Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Biden to tap Brenda Mallory to lead White House environment council -sources
(Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden is expected to pick Brenda Mallory, current head of regulatory affairs at the green advocacy group Southern Environmental Law Center, to lead the White House Coun...
Dec 16, 2020
Citigroup urges return of mistaken Revlon payment as trial ends
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc made a final push on Wednesday to persuade a federal judge to force lenders of Revlon Inc to return half a billion dollars of its own money that ...
Dec 16, 2020
Romanian top court overturns ban on gender identity studies
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's Constitutional Court overturned on Wednesday a blanket ban on gender identity studies voted through by lawmakers and which rights groups and universities said would inf...
Dec 16, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 302,992 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 16,519,668 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 201,776 from its previous count, and said that the n...
Dec 16, 2020
Lending platform Upstart's shares jump in Nasdaq debut
(Reuters) - Shares of Upstart Holdings Inc jumped 30% in market debut on Wednesday, giving the cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) lending platform a market capitalization of $1.88 billion. Upsta...
Dec 16, 2020
Analysis: After the cheers come jeers for Germany's Merkel over COVID-19
By Madeline Chambers BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel banged the podium in frustration as she implored Germans this month to reduce social contacts to curb the spread of COVID-19. At one po...
Dec 16, 2020
Facebook accuses Apple of anticompetitive behavior over privacy changes
PALO ALTO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facebook Inc accused rival Apple Inc of engaging in anticompetitive practices on Wednesday, firing another shot in a monthslong standoff between the two tech giants over...
Dec 16, 2020
Health worker in Alaska had serious allergic reaction after Pfizer's vaccine - NYT
(Reuters) - A health worker in Alaska had a serious allergic reaction after getting Pfizer Inc's coronavirus vaccine, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing three people familiar with report...
Dec 16, 2020
India's Bharat Biotech's Phase I result shows coronavirus vaccine safe
MUMBAI (Reuters) - An Indian government-backed COVID-19 vaccine showed it was safe and triggered immune responses during an ongoing early-stage trial, the company involved in the study said in a state...
Dec 16, 2020
Britain and U.S. sign agreement to ensure smooth post-Brexit trade
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and the United States on Wednesday signed an agreement on customs processes to keep trade flowing smoothly between the two countries when Britain fully leaves the orbit of t...
Dec 16, 2020
