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Czech billionaire Kretinsky working in isolation after contracting coronavirus
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, owner of the energy holding group EPH with assets around Europe, said he had contracted the new coronavirus and had been working in isolation. He...
Mar 30, 2020
Philippines reports seven coronavirus deaths, 128 more infections
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' health ministry on Monday reported seven new coronavirus deaths and 128 more infections. Total deaths have risen to 78 and infections to 1,546, Health Undersecretar...
Mar 30, 2020
Japan drugmaker Shionogi to tie up with Ping An as eyes China expansion
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Shionogi & Co , creator of the blockbuster cholesterol treatment Crestor, said on Monday it would tie up with Ping An Insurance Group Co of China , selling a 2.05% voting sta...
Mar 30, 2020
Singapore court dismisses challenges to law that criminalizes gay sex, lawyers say
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's highest court upheld a law that criminalizes sex between men, according to two lawyers involved in the hearings, dismissing three separate appeals that argued that th...
Mar 30, 2020
Short-selling bans achieve nothing useful: exchanges body
LONDON (Reuters) - Banning short-selling of shares gives the impression of responding decisively to events without achieving any useful result, the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) said on Monday. ...
Mar 30, 2020
Indonesia president plans stricter rules on mobility, social distancing
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Monday he plans to impose stricter limits on mobility between regions and also to implement a large-scale policy of social distancing to he...
Mar 30, 2020
China's big banks flag asset pressure due to virus, boding ill for smaller kin
By Cheng Leng and Engen Tham BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's largest state banks said the impact of restrictions on movement imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus could pull down asset qu...
Mar 30, 2020
Thai Airways may cut some plane types for good after grounding jets
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Airways International Pcl may permanently reduce the number of aircraft types it deploys once the coronavirus outbreak that has caused the company to ground most of its fleet ...
Mar 30, 2020
Ted Baker names finance chief Rachel Osborne as CEO
(Reuters) - Troubled fashion retailer Ted Baker on Monday named Chief Financial Officer Rachel Osborne to the permanent role of chief executive officer, replacing Lindsay Page who stepped down last ye...
Mar 30, 2020
Gazprom workers leave hospital after negative coronavirus tests
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Twenty Gazprom workers, who were airlifted to hospital following a coronavirus scare last week, have been discharged after the tests came back negative, a Gazprom spokesman said on ...
Mar 30, 2020
