FILE PHOTO: A health official draws a dose of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, at Infectious Diseases Hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Dinuka LiyanawatteCAPE TOWN (Reuters) – The Serum Institute of India has fully refunded South Africa for 500,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine which the country did not want and […]
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Stripe app logo is displayed in this illustration taken March 15, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration(Reuters) – Ramp, a fintech startup that offers corporate cards and software for managing employee expenses, raised $115 million in a funding round led by digital payments giant Stripe and D1 Capital Partners, valuing it at $1.6 billion, it said on Thursday. The two-year-old New York-based firm […]
Read moreMarkets concerned stimulus, vaccine-led growth will fuel inflation Federate Hermes portfolio manager Steve Chiavarone says he’s ‘bullish’ on economic recovery on ‘The Claman Countdown.’ U.S. stock futures were mixed Thursday as Big Tech outperformed a day after the S&P 500 finished at record highs. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell 5 points, or 0.02%, while S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq […]
Read moreROME, April 8 (Reuters) – World food prices rose for a 10th consecutive month in March, hitting their highest level since June 2014, led by jumps in vegetable oils, meat and dairy indices, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s food price index, which measures monthly changes for a basket of cereals, oilseeds, dairy […]
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FILE PHOTO: Pedestrians wearing protective face masks amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, are seen behind cherry blossoms in Tokyo, Japan, March 18, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonTOKYO (Reuters) -Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said on Thursday she would request the central government impose emergency measures to stem a surge of COVID-19 infections in the capital region. Koike made the comments after a […]
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican and Brazilian health regulators said on Wednesday they would not limit the use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 shot after Britain’s vaccine advisory committee recommended not using it for people under 30, citing rare blood clot risks.FILE PHOTO: A vial of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is seen at a vaccination center, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Ronquieres, […]
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FILE PHOTO: A sign for a COVID-19 vaccination clinic is seen as high-risk workers receive the first vaccines in the state of Victoria’s rollout of the program, in Melbourne, Australia, February 22, 2021. REUTERS/Sandra SandersSYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia has no current plans to change the rollout of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine in the country, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said, after Europe’s […]
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(Reuters) – President Joe Biden has championed raising the U.S. corporate tax rate to 28% from 21% as the main way to fund his $2 trillion infrastructure plan, but few people in Washington, including inside the White House, really think the rate will land there.U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about jobs and the economy at the White House in Washington, […]
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday made a fiery appeal for U.S companies to foot the bill for his $2 trillion-plus infrastructure plan, but signaled an openness to negotiate how big their tax bill should be.FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the state of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinations from the State Dining Room at the […]
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