September 9, 2021 (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co on Thursday appointed Allison Beer as the chief executive officer of cards at Chase, making her the third woman in a row to lead the cards business at the retail bank. Beer took over the reins from Marianne Lake, who is currently co-head of the consumer […]
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Canada’s main parties jump aboard spending bandwagon as election nears
September 9, 2021 By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) – With less than two weeks before Canadians vote in a federal election, the race is too close to call. But what is certain is that for the first time in recent memory, no matter which party wins, the government spending taps will be wide open. The […]
Laser-initiated fusion leads the way to safe, affordable clean energy
Siegfried Glenzer Contributor Siegfried Glenzer, a recipient of the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, is a professor and high-energy-density division director at Stanford’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and a science adviser for nuclear fusion company Marvel Fusion. The quest to make fusion power a reality recently took a massive step forward. The National Ignition Facility (NIF) […]
Facebook unveils its first smart glasses
September 9, 2021 By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) -Facebook Inc launched its first smart glasses on Thursday in a step toward its aim of offering true augmented-reality spectacles. The glasses, which were created in partnership with Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica, allow wearers to listen to music, take calls or capture photos and short videos and share them […]
Analysis-Biden has a chance to make the Fed’s board look more like America
September 9, 2021 By Jonnelle Marte and Lindsay Dunsmuir (Reuters) – As U.S. President Joe Biden assesses whether to reappoint Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and nominate as many as three others to the central bank’s powerful board, he has the opportunity to revamp a leadership team long criticized for being too white and too […]
Frozen on stage – Disney movie musical comes to London West End
September 9, 2021 By Mindy Burrows LONDON (Reuters) – Hit Disney animation “Frozen” has come to the London stage, officially opening as a West End musical on Wednesday in a theatre newly restored by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. The Oscar-winning film about royal sisters Anna and Elsa in the fictional kingdom of Arendelle has won […]
El Salvador president steps in to fix bitcoin rollout snags
September 9, 2021 By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) -Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele stepped in on Wednesday to manage the fraught roll-out of a payments app that underpins the nation’s adoption of bitcoin as legal tender, and called on users to report any problems on his Twitter feed. Adopting language similar to IT departments in […]
Soccer-Japan withdraws from hosting Club World Cup due to pandemic
September 9, 2021 (Reuters) -The Japan Football Association (JFA) has withdrawn from hosting the 2021 Club World Cup due to the COVID-19 situation in the country, world soccer’s governing body (FIFA) said on Thursday. The annual tournament, which brings together champions from the six global confederations, was due to be held in December. “FIFA can […]
Soccer-Poland say no racism in Glik’s bust-up with England’s Walker
September 9, 2021 (Reuters) – Poland said their players did not racially abuse England defender Kyle Walker during a heated mass scuffle in Wednesday’s 1-1 World Cup qualifying draw in Warsaw. World governing body FIFA said that it was investigating the row that broke out on the halftime whistle after Poland’s Kamil Glik clashed with […]
Golf-Aphibarnrat sets Wentworth pace as Rose makes late Ryder Cup bid
September 9, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) -Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat produced a scorching eight-under-par opening round at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth on Thursday as behind him those vying for Ryder Cup spots experienced mixed fortunes. Aphibarnrat’s round of 64 gave him a one-stroke lead over Australian Adam Scott with England’s Justin Rose, hoping to impress […]
Open source backend-as-a-service startup Supabase raises $30M
Supabase, the backend-as-a-service startup, announced this week that it raised a $30 million Series A. Supabase is often described as an open source alternative to Google’s Firebase … which is a pretty good way to put it for those who know what Firebase is. For those who don’t: Supabase is a collection of tools that […]
European bonds rally as ECB keeps stimulus cut to a minimum
September 9, 2021 By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Euro zone bonds were on course for their best day in months on Thursday as the European Central Bank took its first tentative step in withdrawing COVID-era stimulus, though stocks were kept back after Beijing took another swipe at its tech giants. Europe’s STOXX 600 was […]
Chinese regulatory squeeze weighs on gaming shares worldwide
September 9, 2021 SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Chinese gaming and related shares skidded on Thursday, dragged down by an ongoing regulatory squeeze that has engulfed industries ranging from online platforms and entertainment to for-profit tutoring and real estate. In the latest blow to China’s online gaming sector, the South China Morning Post reported on Thursday afternoon that […]
Bank of Canada signals quantitative easing may not be needed much longer
September 9, 2021 By Julie Gordon and David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Canadian economy is moving closer to a point where the Bank of Canada will no longer need to continue adding stimulus through its quantitative easing (QE) program, but it is not there yet, Governor Tiff Macklem said on Thursday. Macklem, in a […]
Wall Street’s subdued finish fails to detract from strong August (Aug 31)
September 9, 2021 (In Aug. 31 story, paragraph 5, corrects firm name to SpiderRock, from SpringRock) By David French (Reuters) -Wall Street finished marginally lower on Tuesday, although the slightly subdued ending to August failed to detract from a strong monthly performance by its three main indexes, in what is traditionally regarded as a quiet […]
Amazon to fully fund college tuition for frontline employees
September 9, 2021 (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc will fully fund college tuition for over 750,000 of its frontline employees, the e-commerce giant said on Thursday, stepping up its efforts to attract and retain workers in a tight domestic labor market. It plans to spend about $1.2 billion in the next four years on its U.S […]
Shell weighs ‘jab or job’ policy for employees -document
September 9, 2021 By Ron Bousso and Sabrina Valle LONDON (Reuters) -Royal Dutch Shell is considering making it mandatory for workers in some operations to get COVID-19 vaccinations or risk being fired, an internal company document seen by Reuters shows. The energy company, which employs some 86,000 workers in more than 70 countries, will weigh […]
U.S. FDA to ask for more time before deciding on Juul e-cigarettes -WSJ
September 9, 2021 (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to ask for more time before deciding whether e-cigarettes from market leader Juul Labs Inc can be sold in the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported https://ift.tt/3nhHpll on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Juul, along with other e-cigarette brands […]
The Marvel Unlimited comics app just got a major overhaul
Kris Holt Contributor Share on Twitter Kris Holt is a contributing writer at Engadget. More posts by this contributor Locast suspends local TV streaming service in wake of court ruling Microsoft will bring cloud gaming to Xbox consoles this holiday season Marvel is rolling out a brand new version of its Marvel Unlimited comics subscription […]
Afghan journalists beaten in Taliban detention, editor says
September 9, 2021 (Reuters) -Two Afghan journalists were beaten in police custody this week after covering a protest by women in Kabul where they were detained by the Taliban, their editor said. Zaki Daryabi, founder and editor-in-chief of the Etilaat Roz newspaper, shared images on social media of two male reporters, one with large, red […]