Author Archives: Syndicated Content
SoftBank’s Son hopes ‘winged unicorns’ can save crumbling tech empire
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp CEO Masayoshi Son on Monday pinned his hopes on a small group of "winged unicorns" to save the performance of his $100 billion Vision Fund - althoug...
May 18, 2020
Argentine parents, newborn baby separated 8,000 miles by virus
By Juan Bustamante BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Jose Perez and Flavia Lavorino in Buenos Aires have yet to meet their baby Manu, who was born via a surrogate mother in Kiev 8,000 miles (12,875 km) away as...
May 18, 2020
Alonso is ready to return in 2021, says ex-boss Briatore
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Two-times world champion Fernando Alonso is ready for a Formula One comeback, his long-time adviser and former Renault team boss Flavio Briatore has said amid increa...
May 18, 2020
Uber to lay off 3,000 workers in second cut this month
(Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc will cut about 3,000 jobs, in addition to the 3,700 it had announced earlier this month, as coronavirus-led restrictions sap demand for ride-hailing services, Chief E...
May 18, 2020
U.S. assails WHO ‘failure’ in pandemic, saying it cost ‘many lives’
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States said on Monday that the pandemic had "spun out of control" in great part due to a costly "failure" by the World Health Organization, and called for a more effectiv...
May 18, 2020
Where U.S. coronavirus cases are on the rise
By Chris Canipe and Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - Most U.S. states reported a drop in new cases of COVID-19 for the week ended May 17, with only 13 states seeing a rise in infections compared to the previ...
May 18, 2020
Moldova accuses tycoon of involvement in $1 billion fraud
CHISINAU (Reuters) - Moldova's Prosecutor General said on Monday that one of the country's richest people, Vladimir Plahotniuc, had been charged with involvement in the theft of $1 billion from Moldov...
May 18, 2020
Amazon’s French warehouses to resume work with 30% of staff on Tuesday: unions
PARIS (Reuters) - Amazon's French warehouses are set to re-open on Tuesday with about 30% of employees, three union officials said, following an agreement with staff representatives last week. The e-c...
May 18, 2020
Lockdown story time: Roald Dahl with Streep, Cumberbatch and more
LONDON (Reuters) - Stuck at home with the kids? Meryl Streep, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Cate Blanchett may be able to help. Oscar-winning New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi has lined up some of his H...
May 18, 2020
France, Germany want $543 billion Recovery Fund, joint EU debt
PARIS (Reuters) - France and Germany called on Monday for the creation of a 500 billion euro ($543 billion) Recovery Fund able to offer grants to the countries and regions hardest hit by the coronavir...
May 18, 2020
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