Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Tokyo reports 38 new coronavirus cases in fifth straight day of decline
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's capital of Tokyo reported 38 cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, Jiji news agency said, marking a fifth straight day of declining numbers of new infections. Prime Minister Shi...
May 06, 2020
Coronavirus lockdown batters German services in April: PMI
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's services sector recorded its weakest ever performance in April due to the coronavirus pandemic, pulling down overall private sector activity in Europe's largest economy to...
May 06, 2020
Coronavirus lockdown plunges French services into record slump: PMI
PARIS (Reuters) - French service providers saw an unprecedented collapse in business activity last month due to a nationwide coronavirus lockdown that force all but non-essential firms to close, a mon...
May 06, 2020
UK faces bumpy ride on inflation as COVID hits price data
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will likely offer some volatile inflation readings in the months ahead because the coronavirus shutdown has prevented statisticians from getting any prices on a wide range i...
May 06, 2020
Italy service sector shrinks at steepest rate on record in April: PMI
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's service sector shrank at the fastest rate in more than 22 years in April, a survey showed on Wednesday, as a lockdown imposed to try to contain the coronavirus pandemic shutte...
May 06, 2020
China's BGI gets Australian foothold through mass coronavirus test delivery
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia says its purchase of 10 million coronavirus test kits from Chinese genomics company BGI will not risk patient privacy, as researchers hope for greater pr...
May 06, 2020
Judge reinstates New York presidential primary canceled by state
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has reinstated a presidential primary canceled last week by New York state, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, over concerns that voting would have b...
May 06, 2020
Russia's coronavirus cases rise by more than 10,000 for fourth straight day
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The number of new coronavirus cases in Russia rose by 10,559 over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 165,929, the coronavirus crisis response centre said on Wednesd...
May 06, 2020
European shares flat as mixed earnings, U.S.-China tensions weigh
(Reuters) - European shares opened little changed on Wednesday as a batch of mixed earnings reports and simmering U.S.-China tensions added to doubts about a swift economic recovery even as many count...
May 06, 2020
Amber Capital: no plans to sell Lagardere stake and it may even raise it
PARIS (Reuters) - The founder of activist investment company Amber Capital, which lost out this week in a bid to shake up the governance at French group Lagardere , said on Wednesday he had no plans t...
May 06, 2020
