Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Netherlands blocking decision on ESM is incomprehensible: French presidency
PARIS (Reuters) - The blocking of a decision on the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) by the Netherlands at a Eurogroup meeting is incomprehensible, a French presidency official said on Wednesday. Th...
Apr 08, 2020
Indonesia police will not bring murder charges in case of transgender woman burned to death
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian police said on Wednesday they would not bring murder charges against suspects accused of killing a transgender woman by dousing her with petrol and setting her on fire. ...
Apr 08, 2020
Military landlord, under fire following Reuters reports, issues improvement plan
By M.B. Pell NEW YORK (Reuters) - Military housing landlord Balfour Beatty Communities, the focus of a Justice Department inquiry following Reuters reports it falsified maintenance logs, said it has t...
Apr 08, 2020
Zoom hires former Facebook security chief to beef up privacy, safety
(Reuters) - Zoom Video Communications Inc has hired former Facebook security chief Alex Stamos as an adviser and formed an advisory board to improve the video conferencing app's privacy and security i...
Apr 08, 2020
HSBC reports potential money laundering breaches in Australia
LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC has reported itself to Australia's financial regulator for possible breaches of anti-money laundering rules, the bank disclosed in a regulatory filing by its Australian subsidi...
Apr 08, 2020
Germany's short-time work fix offers Europe a crisis model
By Edward Taylor and Jan Schwartz FRANKFURT/HAMBURG (Reuters) - A tried-and-tested German model of sending workers home in exchange for job guarantees during downturns could help the European Union li...
Apr 08, 2020
Singapore confirms 142 new coronavirus infections, biggest daily jump
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's Health Ministry confirmed 142 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases to 1,623. Forty of the new cases were linked to foreign work...
Apr 08, 2020
German foreign ministry restricts use of Zoom over security concerns: report
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German foreign ministry has restricted use of the video conferencing service Zoom , saying in an internal memo to employees that security and data protection weaknesses made it ...
Apr 08, 2020
Britain's Jewish Chronicle to seek liquidation
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Jewish Chronicle, which describes itself as the world's oldest Jewish newspaper, is to seek liquidation, one of the most high profile media casualties from the coronavirus...
Apr 08, 2020
Tiffany says Australian regulators seek more time to review LVMH deal
(Reuters) - Tiffany & Co said on Wednesday Australian regulators have sought more time to review LVMH's multi-billion dollar purchase of the U.S. jeweler due to the coronavirus outbreak, potentially d...
Apr 08, 2020
