Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Payments startup Marqeta raises $150 million, hits $4.3 billion valuation
By Anna Irrera NEW YORK (Reuters) - Payment card issuing startup Marqeta has raised $150 million from a U.S. institutional investor, doubling its valuation to $4.3 billion, the company said on Thursda...
May 28, 2020
French jobless total surged 22.6% in April to record high
PARIS (Reuters) - The number of people in France looking for jobs surged in April by 22.6% to a record high as a nationwide coronavirus lockdown shut down swathes of the economy, Labour Ministry data ...
May 28, 2020
Exclusive: GSK says science does not link pandemic H1N1 flu vaccine to sleep disorder
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - British drugmaker GSK said on Thursday that its previous flu pandemic vaccine, which used some of the same ingredients as COVID-19 vaccines currently under developme...
May 28, 2020
Trump leapfrogs back ahead of Obama in stock market gains
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is once again beating predecessor Barack Obama in stock market performance following a stunning recovery on Wall Street. After a 1.5% jump on ...
May 28, 2020
Amazon to offer permanent roles to 70% of 175,000 new U.S. hires
By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc plans to offer permanent jobs to about 70% of the U.S. workforce it has hired temporarily to meet consumer demand during the coronavirus pandemic, the comp...
May 28, 2020
Siberian zoo sees animal baby boom during lockdown
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Siberian zoo that closed its doors to visitors for over two months due to the novel coronavirus says the lockdown has encouraged a baby boom among its animals. Among the zoo's new...
May 28, 2020
Musicians in lockdown rage against industry machine
By Natalie Thomas and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - Lockdown bans on live performances have left many British musicians on the breadline, fuelling a campaign for them to get a bigger share of the prof...
May 28, 2020
F1 teams to be limited to 80 people each at closed races
LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One's 10 teams will be limited to a maximum 80 people each at races held without spectators when the delayed season gets going in July. Revised 2020 sporting regulations pub...
May 28, 2020
China’s same-sex couples heartened by property protection rights in new civil code
By Colin Qian and Huizhong Wu BEIJING (Reuters) - It was an ambush, said He Meili, a 51-year-old lesbian woman, describing how she met with her dead partner's step-parents at a police station where th...
May 28, 2020
No preferential access to Themis’ potential COVID-19 vaccine: CEO
VIENNA (Reuters) - Nobody will get preferential access to a potential COVID-19 drug developed by vaccine maker Themis Bioscience, which is being bought by U.S. pharmaceuticals firm Merck & Co Inc, the...
May 28, 2020
