Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pakistan resumes polio immunization drive amid COVID-19 threat
By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Wearing face masks and gloves, Pakistani vaccinators on Monday resumed an anti-polio drive that had been halted since March due to the coronavirus out...
Jul 20, 2020
Factbox: Trump, Biden offer clashing visions on reopening economy
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jason Lange (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic threw tens of millions of Americans out of work, ended the longest U.S. economic recovery on record and undermined a key argume...
Jul 20, 2020
UK shopper numbers up 4.5% in week to July 18 – Springboard data
LONDON (Reuters) - UK shopper numbers rose 4.5% in the week to July 18 from the week before, less than half the rise that occurred during the first week following the reopening of hospitality and leis...
Jul 20, 2020
New Plant-Based Fried Chicken
KFC just made the announcement that they’ll be releasing plant-based fried chicken in California. This isn’t the first time KFC has given people the opportunity to try the plant-based alte...
Jul 20, 2020
Factbox: Trump and Biden take sharply different paths on immigration
By John Whitesides and Ted Hesson (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's push to crack down on illegal immigration and reshape legal immigration was at the heart of the Republican's winning 2016 ca...
Jul 20, 2020
Surging demand for medical equipment puts Philips on course for second-half recovery
By Bart H. Meijer AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Electrical equipment maker Philips said a recent surge in orders for scanners and other medical equipment should enable group sales and margins to rebound over ...
Jul 20, 2020
Alibaba’s Ant Group starts concurrent IPO process in Shanghai, Hong Kong
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Ant Group, the fintech arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, said on Monday that it had started the process of a concurrent initial public offering on Shanghai's Nasdaq-style ...
Jul 20, 2020
Hong Kong’s April-June unemployment rises to 6.2%, highest in over 15 years
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 6.2% in the April-to-June period, the highest in more than 15 years, as the coronavirus outbreak restricted activity in ...
Jul 20, 2020
Chipmaker AT&S to invest 120 million euros in expanding production in Austria
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian chipmaker AT&S on Monday said it plans to invest up to 120 million euros ($137 million) over four years in technology upgrades to increase and modernise production capacity...
Jul 20, 2020
Malaysia considers making face masks compulsory in public
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia is considering making face masks compulsory in public following the emergence of 13 new coronavirus clusters since the government relaxed broad curbs on movement and ...
Jul 20, 2020
