Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Google asks Dublin staff to work from home as coronavirus precaution
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google has asked around 8,000 staff at its European headquarters in Dublin to work from home on Tuesday as a precaution after a staff-member reported flu-like symptom...
Mar 02, 2020
Beach bummer: Half of world's sandy coastlines may vanish this century
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Half the world's sandy beaches may be wiped away by the end of the century due to rising sea levels and other climate change effects, with Australia, Canada, Chil...
Mar 02, 2020
Top Los Angeles prosecutor apologizes after husband points gun at Black Lives Matter activists
By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey delivered an emotional apology on behalf of her husband on Monday, hours after he pointed a gun at Black Lives...
Mar 02, 2020
IIHF cancels six tournaments over coronavirus
(Reuters) - The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has cancelled six world championship tournaments in March and April amid the continued outbreak of coronavirus, it said on Monday. The decisi...
Mar 02, 2020
Misleading ads turn people away from HIV-prevention meds
By Tamara Mathias (Reuters Health) - Targeted advertisements on Facebook and television that overstate side effects of HIV-prevention pills might be the greatest threat to protecting people at high ri...
Mar 02, 2020
Women in top U.S. medical school positions earn less than men
By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) - Even in top positions at U.S. medical schools, women earn less than men, a study suggests. Women who chaired departments at state medical schools were paid less tha...
Mar 02, 2020
Johnson skipping Olympics to focus on FedEx Cup playoffs-report
(Reuters) - Former world number one Dustin Johnson will skip this year's Tokyo Olympics to focus on the PGA Tour's season-ending playoffs, his manager has told Golfweek. Johnson, who withdrew from the...
Mar 02, 2020
Americans keep buying cars, but coronavirus concerns loom over industry
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Customers streamed into auto showrooms from California to Florida over the weekend, car dealers across the United States said on Monday, shrugging off concerns that coronavi...
Mar 02, 2020
PGA Tour has no planned schedule changes amid coronavirus outbreak
(Reuters) - The PGA Tour has no plans to make any schedule changes amid growing concerns over the coronavirus outbreak but has established new protocols in a bid to protect the health and safety of fa...
Mar 02, 2020
Novartis unit Sandoz agrees to pay $195 million to resolve antitrust charges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Novartis unit Sandoz has agreed to pay $195 million to reach a deferred prosecution agreement aimed at resolving antitrust charges, the Justice Department said on Monday. (Repor...
Mar 02, 2020
