Category Archives: Syndicated
Futures jump on stimulus hopes ahead of retail sales report
By Medha Singh and Devik Jain (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures jumped on Tuesday on hopes that aggressive fiscal and monetary stimulus would kick start an economy crushed by the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Jun 16, 2020
Amazon launches tech to maintain social distancing at its facilites
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday it launched a technology-aided system in some of its facilities to maintain social distancing, called 'Distance Assistant'. The system applies artificial int...
Jun 16, 2020
American wanted by FBI arrested in Indonesia for suspected child sex crimes
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A U.S. national wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation over a bitcoin scam has been arrested in Indonesia and charged under a child protection law for suspected sex crimes, ...
Jun 16, 2020
Volkswagen invests extra $200 million in U.S. battery company QuantumScape
BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen is increasing its stake in U.S. company QuantumScape by up to $200 million to boost the development of solid-state battery technology that aims to increase the ranges of ...
Jun 16, 2020
In Paris, the Pompidou Centre prepares to reopen with one-way system and masks
By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - The Pompidou Centre in Paris, home to Europe's largest modern art collection, will be left 20 million euros out of pocket by the coronavirus crisis but its direct...
Jun 16, 2020
Factbox: Can frozen or chilled food spread coronavirus?
(Reuters) - While the origin of a spike in coronavirus infections linked to a big wholesale food market in China's capital is not known, officials have warned against eating raw salmon after the virus...
Jun 16, 2020
Australia redeploys federal staff to manage wave of foreign investment
By Scott Murdoch and Byron Kaye HONG KONG/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia is pulling staff out of federal departments to help its foreign investment regulator manage a deluge of work since announcing tou...
Jun 16, 2020
Sanofi to invest 610 millions euros at two French vaccines sites
MARCY-L'ETOILE, France (Reuters) - French drugmaker Sanofi on Tuesday said it would invest 610 million euros ($679.4 million) at two of its French sites to turn them into a hub dedicated to research, ...
Jun 16, 2020
Cerberus vows no let up in push for change at Commerzbank
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Cerberus will use "alternative paths" to force leadership change at Commerzbank if it continues to resist calls to reform, the activist investor said in a letter to Germany's sec...
Jun 16, 2020
Violence surges in Yemen after coronavirus truce expires
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said it intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile fired by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement towards the south of the kingdom on Tuesday ...
Jun 16, 2020
