Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Spared early on, ‘Trump country’ now leads in coronavirus cases, deaths
By Howard Schneider (Reuters) - In the early days of what became a historic public health crisis, the novel coronavirus was, in the lexicon of U.S. politics, a "blue state" problem - centered in East ...
Oct 27, 2020
Germany’s Scholz calls for targeted, temporary curbs to slow coronavirus spread
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday that the jump in coronavirus infections over the past few days was "very worrying" and authorities had to quickly implement decis...
Oct 27, 2020
Chairman Plattner buys nearly $300 million in SAP stock
BERLIN (Reuters) - Hasso Plattner, chairman and co-founder of SAP, bought shares worth nearly $300 million in the German software company on Monday after a once-in-a-generation price slide triggered w...
Oct 27, 2020
Malaysia reports 835 new coronavirus cases, two deaths
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's health ministry reported 835 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, raising the total to 28,640 infections. The Southeast Asian country also recorded two new deaths, tak...
Oct 27, 2020
Fake news spread on WhatsApp to Indian Americans plays stealth role in U.S. election
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - New Jersey tech entrepreneur Arun Bantval is U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden's top fake-news watchdog on messaging service WhatsApp about the Democrat ...
Oct 27, 2020
Huawei CFO’s lawyers set to grill witnesses as U.S. extradition case resumes
By Tessa Vikander and Moira Warburton VANCOUVER/TORONTO (Reuters) - The second day of witness testimony in the extradition case of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou to the United States will...
Oct 27, 2020
Big Tech earnings approach under antitrust cloud
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) - Apple , Alphabet , Amazon and Facebook , together accounting for about a fifth of the S&P 500's total value, report their quarterly results on Thursday, with their stocks...
Oct 27, 2020
U.S. agency needs new powers to protect local news industry: senator
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission needs new powers to protect the struggling U.S. local news industry from unfair competition from large technology companies...
Oct 27, 2020
U.S. offshore energy producers brace for Hurricane Zeta impact
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - Energy firms and ports along the U.S. Gulf Coast were bracing on Tuesday for another test as Hurricane Zeta, the 11th hurricane of the season, entered the Gulf of Mex...
Oct 27, 2020
Banners and prayers for Kamala Harris in her ancestral Indian village
By Sudarshan Varadhan THULASENDRAPURAM, India (Reuters) - A big banner of U.S. vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris welcomes visitors to Thulasendrapuram, a lush, green south Indian village that ...
Oct 27, 2020
