Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EU seeks views on gig workers’ rights ahead of new law by year end
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission kicked off a public consultation on Wednesday to determine whether to propose a law that would give gig economy workers greater rights as c...
Syndicated Content Feb 24, 2021
Japan to receive more than two million COVID-19 vaccine doses in March
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will receive up to 2.3 million coronavirus vaccine doses from Pfizer Inc in March, the minister overseeing Japan's vaccination programme, Taro Kono, said on Wednesday. Japan la...
Syndicated Content Feb 24, 2021
Air taxi startup Joby to go public in $6.6 billion blank-check deal
By Paul Lienert and Anirban Sen (Reuters) - Joby Aviation, the 12-year-old electric air taxi startup partnered with Toyota Motor Corp and Uber Technologies, will go public in a $6.6 billion reverse me...
Syndicated Content Feb 24, 2021
Nasdaq futures subdued as tech sell-off deepens
By Devik Jain (Reuters) - Futures tracking the tech-heavy Nasdaq were muted on Wednesday after sliding for six straight sessions as investors swapped growth-oriented technology shares with stocks that...
Syndicated Content Feb 24, 2021
Germany confirms it will receive 16 million AstraZeneca doses in second quarter
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany said it expected to receive 16 million doses of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine in the second quarter, the health ministry said. That could represent a shortfall from the ...
Syndicated Content Feb 24, 2021
Japan advisers urge quick adoption of carbon pricing to hit emissions goal
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan must introduce carbon pricing and fiscal incentives for green investment to achieve its goal of becoming carbon-neutral by 2050, private-sector members of a key...
Syndicated Content Feb 24, 2021
Goldman Sachs-backed ReNew Power to go public via $8-billion SPAC deal
(Reuters) - India's largest renewable energy firm ReNew Power on Wednesday agreed to go public through a merger with blank-check firm RMG Acquisition Corporation II, in a deal that values the merged e...
Syndicated Content Feb 24, 2021
Facebook says it inadvertently blocked content during Australia news ban
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Wednesday some content was inadvertently blocked on its social network platform when it banned all news content in Australia. The block on non-news content was, howeve...
Syndicated Content Feb 24, 2021
British vaccine minister says confident in supply from manufacturers
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has confidence in its supply of COVID-19 vaccines and has good visibility on future supplies thanks to regular contacts with manufacturers over timetables for deliveries, th...
Syndicated Content Feb 24, 2021
EU countries’ COVID-19 curbs must not hurt trade: official
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union countries must ensure travel and border restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of new coronavirus variants do not hurt trade in goods and ...
Syndicated Content Feb 24, 2021





