Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. Labor Department changes jobless claims data methodology after economic shock
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Labor Department said on Thursday it was changing the methodology used to address seasonal fluctuations in its weekly unemployment claims data, which economists complai...
Aug 27, 2020
Iran creditors seek to recover funds from Deutsche Boerse unit
BERLIN (Reuters) - Creditors of Iran have filed a suit in a New York court seeking to require Deutsche Boerse's Clearstream unit to surrender assets that allegedly belong to the country's central bank...
Aug 27, 2020
Scientists map out mosquito immune system to help fight malaria
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have created the first full map of mosquito immune cells and found a new type of cell that could have a role in how mosquitos are able to fight off malaria. The findings,...
Aug 27, 2020
Exclusive: Iranian vessel loads with Venezuelan alumina, amid closer ties - sources
By Maria Ramirez and Luc Cohen PUERTO ORDAZ, Venezuela/NEW YORK (Reuters) - An Iranian-flagged vessel loaded a cargo of alumina in Venezuela this month after delivering supplies for an Iranian superma...
Aug 27, 2020
France suspends controversial glue-trapping of songbirds
By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) - France has suspended the glue-trapping of songbirds this year but stopped short of abolishing the controversial practice which is criticised as barbaric by bird lo...
Aug 27, 2020
Brazil's VP Mourão plays down Amazon fires, says EU farmers holding up Mercosur deal
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Vice President Hamilton Mouro played down the fires raging in the dry season in the Amazon on Thursday, saying it was "surreal" how they are being seen abroad as if the w...
Aug 27, 2020
White House adviser Kudlow says administration has no view on who purchases TikTok
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House adviser Larry Kudlow said on Monday the Trump administration did not have a view on who purchases the social media company TikTok. Walmart Inc said on Monday it was ...
Aug 27, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 178,998 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday said the number of deaths due to the coronavirus had risen by 1,239 to 178,998 and also reported 5,799,046 cases, an i...
Aug 27, 2020
France reports 6,111 new COVID-19 infections, second-highest level ever
PARIS (Reuters) - France on Thursday recorded 6,111 new confirmed coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the highest level since lockdown ended and the second-highest ever, since the 7,578 hig...
Aug 27, 2020
Fed's Kaplan says he could tolerate 2.25%, 2.5% inflation
(Reuters) - Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan said Thursday that he would not feel comfortable allowing inflation to stay at 3% for a year and not raise interest rates, but he does s...
Aug 27, 2020
