Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Asian stocks make cautious gains after patchy Wall St. rally
By David Henry NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian stocks inched higher on Wednesday, as upbeat Wall Street earnings and optimism about a global recovery supported sentiment, although concerns about the sustai...
Feb 09, 2021
U.N. experts point finger at North Korea for $281 million cyber theft, KuCoin likely victim
By Michelle Nichols and Raphael Satter NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A preliminary United Nations inquiry into the theft of $281 million worth of assets from a cryptocurrency exchange last September...
Feb 09, 2021
Two Crown Resorts directors resign after critical regulator report
By Nikhil Nainan and Shriya Ramakrishnan (Reuters) - Australia's Crown Resorts Ltd said on Wednesday two directors nominated by top shareholder James Packer have resigned, a day after a critical repor...
Feb 09, 2021
UK COVID lending risks creating zombie firms, think tank warns
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government has risked creating a legion of 'zombie' companies by encouraging banks to lend 45 billion pounds ($62 billion) to small businesses with a 100...
Feb 09, 2021
For Hong Kongers, Canada is beaten path out of China’s grip
By Sarah Wu TORONTO (Reuters) - A second generation of Hong Kongers is heading to Canada for refuge from political uncertainty, but unlike their parents in the 1980s and 1990s, this time seems for goo...
Feb 09, 2021
Not many people know that: Michael Caine and Elton John are in a COVID vaccine ad
LONDON (Reuters) - Two of Britain's most famous performers, singer Elton John and actor Michael Caine, have joined forces to lampoon themselves in a comic advert encouraging the public to get a COVID-...
Feb 09, 2021
New Hollywood remake of ‘Wizard of Oz’ is in the works
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood is preparing to take another trip down the yellow brick road with a remake of classic movie "The Wizard of Oz," one of the most celebrated films of a...
Feb 09, 2021
U.S. senators revive bill to make refugee status easier for Hong Kong protesters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of senior U.S. senators reintroduced a bill on Tuesday to make it easier for people from Hong Kong fearing persecution after joining protests against China to...
Feb 09, 2021
Moderna enters supply agreement for COVID-19 vaccine with Taiwan, Colombia
(Reuters) - U.S. drugmaker Moderna Inc said on Tuesday it had entered supply agreements for its COVID-19 vaccine with the governments of Taiwan and Colombia for five million doses and 10 million doses...
Feb 09, 2021
‘I’m not a cat,’ says lawyer after Zoom filter mishap
(Reuters) - When Judge Roy Ferguson opened up virtual proceedings of the 394th Judicial District Court in Texas on Zoom on Tuesday, he was not expecting to see two lawyers and a kitten. The cute blue-...
Feb 09, 2021
