Author Archives: Syndicated Content
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Apr 27, 2020
Apple to delay mass production of 2020 flagship iPhones: WSJ
(Reuters) - Apple Inc is delaying the production ramp-up of its flagship iPhones coming later this year by about a month as the coronavirus pandemic has weakened global consumer demand and disrupted m...
Apr 27, 2020
Indonesia hopes for return to 'normal lives' by July
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia hopes its citizens will be able to resume normal lives by July, as the Southeast Asian nation targets lowering new coronavirus infections by June, its COVID-19 task force...
Apr 27, 2020
Futures gain as more states prepare to ease lockdowns
By C Nivedita (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Monday as more states looked set to lift coronavirus-induced curbs, with investors also turning to quarterly earnings reports from marquee co...
Apr 27, 2020
China to keep coronavirus tests focused, stops short of wider testing
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will focus testing for COVID-19 on high-risk groups such as people from infected areas or with symptoms, the head of a top state research institute said on Monday, suggesting...
Apr 27, 2020
Vietnam jails Facebook user over 'anti-state' posts
HANOI (Reuters) - A court in Vietnam on Monday sentenced a man to 1-1/2 years in prison for uploading anti-state posts to Facebook, the security ministry said, days after Facebook sources told Reuters...
Apr 27, 2020
