Category Archives: Syndicated
UK government subsidises 35 million restaurant meals
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government said it had subsidised more than 35 million restaurant meals over the past two weeks as part of a temporary programme to encourage diners to support the hospita...
Aug 18, 2020
German, Israeli air forces fly past 1972 Munich Olympic attack site
FUERSTENFELDBRUCK, Germany (Reuters) - German and Israeli fighter jets flew in formation past the site of the 1972 attack on Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics on Tuesday in their first joint exe...
Aug 18, 2020
Japan voices concerns over Chinese activity around disputed islands: NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Defence Minister Taro Kono told China's ambassador to Japan, Kong Xuanyou, his country should refrain from activities around disputed East China Sea islands that are control...
Aug 18, 2020
Namibia warns about elephant dung cure for coronavirus as cases rise
WINDHOEK (Reuters) - The Namibian government is warning its citizens not to trust claims on social media that elephant dung can cure COVID-19, as coronavirus infections rise more rapidly. Ministry of ...
Aug 18, 2020
Kohl’s posts smaller-than-expected loss, shares rise
(Reuters) - Kohl's Corp posted a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss on Tuesday, as the department-store chain reopened most of its stores that were shuttered for weeks to curb the spread of the nove...
Aug 18, 2020
Vanda’s experimental COVID-19 drug shows promise in interim trial data
(Reuters) - COVID-19 patients with pneumonia improved faster when administered with its experimental therapy than those on placebo, Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Tuesday, citing an interim analysi...
Aug 18, 2020
U.S. activists complain that virtual shareholder meetings let companies silence them
By Jessica DiNapoli and Ross Kerber NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - Justin Danhof has used annual shareholder meetings to question companies on social issues for the last nine years. His conservative thin...
Aug 18, 2020
Work-from-home boom is a bust for big office furniture makers
By Timothy Aeppel (Reuters) - America's biggest office furniture manufacturers got the rug pulled out from under them by the COVID-19 pandemic. For decades, producers like Herman Miller Inc and Steelc...
Aug 18, 2020
EV startup Canoo to go public with blank-check firm at $2.4 billion valuation
By Ben Klayman DETROIT (Reuters) - Canoo Holdings Ltd, an electric vehicle startup already working with South Korea's Hyundai Motor, will go public later this year at a value of $2.4 billion after joi...
Aug 18, 2020
Vietnam deputy PM says COVID-19 outbreak to stay for a long time
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said on Tuesday that COVID-19 would stay in the country for a long time, adding that it would take at least a year for the population to ha...
Aug 18, 2020
