Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Judge voids Trump ‘joint employer’ rule that U.S. states called anti-labor
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a Trump administration rule that narrowed the definition of "joint employer," and which the attorneys general of 17 stat...
Sep 08, 2020
German carmakers, gov’t to look at boosting suppliers’ equity capital
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government and representatives of its powerful auto industry agreed on Tuesday to look in to possible ways of strengthening the equity capital of c...
Sep 08, 2020
Jordan confirms two COVID-19 cases in a Syrian refugee camp: U.N.
AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordanian authorities confirmed the first two cases of coronavirus in a refugee camp hosting Syrian refugees since the pandemic was first reported in the kingdom, the U.N refugee age...
Sep 08, 2020
Ethiopia’s Tigray holding regional elections in defiance of federal government
By Giulia Paravicini ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's northern Tigray region is holding elections on Wednesday in defiance of a federal edict that the polls are illegal, intensifying a confrontation...
Sep 08, 2020
Lyft rides rise 7.3% in August from prior month
(Reuters) - Ride-hailing firm Lyft Inc said on Tuesday rides on its platform rose 7.3% in August from the previous month as operations in Canada recovered faster than in the United States. However, co...
Sep 08, 2020
Unilever CEO expects shareholder support for UK HQ move
(Reuters) - Unilever expects shareholders to support its plan to unify its headquarters in London and scrap its Dutch base and believes a potential law enacting an "exit tax" in the Netherlands would ...
Sep 08, 2020
U.S. credit spreads unlikely to tighten much further, says UBS
By Kate Duguid NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. corporate bond market has made a dramatic recovery from the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, but it is unlikely to improve further in the near ter...
Sep 08, 2020
Slack beats second-quarter revenue estimates
(Reuters) - Slack Technologies Inc beat quarterly revenue estimates on Tuesday as more companies signed on to its workplace messaging app to keep their employees working from home connected amid the C...
Sep 08, 2020
Mexican economy seen growing 4.6% in 2021 in draft budget plan
By Diego Or and Stefanie Eschenbacher MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's economy will likely grow by 4.6% next year, according to a draft budget proposal published on Tuesday, suggesting the road to rec...
Sep 08, 2020
Qiagen readies launch of rapid COVID-19 antigen test
By Manas Mishra and Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - German diagnostic test maker Qiagen on Tuesday said it planned to launch a COVID-19 antigen test that can provide results in 15 minutes and test about 30...
Sep 08, 2020
