Author Archives: Syndicated Content
JPMorgan to launch UK consumer bank within months
LONDON (Reuters) - JPMorgan will launch its digital consumer bank in Britain under its Chase brand within months, the US banking giant said on Wednesday. The bank said the new business had already rec...
Jan 27, 2021
Chicago teachers to defy order to return to classroom due to COVID-19 concerns
By Brendan O'Brien CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago teachers are poised to defy an order to return to classrooms on Wednesday, claiming the school system has failed to put in place COVID-19 protocols neces...
Jan 27, 2021
Silicon Valley venture capital firm TCV raises $4 billion for latest fund
By Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) - Silicon Valley venture capital firm TCV said on Wednesday it raised $4 billion for its 11th fund, the biggest fund in its 25-year history, after many of the portfolio co...
Jan 27, 2021
Wall Street expects near-record iPhone sales despite delay, shut Apple stores
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - During the last three months of 2020, Apple Inc delivered its flagship iPhone 12 model weeks later than normal iPhone debuts and shuttered some of its stores due to the p...
Jan 27, 2021
Facebook investors, shrugging off election woes, look for ‘social commerce’ payday
By Katie Paul PALO ALTO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc may face questions about fallout from U.S. election controversies when it posts earnings on Wednesday, but top of mind for investors is a less politica...
Jan 27, 2021
AstraZeneca reaffirms meeting with EU still on for Wednesday
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Astrazeneca said on Wednesday that a meeting between the British drugmaker and European Union representatives to discuss COVID-19 vaccine supplies would go ahead as planned on We...
Jan 27, 2021
British government faces pushback on mass COVID-19 testing plan – sources
By Alistair Smout and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists and advisers are resisting British government plans to test the population for COVID-19 to boost efforts to reopen the economy becau...
Jan 27, 2021
AT&T quarterly postpaid phone additions jump on 5G boost
(Reuters) - AT&T Inc said on Wednesday it added more postpaid phone subscribers than expected during the fourth quarter, helped by an uptick in demand for its 5G services as people continued to work f...
Jan 27, 2021
Bahrain stops indoor dining, moves schools to remote learning to contain COVID-19 – ministry
DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain will suspend dine-in services in restaurants and cafes and will move public and private schools to remote learning for three weeks to contain the spread of the coronavirus, t...
Jan 27, 2021
Boeing 737 MAX safe to return to service in Europe, regulator says
PARIS (Reuters) - Boeing's 737 MAX airliner is safe to return to service in Europe, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said on Wednesday, lifting a 22-month flight ban after two crashes ...
Jan 27, 2021
