Author Archives: Syndicated Content
ECB ready to help but must be mindful of side effects: Mersch
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is ready to provide more support to the economy when it meets in December but it should also assess the unwanted side effects of any potential measures,...
Oct 30, 2020
Russia experiencing shortage of doctors as COVID-19 cases surge, says Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Friday said there was a shortage of doctors across Russia, as COVID-19 cases surged past 18,000 to a record daily high. In Moscow, residents who want to be vaccinated...
Oct 30, 2020
Prominent Japan strategist Kathy Matsui to leave Goldman
By Tomo Uetake SYDNEY (Reuters) - Prominent Goldman Sachs Group Inc executive Kathy Matsui, who has advocated for Japan to close its gender gap and bolster the role of women in the workplace, is stepp...
Oct 30, 2020
Hong Kong third quarter GDP down 3.4% year-on-year, grows 3% quarter-on-quarter
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's economy contracted 3.4% in the third quarter compared with a year earlier, the government said on Friday, as the coronavirus pandemic hammered consumer spending, trad...
Oct 30, 2020
Sony in talks with AT&T to buy Crunchyroll for more than $950 million: Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp is in final talks with AT&T to acquire U.S. animation-streaming service Crunchyroll in a deal worth more than 100 billion yen ($957 million), the Nikkei business daily repo...
Oct 30, 2020
Killings in France trigger Bangladesh protests against Macron
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Muslims protested in Bangladesh on Friday after killings by a Tunisian migrant in a French church prompted a vow by President Emmanuel Macron to hold his gro...
Oct 30, 2020
First wave of ships explore green hydrogen as route to net zero
By Jonathan Saul and Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - Developers across the world are for the first time testing the use of hydrogen to power ships as the maritime industry races to find technologies ...
Oct 30, 2020
EU to discuss limiting non-essential travel to Europe: Spahn
BERLIN (Reuters) - European Union health ministers will discuss limiting non-essential travel to Europe at a virtual meeting on Friday, German health minister Jens Spahn said. "The topic of the meetin...
Oct 30, 2020
Joe Biden says he won't use threat of cutting U.S. troop levels in ties with South Korea
(Reuters) - Democratic U.S. presidential challenger Joe Biden said that if elected he will strengthen Washington's alliance with Seoul and not use the threat of reducing U.S. troop levels in South Kor...
Oct 30, 2020
Analysis: As China's yuan becomes a Biden election play, PBOC pushes back
By Tom Westbrook and Andrew Galbraith SINGAPORE/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Speculative bets that Joe Biden will win the White House on Nov. 3 and bring a steadier tone to rocky Sino-U.S. relations have turb...
Oct 30, 2020
