Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Some European banks shut branches to limit coronavirus spread
By Hans Seidenstuecker and Sinead Cruise FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) - Two of Germany's largest banks have temporarily shut hundreds of branches, while Italian lenders have shortened opening hours as t...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2020
Coronavirus: First test of a U.S. financial system 10 years in repair
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A health emergency dismissed at first as a fleeting risk to the U.S. economy has turned into a full-on test of whether a decade of planning, regulation, rese...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2020
Struggling to give up coffee and books in coronavirus France
By Caroline Pailliez PARIS (Reuters) - France has battened down the hatches against coronavirus, with millions of school children studying from home, office workers connecting remotely, and restaurant...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2020
Google parent Alphabet shared YouTube revenue after U.S. SEC request
By Paresh Dave SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc began disclosing revenue for its YouTube video service this year after U.S. securities regulators asked the Google parent to give more "quantitati...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2020
Deutsche Telekom postpones shareholder meeting over coronavirus
BERLIN (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom on Monday postponed its March 26 annual general shareholders meeting due to the coronavirus, saying it planned to hold the gathering during the first eight months o...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2020
White House drafting financial package for U.S. airlines battered by coronavirus: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is drafting a financial assistance package is expected to include direct assistance, loans and tax relief in the wake of the steep falloff in U.S. travel demand,...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2020
Spain's King Felipe renounces inheritance from his father, Juan Carlos
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's King Felipe has renounced his inheritance from his father, former King Juan Carlos, and stripped the ex-monarch of his palace allowance. Felipe's latest move to distance him...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2020
Draft to go ahead but all public events cancelled
(Reuters) - The National Football League draft will go ahead as planned next month but without any spectators in attendance as all public events have been cancelled in Las Vegas due to the coronavirus...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2020
World Health Organization says 'test, test, test' for coronavirus
ZURICH/LAUSANNE (Reuters) - The World Health Organization called on all countries on Monday to ramp up their testing programmes as the best way to slow the advance of the coronavirus pandemic. "We hav...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2020
U.S. markets should stay open despite turmoil, says securities regulator
By Michelle Price and John McCrank WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. markets should stay open despite intense volatility, the head of the U.S. securities regulator said on Monday, quashing industry...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2020