Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Two million UK employees on COVID-19 furlough: finance minister
LONDON (Reuters) - British businesses have registered more than 2 million staff as furloughed due to the coronavirus since a government wage support scheme opened on Monday, finance minister Rishi Sun...
Apr 22, 2020
Turkey says virus outbreak under control, as death toll rises by 117 to 2,376
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has gotten the coronavirus outbreak under control, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Wednesday, as data showed deaths from the virus increasing by 117 to 2,376, with 3,0...
Apr 22, 2020
Oil exec and Trump ally Hamm seeks U.S. probe of oil price crash
By Chris Prentice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The founder of Continental Resources Inc , an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, is pressing the U.S. commodity markets regulator and the exchange to probe w...
Apr 22, 2020
McConnell says he favors state bankruptcy over more federal aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday opened the door to allowing U.S. states to file for bankruptcy to deal with economic losses stemming from the coronaviru...
Apr 22, 2020
Google says state-backed hackers increasing coronavirus phishing attacks
(Reuters) - Security experts at Alphabet Inc's Google have identified more than a dozen government-backed hacking groups using the COVID-19 pandemic as cover for phishing and malware attempts. Google ...
Apr 22, 2020
Portuguese banks may need to halt loan repayments for longer than six months, say CEOs
By Victoria Waldersee LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's biggest banks have suspended repayments on loans worth about 19 billion euros ($20.6 billion) for six months to help those hit by the coronavirus cr...
Apr 22, 2020
WHO chief says 'virus will be with us for a long time'
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that there were "worrying upward trends" in early epidemics in parts of Africa and central and South America, while also warnin...
Apr 22, 2020
Atlantia says traffic last week on its Italian road network was down 80%
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian infrastructure group Atlantia said on Wednesday that last week traffic on the motorway network it runs in Italy fell 79.7% year-on-year. Motorway traffic was down 81.8% on it...
Apr 22, 2020
Karate Combat looks to fill sports void
By Rory Carroll (Reuters) - Karate Combat, a league devoted to showcasing the ancient martial art, said it is hoping to take advantage of the stalled sports calendar to premiere its prerecorded second...
Apr 22, 2020
Fox's Rupert, Lachlan Murdoch to forgo salary due to hit from coronavirus
(Reuters) - Fox Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch and Chief Executive Officer Lachlan Murdoch will forgo their salaries in response to the coronavirus crisis, according to an internal memo sent to employee...
Apr 22, 2020
