Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy asks other companies to take on idle workers: sources
By Maki Shiraki TOKYO (Reuters) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) said it has asked several other companies to temporarily employ idle workers from its factories in central Japan in a bid to cut cos...
Oct 28, 2020
Bulgarian central bank governor tests positive for COVID-19
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's central bank governor Dimitar Radev has tested positive for coronavirus and has self-isolated at home, where he will be continuing to carry out his duties, the central ban...
Oct 28, 2020
Currency market volatility jumps before U.S. election outcome
LONDON (Reuters) - Gauges for implied currency swings in the $6.6 trillion a day foreign exchange markets jumped to their highest levels in nearly seven months on Wednesday as traders anticipated more...
Oct 28, 2020
Amazon launches shopping website in Sweden
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday opened up its Swedish website, offering customers more than 150 million products across 30 categories, marking its first entry in the Nordics. Swedish...
Oct 28, 2020
Philippines reports 2,053 new coronavirus cases, 61 deaths
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' health ministry on Wednesday recorded 2,053 new coronavirus infections and 61 additional deaths. In a bulletin, the ministry said total confirmed infections have ri...
Oct 28, 2020
Exxon, Japan's JERA to build LNG-to-power project in Vietnam
SINGAPORE/TOKYO (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp and Japan's biggest power generator, JERA, have agreed to build a power station and import facilities for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) to fuel it in the...
Oct 28, 2020
Russia sends army doctors to help COVID fight in Urals
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will send army medics to a region in the Urals hit by a surge in COVID-19 cases, the defence ministry said on Wednesday, after doctors there made a public plea to President V...
Oct 28, 2020
Thai emergency decree extended to end-November to curb coronavirus
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's cabinet on Wednesday agreed to extend a state of emergency until the end of November, a government spokesman said, maintaining the security measure put in place in late ...
Oct 28, 2020
European stock futures slump 2% on report France mulling national lockdown
(Reuters) - European stock futures dropped to a fresh five-month low on Wednesday after a report France was mulling a month-long national lockdown to combat a surge in coronavirus infections. Euro Sto...
Oct 28, 2020
Protection level and timing of early COVID vaccines still uncertain: UK minister
LONDON (Reuters) - It is likely that the first COVID-19 vaccines will be imperfect and it is still unclear when they will be ready and how much protection they will give, British environment minister ...
Oct 28, 2020
