Author Archives: Syndicated Content
COVID-19 cases slow in South African hotspot provinces, minister says
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Three South African provinces considered coronavirus hotspots have seen new infections slow in recent weeks, though it is too early to say whether the country's peak has passe...
Aug 05, 2020
CVS quarterly profit soars nearly 54% on lower medical costs
(Reuters) - CVS Health Corp reported a 53.7% rise in quarterly profit on Wednesday, as lower medical costs in the company's health insurance business helped it weather a hit to sales at its drugstores...
Aug 05, 2020
Thomson Reuters reports lower second-quarter revenue, operating profit
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thomson Reuters Corp on Wednesday reported slightly lower revenues for the second quarter and an 18% decline in operating profit, and reaffirmed its forecast for the balance of 20...
Aug 05, 2020
EU steel demand falls 12% in the first quarter: Eurofer
LONDON (Reuters) - Steel consumption in the European Union slid by 12% year-on-year in the first quarter as the COVID-19 pandemic worsened an already weak picture, industry group Eurofer said on Wedne...
Aug 05, 2020
Virtual care company Teladoc to buy Livongo in $18.5 billion deal
(Reuters) - Teladoc Health said on Wednesday it would buy Livongo Health Inc in a deal valued at $18.5 billion, in a bid to create a leader in virtual care. Under the terms of the cash-and-stock deal,...
Aug 05, 2020
German girls more studious, boys on screens during pandemic: survey
BERLIN (Reuters) - Girls have studied harder and spent longer on creative projects than boys during Germany's coronavirus pandemic, but both have frayed their parents' nerves more than they did before...
Aug 05, 2020
Embraer's commercial aviation revenue plummets by 82% on coronavirus pandemic
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's Embraer said on Wednesday that revenue at its commercial aviation segment, usually its largest and most profitable, had tumbled 82% to $109 million in the second quarter...
Aug 05, 2020
Vietnam says contagion 'under control' in virus epicentre but spread elsewhere
By Phuong Nguyen and Khanh Vu HANOI (Reuters) - A new coronavirus outbreak in Vietnam spread to two more provinces on Wednesday, the country's health minister said, as the COVID-19 task force declared...
Aug 05, 2020
WHO says North Korea's COVID-19 test results for first suspected case 'inconclusive'
By Emma Farge and Josh Smith GENEVA/SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's test results for a man suspected of being the country's first coronavirus case were inconclusive, though authorities have quarantine...
Aug 05, 2020
Small but mighty, a Washington florist battles back in the pandemic
By Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The bloom is back at Lee's Flower and Card Shop in Washington's historic U Street neighborhood, with an added touch: Blue, green, yellow and white origami cranes...
Aug 05, 2020
