Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Online meal delivery firms knocked off course by coronavirus crisis
By Anna Rzhevkina, Hilary Russ and Toby Sterling GDYNIA/NEW YORK/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The lockdown of millions of people at home across the globe due to the coronavirus should have been the perfect r...
Apr 07, 2020
Mobile-only Quibi sees more than 300,000 downloads on launch day: Sensor Tower
(Reuters) - Mobile-only streaming service Quibi racked up more than 300,000 downloads on its launch day, industry site Sensor Tower said on Tuesday, as stay-at-home viewers lapped up its short films s...
Apr 07, 2020
U.S. appeals court hands win to Trump plan to resume federal executions
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration's effort to resume federal executions got a boost on Tuesday from a U.S. appeals court, which tossed a district judge's injunction th...
Apr 07, 2020
Britain to reveal trial criteria for coronavirus antibody tests
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - British regulators will this week reveal approval criteria for firms offering new coronavirus antibody tests, touted by governments in Britain and elsewhere as cri...
Apr 07, 2020
Analytics firm Glassbox raises $40 million, brings total raised to $70 million
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Glassbox, which has developed an analytics platform aimed at improving user experiences on web and mobile applications, said on Tuesday it has raised $40 million in a funding roun...
Apr 07, 2020
COVID-19 Scams Spreading Like Virus
by Kevin Zimmermann UNDATED (WHBL) - Just like the virus, scams centering on the COVID-19 Pandemic are spreading, and the Better Business Bureau of Wisconsin is warning to be wary of them. ...
Apr 07, 2020
Guineas Festival and Derby postponed, Royal Ascot closed to public
(Reuters) - The Guineas Festival at Newmarket in May and June's Epsom Derby have been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, while Royal Ascot will not be open to the public in June but may be hel...
Apr 07, 2020
Riding out the pandemic, Rio surfers catch a wave of controversy
By Gram Slattery and Sergio Queiroz RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Despite stay-at-home orders aiming to protect people from the new coronavirus, many of Rio de Janeiro's famous beaches have been buzzing ...
Apr 07, 2020
Pompeo says Afghanistan peace progress made since his March 23 Kabul visit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday said a U.S.-led Afghanistan peacemaking drive has seen progress since he visited Kabul last month to persuade the Afghan president...
Apr 07, 2020
MLB plays down talk of May return to action amid coronavirus
(Reuters) - Major League Baseball threw cold water on reports it is developing plans to restart play as early as May in an isolation bubble protected from the novel coronavirus outbreak, saying on Tue...
Apr 07, 2020
