Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Rare earths miner MP Materials to go public in $1.5 billion SPAC deal
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) - U.S. rare earths miner MP Materials said on Wednesday it would go public through a merger with a blank-check company backed by private equity firm Fortress Investment Gr...
Jul 15, 2020
Hardline Iranian lawmakers back off from move to impeach president
(Reuters) - A group of Iranian parliamentarians has abandoned an attempt to impeach President Hassan Rouhani, the Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday, marking the end of a move sparked by growing...
Jul 15, 2020
Back-to-school sales to hit $102 billion as laptop buys surge: NRF
(Reuters) - U.S. households are likely to spend a record $102 billion in back-to-school shopping next month, with laptop sales set to boom as parents anticipate the COVID-19 pandemic will keep at leas...
Jul 15, 2020
Canadian home sales rise 63% in June, real estate group says
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian home sales rose 63% in June from the previous month, the Canadian Real Estate Association said on Wednesday, as buyers and sellers continued to return to the market follow...
Jul 15, 2020
Ukraine expands list of countries without required quarantine
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine on Wednesday expanded its list of countries from which visitors are not required to go into a 14-day quarantine to help curb the risk of coronavirus transmission. In recent we...
Jul 15, 2020
Chipotle plans on hiring 10,000 workers to support drive-thru expansion
(Reuters) - Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc said on Wednesday it plans to hire as many as 10,000 employees over the next few months to help support the expansion of drive-thru lanes at its restaurants. The...
Jul 15, 2020
Russian scientists hail results of COVID-19 vaccine trial
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian scientists hailed the results of their first clinical trial of a potential coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday, saying it had been proved safe and that volunteers had developed...
Jul 15, 2020
Canadian factory sales jump by a record 10.7% in May as plants reopen
(Reuters) - Canadian factory sales jumped by a record 10.7% in May from April as many manufacturers resumed operations following partial shutdowns related to the coronavirus outbreak, Statistics Canad...
Jul 15, 2020
Living near gas flaring sites may increase risk of preterm birth, study shows
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women living near oil and gas production sites where natural gas is flared may be at a higher risk of giving birth preterm, a team of California researchers...
Jul 15, 2020
Romania’s Iohannis wants to extend alert mode to fight coronavirus
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's state of alert, in place since May 15 to fight the new coronavirus outbreak, must be extended by another 30 days until the middle of August due to a spike in the number...
Jul 15, 2020
