Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EU wraps up talks with J&J for 200 million doses of potential COVID-19 vaccine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Thursday it had concluded preliminary talks with U.S. pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson to buy upfront 200 million doses of a potential COVI...
Aug 13, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. recruits scientists abroad for COVID-19 vaccine trials, pledges access to supply
By Marisa Taylor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration's coronavirus vaccine project is recruiting scientists in South Africa and Latin America to help test possible vaccines in U.S.- backed...
Aug 13, 2020
Spain’s Canary Islands curb smoking amid COVID-19 worries
MADRID (Reuters) - The Canary Islands became Spain's second region to all but ban smoking in the streets on Thursday as part of measures to stop a resurgence of coronavirus infections, and other regio...
Aug 13, 2020
Vroom seeing more demand for used cars ‘than we can currently fulfill’: CEO
DETROIT (Reuters) - Online vehicle seller Vroom Inc is seeing more demand for used cars "than we can currently fulfill" due to the coronavirus pandemic, with a 20% increase in demand in U.S. cities th...
Aug 13, 2020
UK’s Johnson sees ‘very, very good case’ for EU to agree trade deal
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday there was a very good case for a zero quota, zero tariff deal with the European Union and that he wanted get it done quickly. "...
Aug 13, 2020
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
