Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Vanda's experimental COVID-19 drug shows promise in interim trial data
(Reuters) - COVID-19 patients with pneumonia improved faster when administered with its experimental therapy than those on placebo, Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Tuesday, citing an interim analysi...
Aug 18, 2020
U.S. activists complain that virtual shareholder meetings let companies silence them
By Jessica DiNapoli and Ross Kerber NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - Justin Danhof has used annual shareholder meetings to question companies on social issues for the last nine years. His conservative thin...
Aug 18, 2020
Work-from-home boom is a bust for big office furniture makers
By Timothy Aeppel (Reuters) - America's biggest office furniture manufacturers got the rug pulled out from under them by the COVID-19 pandemic. For decades, producers like Herman Miller Inc and Steelc...
Aug 18, 2020
EV startup Canoo to go public with blank-check firm at $2.4 billion valuation
By Ben Klayman DETROIT (Reuters) - Canoo Holdings Ltd, an electric vehicle startup already working with South Korea's Hyundai Motor, will go public later this year at a value of $2.4 billion after joi...
Aug 18, 2020
Vietnam deputy PM says COVID-19 outbreak to stay for a long time
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said on Tuesday that COVID-19 would stay in the country for a long time, adding that it would take at least a year for the population to ha...
Aug 18, 2020
America's suburbs, an election battleground, now more diverse, home to lots of working women
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - America's suburbs were key to Donald Trump winning the presidency in 2016, and he and his 2020 Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, are battling for votes there a...
Aug 18, 2020
Lockdown, leftovers and how food frugality is a climate boon
By Christopher Walljasper and Nigel Hunt CHICAGO/LONDON (Reuters) - Clint Parry ransacked every kitchen cupboard and scoured all corners of his fridge during lockdown in Detroit, hunting for lost ingr...
Aug 18, 2020
Walmart beats profit estimates as online sales hit record on pandemic boost
(Reuters) - Walmart Inc posted its biggest-ever growth in online sales on Tuesday as shoppers placed orders for everything from electronics and toys to groceries from the safety of their homes amid th...
Aug 18, 2020
In the run-up to U.S. election, drilling lobby promotes natural gas as 'clean'
By Valerie Volcovici, Andrew R.C. Marshall and Matthew Green WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - America's biggest oil and gas lobby group is ramping up its advertising spending ahead of the November electi...
Aug 18, 2020
College football players at a crossroads as U.S. charts path in COVID-19 era
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - As the debate rages over whether U.S. college football should open its season during the coronavirus pandemic, University of West Virginia player K.J. Martin has already mad...
Aug 18, 2020
