Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Caterpillar results likely to shed light on strength of economic recovery
CHICAGO (Reuters) - When Caterpillar Inc reports earnings on Friday, investors will look for clues about the strength of economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Since the heavy equipment make...
Jul 28, 2020
U.S. Congress pushing Homeland Security for details on protest surveillance
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is stalling its response to congressional committee requests for details on how the department is surveilling protests...
Jul 28, 2020
RBC cuts ties with Canada’s WE Charity following review
(Reuters) - Royal Bank of Canada said on Tuesday it has reached a mutual agreement with Canada's WE Charity to end all sponsorships and donations to the charity, following a review of their partnershi...
Jul 28, 2020
Pfizer will not charge developed countries less than U.S. for similar vaccine order
(Reuters) - Drugmaker Pfizer Inc said on Tuesday no country in the developed world will get a lower price for its experimental COVID-19 vaccine than the United States if those countries make similar v...
Jul 28, 2020
Extend UK furlough scheme or risk wave of joblessness, think tank warns
By Andy Bruce and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak should extend the government's job retention scheme until the middle of next year to stop a surge in unemployme...
Jul 28, 2020
Belarus president says he had asymptomatic coronavirus
MINSK (Reuters) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday he had had the coronavirus without any symptoms and had already recovered from it, the BELTA news agency quoted him as sayin...
Jul 28, 2020
U.S. homeownership rate rises to highest level since 2008
(Reuters) - The U.S. homeownership rate rose to its highest level in nearly 12 years in the second quarter as low mortgage rates boosted demand for housing, offsetting record unemployment triggered by...
Jul 28, 2020
China and EU to speed up negotiation on investment agreement
BEIJING (Reuters) - China and the European Union will accelerate negotiations in order to conclude a China-EU investment agreement by the end of this year, Chinese Vice Premier Liu He said on Tuesday....
Jul 28, 2020
Cash burn in question for struggling GE
By Rachit Vats (Reuters) - The collapse of global air travel has stopped General Electric Co's turnaround plan in its tracks and the company will have to convince investors on Wednesday that it is on ...
Jul 28, 2020
Scientists revive 100 million-year-old microbes from deep under seafloor
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have succeeded in reviving microbes retrieved from sediment deep under the seafloor in the heart of the South Pacific that had survived in a dormant st...
Jul 28, 2020
