Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Analysts lift Asia earnings estimates for first time in six months
(Reuters) - Analysts nudged up forward 12-month profit estimates for Asian companies in July, the first rise in six months as some regional economies started to witness improvement in factory output a...
Aug 07, 2020
U.N. agencies scramble to support Beirut blast victims
GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. agencies are scrambling to support victims of the devastating warehouse blast in Beirut, which has undermined an already weak health care system in Lebanon, officials said on F...
Aug 07, 2020
Japan says in deal to purchase AstraZeneca's COVID-10 vaccine
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has agreed to acquire 120 million doses of AstraZeneca Plc's experimental COVID-19 vaccine if it is successfully developed, the health minister said on Friday. The agreement co...
Aug 07, 2020
Paws for reflection: British Foreign Office cat heads for retirement
LONDON (Reuters) - Palmerston, the cat who has lived at the Foreign Office for four and a half years, will trade in his London residence for retirement in the countryside, where his mouse-catching dut...
Aug 07, 2020
South Korea approves human trial for Genexine's coronavirus treatment drug
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean biotech firm Genexine Inc has received regulatory approval for a Phase I human clinical trial of its experimental coronavirus treatment drug, the Ministry of Food and Dr...
Aug 07, 2020
Exclusive: Lebanon navigates food challenge with no grain silo and few stocks
By Maha El Dahan and Ellen Francis DUBAI/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Beirut's blast destroyed Lebanon's only port-based grains silo, with plans for another in the country's second largest port Tripoli shelved ...
Aug 07, 2020
Dollar most oversold in 40 years, says Morgan Stanley; exits short position
(Reuters) - The dollar is at its most oversold level in over 40 years, investment bank Morgan Stanley said on Friday, adding it had now shifted from its dollar-bearish stance and turned "tactically ne...
Aug 07, 2020
Bank of England has headroom to act, Ramsden says
LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England has more headroom to act to support the economy, Deputy Governor Dave Ramsden said on Friday. "I'm not going to get into speculation about where we might be in N...
Aug 07, 2020
UK's Hikma starts manufacturing COVID-19 treatment remdesivir for Gilead
(Reuters) - Hikma Pharmaceuticals has started manufacturing remdesivir, an approved treatment for COVID-19 from U.S.-based Gilead, for an undisclosed amount at its facility in Portugal, the British co...
Aug 07, 2020
China's new yuan loans expected to fall in July: Reuters poll
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's new bank loans are expected to fall in July after record lending in the first half of the year, but are still likely to be higher than a year earlier, amid sustained policy...
Aug 07, 2020
