Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Virtu Financial rethinks office space post-coronavirus lockdown
By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - Virtu Financial , one of the world's biggest trading and market making firms, is looking at alternatives to having all its employees work from an office once stay-...
Jun 03, 2020
Even with 10-day waiting period, suicide by gun risk surges after purchase
By Gene Emery (Reuters) - The risk of suicide by firearm jumps 100-fold during the first month after purchasing a handgun, even if the buyer is subject to a 10-day waiting period, according to results...
Jun 03, 2020
Two more people infected with Ebola in new Congo outbreak, WHO says
GENEVA (Reuters) - The Ebola virus has infected two more people in Equateur province in western Democratic Republic of Congo and spread to a new area 150 km (93 miles) away from the original six cases...
Jun 03, 2020
Fossilized stomach contents show armored dinosaur's leafy last meal
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a forest rebounding after a wildfire 110 million years ago, an armored dinosaur devoured a meal of tender ferns in western Canada before suffering a sudden dea...
Jun 03, 2020
Uber signals recovery in rides as lockdown restrictions ease
(Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc said on Wednesday trip requests were gradually picking up, but still remained significantly below prior year levels, as several countries start to lift coronavirus-le...
Jun 03, 2020
'We want to be better': Major League Baseball on death of George Floyd
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - Major League Baseball (MLB) called for action "both within our sport and society," after the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis prompted protest...
Jun 03, 2020
Democrats' bid to immediately pass coronavirus small business bill stalls in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican Senator Ron Johnson on Wednesday stopped an attempt by Democrats to immediately pass a bill giving small businesses more flexibility in using new federal loans d...
Jun 03, 2020
China-EU summit in Germany postponed due to coronavirus
BERLIN (Reuters) - A summit planned for September in Leipzig, Germany, between China and the European Union has been postponed because of the coronavirus, the German government said on Wednesday. The ...
Jun 03, 2020
U.S. House panel says opposes any U.S. trade deal with Brazil
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee said on Wednesday it opposed the Trump administration's plan to expand economic ties to Brazil under the leadership of President Jair Bol...
Jun 03, 2020
Amazon leases 12 aircraft to bolster air cargo fleet
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday that it leased 12 Boeing 767-300 converted cargo aircraft from Air Transport Services Group, bringing its total fleet to more than 80, as it pushes for fas...
Jun 03, 2020
