Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Mexico, plagued by cartel wars, on cusp of legal cannabis ‘green rush’
By Drazen Jorgic MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - For Guillermo Nieto, a Mexican businessman who grew up smoking pot, the cannabis greenhouse on his family's vast farmlands in Guanajuato state is part of a big...
Oct 01, 2020
Stimulus hopes lift futures ahead of economic data
By Devik Jain (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Thursday as investors remained hopeful of a new coronavirus fiscal aid package ahead of a clutch of economic data including consumer spending...
Oct 01, 2020
Finland’s Konecranes and Cargotec to merge
By Anne Kauranen HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finnish engineering firm Konecranes and cargo handling machinery maker Cargotec plan to merge to help speed up innovation and reap savings, they said on Thursday,...
Oct 01, 2020
Red tape for firms is price of leaving ‘anti-science’ EU, Gove says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should celebrate its looming break from the "anti-science and anti-innovation" approach of the European Union even if it costs its industry more in red tape, the government'...
Oct 01, 2020
America’s ‘Drag Ambassadors’ aim to register voters one brunch show at a time
By Nathan Frandino SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In front of a single lighted mirror, 'Kylie Minono' meticulously applies shades of foundation, powder, and eye and lip liner, transforming into her drag qu...
Oct 01, 2020
Enlivex says drug trial shows positive results in COVID-19 cases
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Immunotherapy firm Enlivex Therapeutics Ltd said on Thursday it had positive results in a clinical trial of its Allocetra treatment in COVID-19 patients in severe or critical con...
Oct 01, 2020
Former champion Ostapenko sends second seed Pliskova out
PARIS (Reuters) - Former champion Jelena Ostapenko ousted second seed Karolina Pliskova from the French Open with a 6-4 6-2 win in the second round of the French Open on Thursday after an error-ridden...
Oct 01, 2020
To hunt hackers, FBI works more closely with spy agencies
By Christopher Bing (Reuters) - America's top law enforcement agents and spies are teaming up under one roof as part of a new federal strategy to fight foreign hackers, senior FBI officials said in an...
Oct 01, 2020
U.S. market could benefit if exchanges exit New Jersey in tax spat
By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock exchanges have put New Jersey on notice: Pass a financial transaction tax and they will relocate their primary data centers, where billions of dollars o...
Oct 01, 2020
Weekly COVID-19 cases up 61% in England: test and trace scheme
LONDON (Reuters) - There was a 61% increase in positive COVID-19 cases in England's latest weekly data, with more than four times the number of cases recorded as there were at the end of August, the h...
Oct 01, 2020
