Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Crusaders' players public training 'unacceptable' says New Zealand Rugby
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand Rugby has labelled as "unacceptable" the actions of a group of Canterbury Crusaders players who breached the country's strict coronavirus lockdown rules on Monday by...
Apr 06, 2020
Social groups urge mass debt relief for poor countries hit by crisis
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Nearly 140 campaign groups and charities urged the IMF and World Bank, G20 governments and private creditors on Tuesday to help the world's poorest countries through t...
Apr 06, 2020
Japan PM Abe says fiscal spending under stimulus plan to total 39 trillion yen: Jiji
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said direct fiscal spending under the government's stimulus package to combat the coronavirus pandemic will total 39 trillion yen ($357 billion), J...
Apr 06, 2020
Asian shares poised to climb after Wall Street rallies
By Chris Prentice (Reuters) - Asian markets looked poised on Tuesday to attempt another day of gains after stocks rallied on signs of a slowdown in coronavirus-related deaths, as oil prices resumed th...
Apr 06, 2020
Brazil army report calls for isolation to slow coronavirus, contradicting Bolsonaro
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - A report published by the Brazilian army's strategic studies center last week contradicts President Jair Bolsonaro by calling for widespread isolation to fight t...
Apr 06, 2020
Samsung Electronics says first-quarter profit likely rose 3%, beating estimates
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Tuesday its first-quarter operating profit likely rose 3% from a year earlier, slightly beating analysts' forecasts as chip sales helped cushion th...
Apr 06, 2020
Colombia coronavirus quarantine extended until April 27
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia will extend a nationwide quarantine meant to stem the transmission of coronavirus until April 27, President Ivan Duque said on Monday. The lockdown was originally set to la...
Apr 06, 2020
Wells Fargo reduces mortgage products amid coronavirus outbreak
By Imani Moise (Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co , the largest U.S. mortgage lender, is offering fewer home loan products during the coronavirus-fueled economic downturn, a spokesman said on Monday. The ba...
Apr 06, 2020
Freeport-McMoRan workers at New Mexico mine test positive for COVID-19
(Reuters) - Three Freeport-McMoRan Inc employees at the company's Chino copper mine in New Mexico have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the state's lieutenant governor, Howie Morales. It was...
Apr 06, 2020
Japan's real wages rise in February for second straight month
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's inflation-adjusted real wages rose for a second straight month in February, official data showed on Tuesday, in a sign of relief for an economy under threat of a deep downtur...
Apr 06, 2020
