Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Lakestar’s Hommels launches Frankfurt blank cheque company
BERLIN/LONDON (Reuters) - German venture capitalist Klaus Hommels launched a blank cheque company in Frankfurt on Wednesday through his firm Lakestar, offering a European route to the stock market for...
Feb 17, 2021
NXP shuts two Austin plants as Texas reels from winter storm
(Reuters) - Chipmaker NXP Semiconductors said on Wednesday it had idled two manufacturing plants in Austin, Texas as a historic winter storm gripped much of the state, forcing utility companies to cur...
Feb 17, 2021
OPEC chief optimistic about 2021 recovery but uncertainty remains
LONDON (Reuters) - OPEC's secretary general said on Wednesday there were grounds for optimism that 2021 would be a year of recovery after the slump in oil prices and demand caused by the pandemic. "Wh...
Feb 17, 2021
Walmart investors eye push into advertising, healthcare following pandemic boom
By Aishwarya Venugopal and Melissa Fares (Reuters) - Walmart Inc's investors and analysts are likely to look past the retail giant's slowest same-store sales growth since the start of the coronavirus ...
Feb 17, 2021
U.N. chief calls for global vaccination plan, urges G20 to lead effort
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for a global vaccination plan, saying the Group of 20 rich nations and big emerging powers "is well placed" to lead suc...
Feb 17, 2021
Navalny allies say European Court of Human Rights orders Navalny’s release
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Allies of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Wednesday judges at the European Court of Human Rights had ruled to order Russia to release him. (Reporting by Anton Zverev and Polin...
Feb 17, 2021
U.S. retail sales rebound strongly in January amid additional stimulus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales rebounded sharply in January after households received additional pandemic relief money from the government, suggesting a pick-up in economic activity after be...
Feb 17, 2021
Alpine skiing: Norway beat Sweden to win mixed team parallel event
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (Reuters) - Norway claimed their first gold medal at this year's Alpine skiing world championships by beating Sweden to win the mixed team parallel event on Wednesday. Fabian ...
Feb 17, 2021
Pandemic blues fuel record sales for Czech vinyl maker
By Michael Kahn PRAGUE (Reuters) - Housebound music lovers starved of live shows during the pandemic got their groove on with vinyl records instead, fuelling a buying boom that drove the world's bigge...
Feb 17, 2021
Luckin Coffee’s CEO inquiry finds no evidence of misconduct
(Reuters) - Chinese coffee chain Luckin Coffee said on Wednesday its board had found no evidence of misconduct by Chief Executive Jinyi Guo during a month-long investigation into allegations made by s...
Feb 17, 2021
