Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Hospitals are 'at maximum stress' in Spain's second worst-hit region by coronavirus
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Hospitals in Catalonia, Spain's second worst-hit region by the coronavirus pandemic, are at "maximum stress", the regional leader Quim Torra told Reuters on Friday. Spain's secon...
Apr 03, 2020
GCP Applied Technologies adds two new independent directors in fight with Starboard
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - GCP Applied Technologies said on Friday that its slate of board nominees will include two new independent directors and that it will expand the size of the bo...
Apr 03, 2020
Countries fighting over Chinese masks: German health minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - Countries' procurement agents are "fighting" each other for access to Chinese-made masks thanks to the surge in worldwide demand, German Health Minister Jens Spahn said, adding that...
Apr 03, 2020
EU waives customs duties, VAT on imports of medical equipment
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission approved on Friday requests from EU countries and Britain to temporarily waive customs duties and VAT on imported medical devices and protective equipment ...
Apr 03, 2020
Exclusive: Spain's coronavirus crisis stalls global fashion giant Inditex
By Sonya Dowsett MADRID (Reuters) - Inditex has switched its clothes factories in Spain over to making medical supplies and its logistics hub has almost ground to a halt, effectively freezing the nerv...
Apr 03, 2020
SoftBank's Son tests state of emergency appetite via Twitter poll
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp founder and CEO Masayoshi Son on Friday began polling his Twitter followers over whether a state of emergency should be declared, as the number of p...
Apr 03, 2020
Italian luxury shoemaker Sergio Rossi dies from coronavirus
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian luxury shoemaker Sergio Rossi has died aged 85 after being hospitalised with the coronavirus, the mayor of the designer's home town said on Friday. Italy has recorded more de...
Apr 03, 2020
ISL to fund its swimmers through to Tokyo Olympics
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - The professional International Swimming League (ISL) will fund its contracted athletes through to next year's rescheduled Tokyo Olympics with monthly payments from S...
Apr 03, 2020
Coronavirus has cost 2 million jobs in Turkey, opposition says
ANKARA (Reuters) - More than two million workers in Turkey have lost their jobs due to measures taken to contain the coronavirus outbreak, the main opposition party said on Friday, as the government m...
Apr 03, 2020
UK PM Johnson staying in coronavirus isolation with mild symptoms
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was remaining in isolation on Friday as he still had mild symptoms of the coronavirus including a high temperature seven days after he t...
Apr 03, 2020
