Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Soccer: FIFA proposes up to five substitutions per match on a temporary basis
BERN (Reuters) - FIFA has proposed that teams should be allowed to make up to five substitutions per match, instead of the usual three, as a temporary measure, the global soccer body said on Monday. I...
Thomson Reuters Apr 27, 2020
China police detain three linked to censored coronavirus archive
By Huizhong Wu BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police have detained two people who contributed to an online archive of censored articles about the coronavirus outbreak, a friend and a family member of one...
Thomson Reuters Apr 27, 2020
Explainer: U.S. payroll protection program: What has changed in round two?
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Small Business Administration (SBA) on Monday will release $310 billion in funds for the second round of its program that aims to help small businesses hu...
Thomson Reuters Apr 27, 2020
Lufthansa should be supported but not nationalised: Bavarian premier
MUNICH (Reuters) - The German government should support Lufthansa as it tackles the coronavirus crisis but the flagship carrier should not be nationalised, Bavarian State Premier Markus Soeder said on...
Thomson Reuters Apr 27, 2020
U.S. health insurers benefit as elective care cuts offset coronavirus costs
By Manojna Maddipatla and Caroline Humer NEW YORK (Reuters) - As Americans delay elective surgeries and avoid doctors and hospitals during the coronavirus pandemic, healthcare spending declines have m...
Thomson Reuters Apr 27, 2020
EasyJet calls shareholder meeting under pressure from founder Stelios
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's easyJet said it will hold a general meeting of investors on May 22 to consider resolutions put forward by its biggest shareholder and founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou, who opp...
Thomson Reuters Apr 27, 2020
Exclusive: Saudi Arabia makes first wheat purchase from overseas farmland investment
By Maha El Dahan DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's state grain buyer SAGO on Monday said it bought 60,000 tonnes of Ukraine wheat from investment firm SALIC, marking its first purchase from agricultura...
Thomson Reuters Apr 27, 2020
Some countries prise open COVID-19 lockdowns, but UK says not yet
By Giselda Vagnoni and Guy Faulconbridge ROME/LONDON (Reuters) - Countries from Italy to New Zealand have announced the easing of coronavirus lockdowns but Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, back...
Thomson Reuters Apr 27, 2020
U.S. banks, small businesses brace for lending race re-run
By Pete Schroeder and Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. banks were girding on Monday for another chaotic dash to grab $310 billion in fresh small business aid due to be released by the govern...
Thomson Reuters Apr 27, 2020
GE's coronavirus troubles likely to hit power business, not just aviation
By Alwyn Scott and Rachit Vats (Reuters) - Quarantines and lockdowns at large U.S. power plants are threatening to squeeze a multibillion-dollar slice of revenue that General Electric Co is counting o...
Thomson Reuters Apr 27, 2020