Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Early Asia tech results signal slow recovery after virus battering
By Josh Horwitz and Heekyong Yang SHANGHAI/SEOUL (Reuters) - Smartphone sales in China are rising again as COVID-19 cases there decline and global demand for chips used in work-from-home networks is s...
Apr 07, 2020
Formula One furloughs staff, bosses take pay cuts
LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One has put almost half its staff on furlough until the end of May due to the novel coronavirus with chairman Chase Carey and senior management also taking a pay cut, an F1 ...
Apr 07, 2020
Hong Kong office demand shrinks the most in 18 years: Cushman & Wakefield
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Real estate consultancy Cushman & Wakefield on Tuesday revised its forecasts for Hong Kong office rents to fall as much as 18% in the full year while retail rents to drop as much...
Apr 07, 2020
UK's Queen Elizabeth sends message of enduring appreciation to health workers
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth on Tuesday sent a message of "enduring appreciation and good wishes" to health workers around the world for World Health Day. "I want to thank all those wo...
Apr 07, 2020
U.S. economy will eventually reopen but with big changes: White House's Kudlow
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is aiming to reopen the U.S. economy when the nation's top health experts give the go-ahead, but Americans' lives will be drastically different, White H...
Apr 07, 2020
Bulgaria recalls embassy official from Netherlands over illegally collecting coronavirus 'tax'
SOFIA (Reuters) - A senior official at the Bulgarian embassy in The Hague has been recalled for illegally collecting what he called a coronavirus tax from visitors seeking consular assistance, Bulgari...
Apr 07, 2020
Italian doctors denounce failings in Lombardy coronavirus response
By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - Doctors in Lombardy, the Italian region hardest hit by the coronavirus epidemic, have criticised local officials for their handling of the crisis and said the mista...
Apr 07, 2020
Russia confirms its participation in OPEC+ meeting on April 9
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Tuesday confirmed its participation in the OPEC+ meeting of leading oil producers set for April 9, a spokeswoman for energy ministry told Reuters. The conference, due to b...
Apr 07, 2020
HSBC Hong Kong asset management units fined $450,000
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's markets regulator has fined two HSBC units HK$3.5 million ($451,456) for regulatory breaches. The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) said that some of the 53 fun...
Apr 07, 2020
Living on margins, Hungary's Roma feel especially exposed to coronavirus
By Marton Dunai BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Leaders of Hungary's Roma people said on Tuesday the coronavirus pandemic posed a grave threat to the already precarious status of the marginalised minority, with ...
Apr 07, 2020
