Author Archives: Syndicated Content
California startup aims to tackle battery degradation in electric cars
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Lithium-ion batteries are essential to electric vehicles, but they have drawbacks: They are hard to make and degrade over time. A San Leandro, California-based start-up o...
Aug 13, 2020
Spain’s new coronavirus cases spike to 2,935, total at 337,334
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain reported a sharp rise in new coronavirus infections on Thursday as 2,935 cases were diagnosed in the past 24 hours, after 1,690 were reported the previous day, according to he...
Aug 13, 2020
Kudlow sees single-digit unemployment in August, ‘V’ recovery
(Reuters) - White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Thursday said he expects the U.S. unemployment rate to return to single-digit levels as early as this month and growth in the third quarter sho...
Aug 13, 2020
World needs to spend at least $100 billion on new tools to fight virus: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - The world needs to spend at least $100 billion on new tools to address the coronavirus pandemic, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday. More th...
Aug 13, 2020
U.S. hits fiscal cliff with jobs, economic recovery in the balance
By Howard Schneider and Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - The U.S. push to fire up its economy in the middle of a pandemic remained stalled last week with signs the lapse of emergency unemployment benefits a...
Aug 13, 2020
UK will be “ruthless” over quarantine, Johnson says when asked about France
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said his government was prepared to be ruthless with even its closest partners over COVID-19 quarantine rules, after he was asked whether France...
Aug 13, 2020
Report: 49ers’ Kittle agrees to five-year, $75M extension
The San Francisco 49ers and All-Pro tight end George Kittle have agreed to a five-year, $75 million extension, ESPN reported Thursday. The deal reportedly includes a $30 million signing bonus and a $4...
Aug 13, 2020
China’s Confucius Institutes must register as foreign missions in U.S.: Pompeo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday Chinese government-funded cultural centers at U.S. universities would be required register as foreign missions, the latest sign of the deterio...
Aug 13, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court allows easing of Rhode Island voting restrictions
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday left in place a lower-court ruling that relaxes voting restrictions in Rhode Island during the coronavirus pandemic. The ju...
Aug 13, 2020
Volkswagen to make electric car cells, battery packs in U.S.
(Reuters) - German automaker Volkswagen AG said it was expanding its Chattanooga factory in Tennessee to make electric vehicle cells and battery packs in the United States, alongside assembling electr...
Aug 13, 2020
