Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Trump to host Big Oil execs at White House to discuss market slump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with oil company executives at the White House on Friday to discuss a historic oil-price slump threatening their businesses, brought on by ...
Apr 03, 2020
Ford says Europe manufacturing ops to remain suspended at least until May 4
(Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said on Friday the temporary suspension of vehicle and engine production at most of its European manufacturing sites is expected to run at least until May 4. The automaker sa...
Apr 03, 2020
Latvia reports first death of a COVID-19 patient: health ministry
RIGA (Reuters) - Latvia reported its first death of a patient infected with the new coronavirus on Friday, when a 99-year-old woman died in a hospital in Riga, the health ministry said. "The Ministry ...
Apr 03, 2020
China frees up $56 billion for virus-hit economy by slashing small banks' reserve requirements
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's central bank said on Friday it was cutting the amount of cash that small and mid-sized banks must hold as reserves, releasing around 400 billion yuan ($56.38 billion) in li...
Apr 03, 2020
Swiss coronavirus death toll rises to 484, cases jump by more than 1,000
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss death toll from coronavirus has reached 484, the country's public health ministry said on Friday, rising from 432 people on Thursday. The number of people who have tested ...
Apr 03, 2020
German minister plans further tightening of border controls: Spiegel
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany Interior Minister Horst Seehofer wants to extend to another four countries stricter border controls designed to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus and oblige passenger...
Apr 03, 2020
Russian ban on Western food bears fruit in coronavirus era
By Polina Devitt MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian decision to ban most Western food imports, taken in anger six years ago, is helping Moscow navigate the coronavirus crisis, giving it enough homegrown sto...
Apr 03, 2020
Futures dip ahead of payrolls, business activity data
By Uday Sampath Kumar (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures fell on Friday, with investors awaiting data on non-farm payrolls and business activity to assess the extent of the economic hit from the cor...
Apr 03, 2020
Nestle confirms 2019 dividend proposal
ZURICH (Reuters) - Nestle on Friday confirmed its 2019 dividend proposal of 2.70 Swiss francs per share even as the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus upends planned shareholder payouts. "We confi...
Apr 03, 2020
Saudi king earmarks $2.4 billion to pay private-sector workers: state news agency
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Salman has ordered up to 9 billion riyals ($2.4 billion) to be disbursed to pay part of the wages of private-sector workers to deter companies from laying off st...
Apr 03, 2020
