September 15, 2021 STUTTGART (Reuters) – Germany’s conservatives, trailing in polls less than two weeks before a national election, launched a stinging attack on Wednesday on the European Central Bank’s loose monetary policy. Friedrich Merz, the expert for fiscal and economic policies in the team of conservative top candidate Armin Laschet, said that, in contrast […]
Patient monitoring startup Doccla secures $3.3M Seed funding for ‘virtual wards’ platform
Doccla, a healthtech startup with a platform that can monitor patients on hospital wards and in the home, has secured a $3.3 million Seed funding round, led by Giant Ventures and Speedinvest. The company allows hospitals to predict when beds will be freed up by monitoring patients remotely via wearable medical devices, thus helping to […]
EU draws inspiration from female Paralympic champion
September 15, 2021 By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) -“If it seems impossible – then it can be done.” The European Union’s chief executive quoted the motto of Italy’s Paralympic champion Beatrice Vio on Wednesday as inspiration for challenges from climate change to COVID. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived at her annual policy […]
Swedish finance minister tipped to become country’s first female PM
September 15, 2021 By Simon Johnson STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Magdalena Andersson is favourite to become Sweden’s prime minister when her Social Democrat colleague Stefan Lofven steps down in November, but major challenges face the current finance minister if she is to keep the top job longer than a few months. If Andersson is picked to […]
Italy to forecast GDP growth around 6% this year, above 4% in 2022, sources say
September 15, 2021 By Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s Treasury expects the economy to grow by around 6% this year and by more than 4% in 2022, two sources close to the matter told Reuters on Wednesday, taking gross domestic product back above its pre-pandemic level by the end of next year. The 2021 […]
Analysis: ECB sees a new inflation ‘hump’ as prices surge
September 15, 2021 By Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT (Reuters) – A spike in euro zone inflation to above the European Central Bank’s target is a temporary “hump”, the ECB says – dusting off a metaphor used a decade ago by its then-president Jean-Claude Trichet. In 2011, the ECB hiked interest rates twice in four months, with […]
Yellen, Harris to argue that investment in child care benefits overall economy
September 15, 2021 By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Vice President Kamala Harris will urge Congress on Wednesday to back proposed spending on affordable child care, armed with a new Treasury report that maps out big benefits such care offers the economy. Congress is considering a $3.5 trillion package […]
‘The Morning Show’ moves beyond #MeToo to COVID and cancel culture
September 15, 2021 By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “The Morning Show,” the Apple TV+ series that tackled the #MeToo movement via the lens of a fictional newscast in its first season, returns this week and explores topics from racism and homophobia to addiction and cancel culture. The COVID-19 pandemic prompted the show’s creators […]
Gymnasts Simone Biles, Aly Raisman to testify in U.S. Senate sex abuse probe
September 15, 2021 By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Olympic gymnasts Simone Biles and Aly Raisman will testify on Wednesday about the sexual abuse they suffered at the hands of disgraced USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, as the U.S. Senate examines why the FBI failed to investigate his crimes sooner. Biles and Raisman will […]
Ghana’s economy grew by 8.9% in second quarter, president says
September 15, 2021 DAKAR (Reuters) – Ghana’s economy grew by 8.9% in the second quarter, President Nana Akufo-Addo told an investment conference on Wednesday as the oil-, cocoa-, and gold-producing nation recovers from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. “In spite of the ravages of the pandemic, we’re working to grow the economy at a […]
Polish ruling party set to renew bid for passage of media reform bill
September 15, 2021 By Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk WARSAW (Reuters) – The leader of Poland’s ruling party has signalled it will try to overturn the Senate’s rejection of a media bill which opponents say is intended to silence a U.S.-owned channel that is critical of the government. The bill outlines reforms that would strengthen a ban on […]
Greek unemployment drops to 14.2% in July
September 15, 2021 ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s jobless rate dropped to 14.2% in July from 15.0% in the previous month, data from the statistics service ELSTAT showed on Wednesday. Seasonally adjusted data showed 664,384 people were officially unemployed, with those aged under 24 the hardest hit. The jobless rate for young people aged 15-24 dropped […]
SpaceX set to make history with first all-civilian crew launched into orbit
September 15, 2021 By Julio-Cesar Chavez and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – The latest in a recent line of space-obsessed billionaires was set for liftoff on Wednesday with three less wealthy private citizens along for the ride aboard a SpaceX rocket ship, seeking to become the first all-civilian crew launched into Earth orbit. […]
FTC staff to present findings on Big Tech’s smaller acquisitions
September 15, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Staff of the Federal Trade Commission will present their findings on Wednesday on business deals that tech platforms like Facebook and Alphabet’s Google did that were sometimes too small to prompt antitrust review. The agency, which began holding open meetings after progressive Lina Khan became chair in June, will […]
Biden to meet executives from Microsoft, Disney on COVID-19 vaccine mandate – WSJ
September 15, 2021 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to meet Wednesday with executives from companies including Walt Disney Co, Microsoft Corp and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc to advance his COVID-19 vaccination requirements for the private sector, the Wall Street Journal reported https://ift.tt/398VCcc. The Biden administration is advocating for state and local leaders […]
Commerzbank to appoint new board members from Erste and Roland Berger – Handelsblatt
September 15, 2021 FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Commerzbank is planning to appoint Erste Group’s <ERST.VI> Thomas Schaufler and Roland Berger’s Joerg Oliveri del Castillo-Schulz to its management board, Handelsblatt reported on Wednesday. The German lender’s supervisory board is debating personnel issues at a meeting on Wednesday and is expected to make an announcement in the afternoon. […]
The micro-economy spinning around Messi’s Paris adventure
September 15, 2021 By Richard Lough PARIS (Reuters) – For Paris photographer Olivier Sanchez, there is only one story in town: the new life of Lionel Messi. Newspapers and magazines around the world harangue his Crystal Pictures agency for images of the Argentine footballer, his wife and children settling into the French capital a month […]
A Minute With: singer Lola Lennox on making music with family
September 15, 2021 By Lisa Keddie LONDON (Reuters) – Singer Lola Lennox teamed up with her boyfriend, model and musician Braeden Wright as well as her famous mother, Eurythmics singer Annie Lennox, to work on her music during lockdown, producing six tracks for her upcoming debut EP. London-born Lennox, who lives in Los Angeles, has released […]
U.S. top general secretly called China over fears Trump could spark war -report
September 15, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. general secretly called his Chinese counterpart twice over concerns then-President Donald Trump could spark a war with China as his potential election loss loomed and in its aftermath, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday. U.S. General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called […]
Biden’s child tax credit pays big in Republican states, popular with voters
September 15, 2021 By Jason Lange and Chris Kahn WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A one-year expansion of the U.S. child tax credit, a policy championed by President Joe Biden and his fellow Democrats over Republican opposition, has disproportionately benefited states that voted for former President Donald Trump in 2020, a Reuters review of Treasury Department data […]
