Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Roche gets key European panel recommendation for liver cancer cocktail
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche on Friday got a positive recommendation from a key European panel for its immunotherapy Tecentriq mixed with Avastin against liver cancer, likely clearing the ...
Thomson Reuters Sep 18, 2020
U.S. current account deficit jumps 52.9% as COVID-19 disrupts trade
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. current account deficit soared to its highest level in nearly 12 years in the second quarter as the COVID-19 pandemic weighed on the export of goods a...
Thomson Reuters Sep 18, 2020
Swedbank says being investigated over suspected past market abuse
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedbank is being investigated for past suspected market abuse by the Financial Supervisory Authority, the lender said on Friday. "The investigation encompasses the period Septem...
Thomson Reuters Sep 18, 2020
Pieters moves into U.S. Open lead as Winged Foot shows teeth
MAMARONECK, N.Y. (Reuters) - Belgium's Thomas Pieters was making a morning charge at the U.S. Open on Friday, moving to the top of the second round leaderboard on a cold breezy day at Winged Foot Golf...
Thomson Reuters Sep 18, 2020
'We are abandoned,' residents in COVID-hit Madrid district await lockdown decision
By Silvio Castellanos and Guillermo Martinez MADRID (Reuters) - Residents in Madrid's poorer districts said on Friday they felt abandoned and stigmatised as politicians pondered whether to put them un...
Thomson Reuters Sep 18, 2020
Prosecutors open homicide case after hacker attack on German hospital
DUESSELDORF (Reuters) - German prosecutors opened a homicide investigation on Friday into the case of a patient who died after a hospital in the western city of Duesseldorf was unable to admit her bec...
Thomson Reuters Sep 18, 2020
U.S. details up to $14 billion in new aid for farmers
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Agriculture Department on Friday announced details of a second round of COVID-19 aid for farmers, which will pay up to $14 billion to growers of major crops such as corn, ...
Thomson Reuters Sep 18, 2020
Germany plans 96.2 billion euros in new debt next year: sources
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany plans to take on net new debt of nearly 96.2 billion euros ($113.90 billion) next year to fight the coronavirus pandemic, finance ministry sources said on Friday. Draft spen...
Thomson Reuters Sep 18, 2020
EU plans to crack down on racism in 'moment of reckoning'
By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission pledged on Friday to take tougher action against member states failing to fully implement EU anti-racism laws, in a move reflecting globa...
Thomson Reuters Sep 18, 2020
Norway wealth fund to replace real estate chief in reshuffle
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's $1.15 trillion sovereign wealth fund is replacing its head of real estate investments as part of an upcoming management reshuffle, it said on Friday. Karsten Kallevig, who bu...
Thomson Reuters Sep 18, 2020
