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Buoyant Boohoo lifts profit despite supply chain scandal
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - Boohoo reported a 51% increase in first half profit and raised its full year guidance on Wednesday, with publicity over failings in its supply chain showing no impact...
Syndicated Content Sep 30, 2020
Amid COVID surge, WHO urges Europe to step up controls now to save lives
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Imposing tighter controls to curb COVID-19 contagion could save hundreds of thousands of lives across Europe before February as the continent battles an exponential ...
Syndicated Content Oct 15, 2020
Foreign lawyers for 'Hotel Rwanda' hero say they have been denied access to him
By Clement Uwiringiyimana KIGALI (Reuters) - Foreign lawyers of Paul Rusesabagina, depicted as a hero in a Hollywood movie about Rwanda's 1994 genocide, say they have been stopped from seeing their cl...
Syndicated Content Oct 15, 2020
China's Tencent starts fund advisory services to tap asset management
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese tech giant Tencent Holding is making forays into fund advisory services, vying for a share of the potentially lucrative market with rival Alibaba Group Holding Ltd , which...
Syndicated Content Aug 12, 2020
Federal judge dismisses some claims by Apple in fight against Epic Games
(Reuters) - A federal judge in California late on Tuesday dismissed some of Apple Inc's counterclaims against Epic Games, in a dispute that has seen the online game maker's "Fortnite" game r...
Syndicated Content Nov 11, 2020
BlackRock's Fink 'pretty bearish' on emerging markets
NEW YORK (Reuters) - BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said on Friday he believes emerging markets are on a downward slide as he sees strong macro trends weighing on the asset class. "I am pretty bearish ...
Syndicated Content Oct 16, 2020
Fender releases new professional guitars as sales boom during pandemic
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Fender Musical Instruments Corp on Tuesday released a new range of electric guitars aimed at professional players, hoping that a sales boom in entry level guitars will ca...
Syndicated Content Oct 13, 2020
Africa must prepare for second COVID wave, disease control group says
By Giulia Paravicini and Duncan Miriri ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI (Reuters) - COVID-19 cases are accelerating in some parts of Africa and governments should step up preparations for a second wave, the Africa...
Syndicated Content Oct 29, 2020
Vaccine hesitancy may undermine fight against COVID-19, UK report says
LONDON (Reuters) - An 80% uptake of a COVID-19 vaccine may be needed to protect communities from the novel coronavirus, but volatile levels of misinformation and vaccine mistrust could undermine effor...
Syndicated Content Nov 10, 2020
USDA defends estimate of China corn imports, despite hot sales pace
By Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday defended its latest monthly forecast of China's corn imports, a figure that surprised analysts given that corn sa...
Syndicated Content Oct 29, 2020
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