Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Coronavirus pushes up Australia's total loan deferrals to $195 billion at June-end
(Reuters) - Australian lenders deferred a further A$40 billion ($28.47 billion) loans in June, the country's financial watchdog said on Tuesday, as borrowers struggled to service their debts in the wa...
Aug 03, 2020
Australian retailers suffer worst quarter in two decades, exports shine
By Swati Pandey and Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's retailers are facing a consumption drought as the country's second biggest state locks down to fight the coronavirus and as data showed sa...
Aug 03, 2020
Players must decide by Thursday whether to opt out of season
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - National Football League (NFL) players have until 4 p.m. ET on Thursday to decide whether they will opt out of the new season, a source with knowledge of the matter confirme...
Aug 03, 2020
Oil prices drop on fuel demand worries as coronavirus flares up
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices fell in early trade on Tuesday on concerns about fuel demand growth as a fresh wave of COVID-19 infections around the world sparks tighter lockdowns jus...
Aug 03, 2020
Activist-backed nominee to Toshiba board wins 43% shareholder support
TOKYO (Reuters) - About 43% of Toshiba Corp shareholders backed an activist fund's proposal to elect its co-founder as board director, vote results showed on Tuesday, potentially increasing pressure o...
Aug 03, 2020
Australia's Victoria state to impose penalties for breaching COVID-19 isolation orders
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's second-most populous state Victoria said on Tuesday anyone who has contracted COVID-19 and caught outside their home in breach of isolation orders will face fines of nea...
Aug 03, 2020
SoftBank under-reported income by $380 million: source
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp under-reported income to Japan's tax authorities by around 40 billion yen ($380 million) in the financial year ended March 2019, a person with knowl...
Aug 03, 2020
'Speaker Brother': Loudspeakers teach Indian children after virus shutters schools
By Prashant Waydande DANDWAL, India (Reuters) - One overcast morning in a farming village in hilly western India, a group of schoolchildren sat on the mud floor of a wooden shed for their first class ...
Aug 03, 2020
Japan set to mark 75 years since Hiroshima, Nagasaki atomic bombing
TOKYO (Reuters) - Thursday marks 75 years since the United States unleashed the world's first atomic bomb attack on the city of Hiroshima, followed three days later by the second and last on Nagasaki,...
Aug 03, 2020
China reports 36 new coronavirus cases in mainland vs 43 a day earlier
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China reported 36 new coronavirus cases in the mainland for Aug. 3, compared to 43 cases a day earlier, the health commission said on Tuesday. Of the new infections, six were impo...
Aug 03, 2020
