Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Biden unveils quarter-billion-dollar campaign advertising blitz
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democrat Joe Biden's presidential campaign will blanket television and social media with $280 million in advertising by Election Day, the campaig...
Aug 05, 2020
'$500 for everyone': Belarus leader's Soviet-style economy wears thin for some voters
By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) - Under President Alexander Lukashenko, the average monthly wage in Belarus has risen in dollar terms to $500 from $50 in 1999. For voters, there's just one problem...
Aug 05, 2020
Norway house prices up 5% year-on-year, fastest growth in three years
OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian seasonally adjusted housing prices rose 0.9% between June and July and is up 5% for the last 12 months, a real estate industry association said in a monthly report on Wednes...
Aug 05, 2020
TIM lifted by expectations of single Italian broadband network
MILAN (Reuters) - Telecom Italia (TIM) shares rose by 3.4% on Wednesday as investors anticipated an acceleration of talks with Open Fiber to create a single ultra-fast broadband network in Italy. TIM ...
Aug 05, 2020
Euro zone retail sales return to pre-pandemic levels
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The volume of retail sales in the euro zone rebounded in June to levels recorded in February before lockdowns, official estimates showed on Wednesday, completing a recovery that b...
Aug 05, 2020
Uganda's tough approach curbs COVID, even as Africa nears 1 million cases
By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda's crumbling public hospitals, doctors' strikes and corruption scandals make its success in the fight against the new coronavirus all the more unlikely. ...
Aug 05, 2020
China central bank adviser says no need to step up monetary easing: media
BEIJING (Reuters) - The People's Bank of China does not need to step up its policy easing as an economic recovery is well under way and further stimulus could stoke property and stock bubbles, central...
Aug 05, 2020
Thai central bank keeps key rate at record low on signs of gradual recovery
By Orathai Sriring and Kitiphong Thaichareon BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's central bank left its key interest rate unchanged at a record low for a second straight meeting on Wednesday, as the economy...
Aug 05, 2020
BioNTech, Fosun launch another COVID-19 vaccine trial
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's BioNTech and China's Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical on Wednesday announced the start of another COVID-19 vaccine trial in China with a total of 144 participants. "The study...
Aug 05, 2020
WH Smith may cut up to 1,500 jobs in UK restructuring
(Reuters) - British retailer WH Smith said on Wednesday it could cut up to 1,500 jobs as part of a restructuring of its UK store operations due to a coronavirus-driven fall in customers at its travel ...
Aug 05, 2020
