Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Israeli private tech firms raised record $2.74 billion in third quarter
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israeli private high-tech companies raised a record $2.74 billion in the third quarter, overcoming the coronavirus pandemic with a 24% increase from a year ago, the Israel Venture...
Oct 14, 2020
Somali Islamist insurgents pile up cash, says U.N. report
By Michelle Nichols and Katharine Houreld NEW YORK/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somalia's Islamist insurgents are moving millions of dollars through the formal bank system and appear to be investing in busines...
Oct 14, 2020
Some British gyms defy PM Johnson's COVID-19 lockdown
By Phil Noble and Guy Faulconbridge GREASBY/LONDON (Reuters) - For one gym owner in the northwest of England, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's latest COVID-19 lockdown is a step too far. To save his bus...
Oct 14, 2020
SoftBank restarts buybacks as asset sales swell cash pile
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp resumed its share buybacks in September, after an enforced pause in August due to asset sales, saying on Wednesday it spent 40 billion yen ($380 mil...
Oct 14, 2020
After two lost decades, U.S.'s weakest local economies may face worse from pandemic
By Howard Schneider (Reuters) - A decade-long economic expansion did little to narrow the gaps between the United States' prosperous and ailing areas, with thousands of "distressed" zip codes shedding...
Oct 14, 2020
Croatia reports record 748 new daily COVID-19 infections
ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia's health authorities reported 748 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, a daily record, with the capital Zagreb also registering a record of 211 new cases. The previous reco...
Oct 14, 2020
UK, Italy, Spain had high "excess deaths" in first pandemic wave, study finds
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Britain, Italy and Spain had the highest rates of so-called "excess deaths" from all causes, including COVID-19, among 21 developed countries during the first wave o...
Oct 14, 2020
Pope Francis keeps his distance at audience over COVID concerns
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis stayed a safe distance from well-wishers at his weekly general audience on Wednesday, saying new rules aimed at curbing the coronavirus meant he had to hold back....
Oct 14, 2020
Italy's Atlantia rallies after entering exclusive talks with CDP
MILAN (Reuters) - Shares in Atlantia rose more than 10% on Wednesday after it entered exclusive talks with Italian state lender CDP over the sale of its motorway assets in a sign that a solution to a ...
Oct 14, 2020
Ireland may tighten COVID-19 restrictions further - deputy PM
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland is more likely to tighten its COVID-19 restrictions in the coming weeks than to ease them, and may decide on Wednesday to impose new measures in areas bordering Northern Ire...
Oct 14, 2020
