Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK shopper numbers up 4.5% in week to July 18 - Springboard data
LONDON (Reuters) - UK shopper numbers rose 4.5% in the week to July 18 from the week before, less than half the rise that occurred during the first week following the reopening of hospitality and leis...
Jul 20, 2020
Factbox: Trump and Biden take sharply different paths on immigration
By John Whitesides and Ted Hesson (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's push to crack down on illegal immigration and reshape legal immigration was at the heart of the Republican's winning 2016 ca...
Jul 20, 2020
Surging demand for medical equipment puts Philips on course for second-half recovery
By Bart H. Meijer AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Electrical equipment maker Philips said a recent surge in orders for scanners and other medical equipment should enable group sales and margins to rebound over ...
Jul 20, 2020
Alibaba's Ant Group starts concurrent IPO process in Shanghai, Hong Kong
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Ant Group, the fintech arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, said on Monday that it had started the process of a concurrent initial public offering on Shanghai's Nasdaq-style ...
Jul 20, 2020
Hong Kong's April-June unemployment rises to 6.2%, highest in over 15 years
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 6.2% in the April-to-June period, the highest in more than 15 years, as the coronavirus outbreak restricted activity in ...
Jul 20, 2020
Chipmaker AT&S to invest 120 million euros in expanding production in Austria
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian chipmaker AT&S on Monday said it plans to invest up to 120 million euros ($137 million) over four years in technology upgrades to increase and modernise production capacity...
Jul 20, 2020
Malaysia considers making face masks compulsory in public
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia is considering making face masks compulsory in public following the emergence of 13 new coronavirus clusters since the government relaxed broad curbs on movement and ...
Jul 20, 2020
TikTok under scrutiny in Australia over security, data concerns
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia is scrutinising the popular Chinese-owned social media TikTok platform for any risks it may pose to users from around potential foreign interference and ...
Jul 20, 2020
India's IL&FS says aims to resolve nearly 60% of debt despite pandemic delays
By Abhirup Roy and Chris Thomas MUMBAI/BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) said on Monday it expected to resolve about 57% of its near trillion rupee ($13...
Jul 20, 2020
Polish industrial output rises by 0.5% y/y in June, above forecast
GDANSK/WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's industrial output rose by 0.5% in June, better than the 6.9% decline forecast by analysts, who said the statistic office data suggest the economy may overcome the co...
Jul 20, 2020
