Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive: J.C. Penney explores bankruptcy as hopes for recovery fade - sources
By Mike Spector NEW YORK (Reuters) - J.C. Penney Co Inc is exploring filing for bankruptcy protection after the coronavirus pandemic forced the U.S. retailer to temporarily shut its 850 department sto...
Apr 14, 2020
Trump says halting World Health Organization funding over its handling of virus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has instructed his administration to at least temporarily halt funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the c...
Apr 14, 2020
Nigeria's northern economic hub Kano imposes week-long lockdown over coronavirus
KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - The northern Nigeria economic powerhouse state of Kano will impose a seven-day lockdown to contain an outbreak of the new coronavirus, a spokesman for the governor said on ...
Apr 14, 2020
Trump approval rises, but more Americans support Biden for president: poll
By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of Americans who approve of President Donald Trump rose by 5 percentage points over the past week, but registered voters still favored Democrat Joe Biden ...
Apr 14, 2020
Virus-hit Princess Cruises to anchor all voyages till end of June
(Reuters) - Carnival Corp-owned Princess Cruises, whose three ships had become hotbeds for coronavirus infections, said on Tuesday it would cancel all voyages until June-end, after a "no sail order" f...
Apr 14, 2020
Most U.S. healthcare workers who contracted coronavirus likely infected at work: CDC
By Vishwadha Chander (Reuters) - More than half of U.S. healthcare personnel infected with the new coronavirus likely contracted it via contact with an infected patient or coworker, new data from the ...
Apr 14, 2020
General Motors says will make 1.5 million masks a month in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - General Motors Co will begin producing 1.5 million face masks a month at its plant in the Mexican city of Toluca at the end of April, it said on Tuesday, aiming for 9 million m...
Apr 14, 2020
Peru will emerge from 'economic hibernation' by May, elections date safe: president
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Peru hopes to gradually emerge from the economic hibernation aimed at halting the spread of the novel coronavirus and return to "more or less" normal levels of product...
Apr 14, 2020
U.S. banking regulators temporarily defer real estate appraisal requirements
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. banking regulators announced Tuesday they were giving lenders more time to conduct appraisals on real estate transactions, in an effort to keep firms lending amid widesprea...
Apr 14, 2020
Paraguay has South America's best record on coronavirus after early lockdown
By Daniela Desantis ASUNCION (Reuters) - As a global coronavirus pandemic spread around the world, landlocked Paraguay did not wait, imposing a strict lockdown in early March, before neighboring count...
Apr 14, 2020
