

changed its methodology for counting covid fatalities. On June 15, Missouri added 25 deaths, mostly from May, after conducting a weekly sweep of death certificatesOn July 2, One of California's county - Santa Clara, retracted 503 deaths as the govt. As of May 17, there were 85,778 probable cases which we evenly distributed across a 70-day period in our tally.On June 14, Washington retracted 30 deaths from dating back to April 2020, and said were determined not to be related to Covid-19. This reduced California's total deaths count by 377.Missouri started reporting probable cases from March 8 onwards. On June 4, One of California's county - Alameda, retracted 423 deaths as the govt. On April 27, West Virginia reduced 162 deaths from the dashboard as these death certificates did not officially list COVID-19 as the cause of death. In 2003, the Reuters Group had revenues of 3.2 billion.On April 26, the state of New Jersey retracted about 9005 cases without providing any explanation for the reduction.

We have 14,700 staff in 92 countries, including some 2,300 editorial staff in 197 bureaus serving approximately 130 countries, making Reuters the worlds largest international multimedia news agency. Our information is trusted and drives decision making across the globe based on our reputation for speed, accuracy and independence. Reuters, the global information company, provides indispensable information tailored for professionals in the financial services, media and corporate markets. As the first external Reuters 3000 Xtra certification course, the Smith School initiative is serving as a beta test, and similar certification courses that may be developed by Reuters in partnership with other business schools. The University of Maryland is the largest university user of Reuters in the United States. There are over 300,000 financial market professionals using Reuters products around the world, with more than 79,000 on Reuters 3000 Xtra, the flagship desktop with the broadest range of information and news.

Those who are certified in Reuters 3000 Xtra will be extremely attractive to potential employers because they can add value from the moment they start work. Students will finish this course with the ability to create the same complex models that they will be required to deliver as professionals in the industry, said Charles LaHaie, the Smith School instructor teaching the course. Students are expected to become skilled in the data, navigation and functionality of the Reuters 3000 Xtra components. The eight-week, non-credit course, which is team-taught by a Smith School finance instructor and an instructor from Reuters, emphasizes application and not theory. Resumes of Smith students with a certification in Reuters 3000 Xtra will be very meaningful to potential employers, as Reuters 3000 Xtra is the premium product used by financial services professionals around the world.

We are very pleased to be partnering with the Smith School in this extremely important endeavor, said Alexander Hungate, Reuters Global Head of Marketing. This course will enable participating Smith School students to graduate with a clear edge in the marketplace as they launch their careers. The Reuters certification course provides Smith students with a unique opportunity to become highly trained in the use of a tool that is standard in the financial services industry, said Howard Frank, dean of the Smith School. Reuters 3000 Xtra, a key component of the finance lab, enables students to follow the markets, build and test investment portfolios, and conduct research using the same type of information service that professionals use. The certification course, offered to the Smith Schools undergraduate and MBA students beginning this fall, takes place in the schools Netcentric Financial Markets Laboratory. Smith School of Business has partnered with Reuters to deliver the first-ever external certification program for Reuters 3000 Xtra, the company's high-speed, high-performance information service for finance professionals.
