Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Baseball: Final Olympic qualifying tournament in Taiwan postponed to June
(Reuters) - The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) said on Monday it has postponed its final qualification tournament for the Tokyo Olympics to June because of the coronavirus epidemic. The ...
Mar 02, 2020
EU's Breton: Coronavirus costs €1 billion per month to European tourism
PARIS (Reuters) - The coronavirus outbreak, which is grounding Chinese tourists, is costing the European tourism industry around one billion euros per month in lost revenue, EU industry chief Thierry ...
Mar 02, 2020
G7 to take 'concerted action' to limit coronavirus growth hit: France
PARIS (Reuters) - G7 countries will take "concerted action" to limit the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on economic growth and their finance ministers will discuss by phone this week how best to a...
Mar 02, 2020
Hyundai Motor's February sales down 13% amid coronavirus outbreak
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Hyundai Motor said on Monday its sales fell 13% on-year to 275,044 vehicles globally in February amid a coronavirus outbreak that disrupted supply of parts from China. ...
Mar 02, 2020
Sacked security guard holds dozens hostage at Philippine mall, one wounded
MANILA (Reuters) - A man was shot and about 30 people taken hostage on Monday by a gunman at a mall in the Philippine capital Manila, where armed police and negotiators were trying to end the standoff...
Mar 02, 2020
Coronavirus expected to hurt U.S. earnings harder and longer
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - The hit to U.S. corporate earnings from the coronavirus epidemic is getting harder and messier to predict. Wall Street strategists have been slashing fore...
Mar 02, 2020
Swiss National Bank to double payout after posting $50 billion profit
By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss National Bank posted an annual profit of 48.9 billion Swiss francs ($50.71 billion), the central bank said on Monday, and said it would double its payout to...
Mar 02, 2020
Nokia appoints Fortum CEO Lundmark to replace Suri from September 1
OSLO (Reuters) - Nokia Chief Executive Rajeev Suri will step down in September and is to be replaced by Pekka Lundmark, until now the CEO of energy group Fortum, the telecoms equipment maker said on M...
Mar 02, 2020
Putin says Russia does not plan to go to war with anyone - TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Russia does not plan to go to war with anyone, but wants to dissuade other countries from engaging in conflict with Moscow, the TASS news a...
Mar 02, 2020
Nike temporarily closes European headquarters due to coronavirus case - report
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Nike's will close its European headquarters in the Netherlands on Monday and Tuesday after an employee was infected with the coronavirus, Dutch news agency ANP said. Citing an in...
Mar 02, 2020
