Author Archives: Syndicated Content
German police investigate illegal workers in meatpacking industry
BERLIN (Reuters) - German police searched more than 40 homes and businesses in five German states early on Wednesday as part of an investigation into foreign workers being illegally brought to the cou...
Thomson Reuters Sep 23, 2020
Volkswagen's Traton partners with TuSimple for self-driving trucks
(Reuters) - Volkswagen's Traton commercial truck unit and self-driving technology startup TuSimple will partner to develop self-driving trucks, the companies said on Wednesday. Traton has also taken a...
Thomson Reuters Sep 23, 2020
Paris to ban gatherings of more than 10 people - BFM TV
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government is expected to unveil tighter coronavirus restrictions for Paris on Wednesday following a cabinet meeting, BFM TV and Le Parisien newspaper said. Among the meas...
Thomson Reuters Sep 23, 2020
BBVA improves group's cost of risk guidance for 2020
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's BBVA on Wednesday improved the guidance of insuring its loan book for 2020 to between 150 and 160 basis points due to a better than expected performance of loan deferrals in...
Thomson Reuters Sep 23, 2020
India building collapse toll climbs to 35, search and rescue efforts continue
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Rescue workers battled rain and cramped conditions to scour through rubble and look for possible survivors as the toll from an apartment building collapse on the outskirts of Mumbai...
Thomson Reuters Sep 23, 2020
UK not minded to extend furlough scheme, minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's finance minister is not minded to extend a furlough scheme that is currently scheduled to stop at the end of October, his colleague Dominic Raab, foreign minister, said on...
Thomson Reuters Sep 23, 2020
UK told U.S. it was Brussels, not London, threatening Irish peace
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said he told the U.S. government during a recent visit to Washington it was the European Union, not the United Kingdom, that was threatening...
Thomson Reuters Sep 23, 2020
Baillie Gifford registers Shanghai unit for onshore China funds
By Andrew Galbraith SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Scottish asset manager Baillie Gifford said Wednesday it had registered its new wholly-owned China unit to manage non-retail funds, becoming the latest foreign...
Thomson Reuters Sep 23, 2020
In the name of the mother: Afghan woman wins recognition, sparks Taliban opposition
By Orooj Hakimi and Storay Karimi HERAT/KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan woman Laleh Osmany has been campaigning for years for a change to the age-old custom of officially identifying people by the names of t...
Thomson Reuters Sep 23, 2020
German consumer morale brightens less than expected
BERLIN (Reuters) - German consumer morale improved less than expected heading into October, a survey showed on Wednesday, putting a damper on hopes that household spending in Europe's largest economy ...
Thomson Reuters Sep 23, 2020
