Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Meet Robby Megabyte, Bosnia’s first robot rock band musician
By Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia's most popular rock band, Dubioza Kolektiv, has a new recruit who sings and plays musical instruments - a humanoid robot called Robby Megabyte. Students...
Syndicated Content Feb 04, 2021
Yellen says wants to “understand deeply” GameStop frenzy before taking action
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday that before she and financial market regulators took any action, they needed to "understand deeply" what ha...
Syndicated Content Feb 04, 2021
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall more than expected
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits decreased last week, suggesting that the labor market was stabilizing as authorities started to loosen ...
Syndicated Content Feb 04, 2021
Brazil’s new Senate leader aims for tax reform within eight months
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's new Senate leader said on Thursday he aims to approve tax reform in six to eight months and that he is working urgently to extend aid to millions of the country's poores...
Syndicated Content Feb 04, 2021
Hit by shortage, Volkswagen demands boost to Europe chip sector
By Jan Schwartz and Christoph Steitz FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Europe needs to stump up cash to boost its chip industry, a board member of the continent's largest carmaker Volkswagen said, pointing to a g...
Syndicated Content Feb 04, 2021
Sputnik-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine trials to start in Azerbaijan, MidEast
By Polina Nikolskaya MOSCOW (Reuters) - Human trials of a COVID-19 vaccine combining a British shot from AstraZeneca and Oxford University with Russia's Sputnik V vaccine will begin next week in Azerb...
Syndicated Content Feb 04, 2021
Sweden plans for digital coronavirus “vaccine passport” by summer
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden plans to launch a digital coronavirus "vaccine passport" by summer, assuming there is an international standard in place for the document by then, the government said on T...
Syndicated Content Feb 04, 2021
German watchdog orders Goldman Sachs to prevent money laundering, terrorist financing
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's financial watchdog Bafin has ordered Goldman Sachs to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing, it said on Thursday. Bafin said it had asked Goldman Sachs to co...
Syndicated Content Feb 04, 2021
Italy’s Draghi looks to fractured parties to back new government
By Crispian Balmer and Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - Former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi was due to start talks with Italy's divided political parties on Thursday to seek backing for a ne...
Syndicated Content Feb 04, 2021
Bank of England says banks need 6 months for any sub-zero rates
By Andy Bruce, David Milliken and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's banks need at least six months to prepare for any cut in interest rates below zero, the Bank of England said as it kept...
Syndicated Content Feb 04, 2021




