Category Archives: Syndicated
Lebanon’s turmoil fuels brain drain
By Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) - A pioneering academic at Lebanon's most distinguished university, Charlotte Karam has enjoyed professional success that has made her decision to leave the country all t...
Jul 21, 2020
Coca-Cola revenue falls about 29% as lockdowns crimp soda sales
(Reuters) - Coca-Cola Co reported a 28.5% drop in quarterly revenue on Tuesday as sales of its trademark sodas were battered by the closure of restaurants, theaters, and sporting venues due to the COV...
Jul 21, 2020
Graphic: U.S. COVID-19 deaths rise for second week in a row
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - U.S. deaths from COVID-19 rose for a second week in a row to more than 5,200 people in the week ended July 19, up 5% from the previous seven days, a Reuters analysis found...
Jul 21, 2020
Bosch creates single unit to oversee software, systems development
By Paul Lienert and Edward Taylor (Reuters) - Germany's Robert Bosch GmbH, the world's largest auto parts supplier, said on Tuesday it is consolidating its software and electronics expertise in a sing...
Jul 21, 2020
Russia’s Sberbank servicing subordinated loan, no plans for write-off
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Sberbank has no plans to write off a 150 billion rouble ($2 billion) state subordinated loan secured during the financial crisis of 2008-09, Russia's top bank said on Tuesday. Sourc...
Jul 21, 2020
Qatar Investment Authority takes stake in vaccine-maker CureVac
BERLIN (Reuters) - German biotech company CureVac said Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has taken an undisclosed stake in the firm as part of a $126 million financing round, the latest high-profile in...
Jul 21, 2020
Strip-club stimulus reveals lingering uncertainties over U.S. small-business aid
By M.B. Pell and Chris Prentice PHILADELPHIA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Backlights off, music quiet and poles bare, strip clubs across the United States closed earlier this year in the face of COVID-19 so...
Jul 21, 2020
Minneapolis judge to hear gag order appeal in Floyd case
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - A Minneapolis judge will hold a hearing on Tuesday to consider a request from media outlets and defense lawyers to relax a gag order in the case against four officers ac...
Jul 21, 2020
Iraqi prime minister visits Tehran, to meet Supreme Leader
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi travelled to Tehran on Tuesday where Iranian state media reported he would meet Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on his first foreign t...
Jul 21, 2020
Tapestry CEO Jide Zeitlin resigns
(Reuters) - Coach handbag maker Tapestry Inc said on Tuesday its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jide Zeitlin has resigned from the company for personal reasons, effective immediately. The compan...
Jul 21, 2020
