Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. drafts rule to allow Huawei and U.S. firms to work together on 5G standards: sources
By Karen Freifeld and Chris Prentice (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Commerce is close to signing off on a new rule that allows U.S. companies to work with China's Huawei Technologies on setting st...
May 06, 2020
German finance lawmaker wants Bundestag role in supervising ECB
BERLIN (Reuters) - German parliamentarians should be involved in closer supervision of the European Central Bank after Tuesday's ruling by Germany's highest court, which gave the ECB three months to j...
May 06, 2020
Pandemic boosts Palestinian PM as potential Abbas successor
By Ali Sawafta and Nidal al-Mughrabi RAMALLAH, West Bank/GAZA (Reuters) - One man has become the face of the Palestinians' response to the COVID-19 crisis, and it's not President Mahmoud Abbas. Rather...
May 06, 2020
Coronavirus spreads among Indian police enforcing world's largest lockdown
By Rajendra Jadhav MUMBAI (Reuters) - Hundreds of Indian police have tested positive for the coronavirus in recent days, raising alarm among an over-stretched force as it attempts to enforce the world...
May 06, 2020
Fitbit launches study to test irregular heartbeat detection of devices
(Reuters) - Fitbit Inc on Wednesday launched a virtual study to test if its wearable devices can detect irregular heart rhythms, which could identify a condition called atrial fibrillation. Fitbit, wh...
May 06, 2020
Over 90,000 health workers infected with COVID-19 worldwide: nurses group
By Cecile Mantovani (Reuters) - At least 90,000 health-care workers worldwide are believed to have been infected with COVID-19, and possibly twice that, amid reports of continuing shortages of protect...
May 06, 2020
'Nowcasting' the economy: how pandemic forced French forecasters to get real
By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) - What do you do when you need to gauge the depth of an economic slump, so that you can make rapid crisis calls in real-time, when all the usual indicators lag reality ...
May 06, 2020
Volvo Cars to integrate Luminar lidar in next generation car platform
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Volvo Cars is deepening ties with lidar sensor specialist Luminar, and has struck a deal with the Silicon Valley-based start-up to integrate its technology in its new car platfor...
May 06, 2020
As central banks break the junk debt barrier, investors will follow
By Sujata Rao-Coverley (Reuters) - Recent central bank bond-buying to calm market turmoil has breached the wall dividing top-grade debt from so-called junk-rated issues, raising the likelihood of the ...
May 06, 2020
Bahrain eases coronavirus restrictions, shops, industries to open
DUBAI (Reuters) - Shops and industrial enterprises in Bahrain can open from Thursday while restaurants will stay closed to in-house diners, the Health Ministry said, as the Gulf state eases restrictio...
May 06, 2020
