising sex without explicit consent. The new law passed by parliament widened the circumstances that could constitute ra...
Dec 17, 2020
Futures gain on stimulus hopes ahead of jobless claims
By Ambar Warrick (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Thursday on increased hopes of imminent signing of a coronavirus stimulus bill, while investors kept an eye out for economic cues from wee...
Dec 17, 2020
Samsung works its way into European 5G race to fill Huawei gap
By Isla Binnie, Supantha Mukherjee and Mathieu Rosemain MADRID/STOCKHOLM/PARIS (Reuters) - European mobile operators are starting to consider Samsung Electronics, long seen as a non-starter, in the ra...
Dec 17, 2020
