Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Lazard second-quarter earnings fall amid COVID-19 slump in dealmaking
(Reuters) - Investment bank Lazard Ltd on Friday reported an 8% fall in second-quarter adjusted earnings per share, a smaller drop than analysts had expected, as the slowdown in corporate dealmaking d...
Jul 31, 2020
Under Armour revenue beats on e-commerce strength
(Reuters) - Sportswear maker Under Armour Inc beat analysts' estimates for quarterly revenue on Friday, as consumers shopped more online during the coronavirus lockdowns, sending its shares up about 8...
Jul 31, 2020
Slovakia reports first COVID-19 death since mid-May
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovakia reported on Friday its first coronavirus death since the middle of May, bringing its toll to 29, one of the lowest in Europe. The central European country of 5.5 million ha...
Jul 31, 2020
How inequality and poverty undermined South Africa's COVID response
By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - When coronavirus patients started arriving at South Africa's government-run Thelle Mogoerane Hospital, workers scrambled to set up isolation wards to treat them. ...
Jul 31, 2020
Huawei asks Germany not to shut it out of building 5G networks, Der Spiegel says
BERLIN (Reuters) - Huawei's top manager in Germany has appealed to the government not to shut it out of building 5G mobile networks, Der Spiegel said on Friday, after Britain decided to purge the Chin...
Jul 31, 2020
Trump planning for U.S. rollout of coronavirus vaccine falling short, officials warn
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As scientists and pharmaceutical companies work at breakneck speed to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, public health officials and senior U.S. lawma...
Jul 31, 2020
Chevron posts $8.3 billion loss on write downs, job cuts
By Jennifer Hiller HOUSTON (Reuters) - Chevron Corp on Friday reported an $8.3 billion loss on asset writedowns from plummeting fuel prices, an forced exit from Venezuela and expenses tied to thousand...
Jul 31, 2020
Oil set for fragile recovery as economies limp towards normal: Reuters poll
By K. Sathya Narayanan (Reuters) - Oil prices are set for a slow crawl upwards this year as the gradual easing of coronavirus-led restrictions buoy demand, although a second COVID-19 wave could slow t...
Jul 31, 2020
Large U.S. COVID-19 vaccine trials will exclude pregnant women for now
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - The first two COVID-19 vaccines to enter large-scale U.S. trials will not be tested in pregnant women this year, raising questions about how this vulnerable po...
Jul 31, 2020
Swiss court convicts banker for turning blind eye to 1MDB funds
By Michael Shields ZURICH (Reuters) - A Swiss court has convicted a banker for failing to sound the alarm over millions of dollars linked to scandal-tainted Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB. The F...
Jul 31, 2020
