Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK firms fall deeper into record-breaking slump: March PMIs
LONDON (Reuters) - A record-breaking slump among Britain's services and manufacturing firms deepened in late March with much of the economy in a shutdown to slow the spread of coronavirus, a survey sh...
Apr 03, 2020
Beijing autoshow postponed to September due to virus
BEIJING (Reuters) - Organisers of the Beijing autoshow, which was scheduled to be held in late-April, said on Friday the event would be held between Sept. 26 and Oct. 5 due to the coronavirus pandamic...
Apr 03, 2020
Taiwan talks WHO role with U.S., China denounces 'manipulation'
TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Taiwan and the United States this week discussed how to get "closer coordination" between the island and the World Health Organization (WHO) during the coronavirus outbreak,...
Apr 03, 2020
ITV executives agree 20% pay cut, forgo bonus, in coronavirus crisis
LONDON (Reuters) - ITV , Britain's biggest free-to-air commercial broadcaster, said its executive directors had agreed a voluntary 20% reduction in salary and to forgo any bonus for this year to help ...
Apr 03, 2020
BoE backs EU call for insurers to reconsider dividends in pandemic
LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England said on Friday it backed calls from the European Union's insurance regulator for insurers to pay close attention to protecting policyholders when deciding whethe...
Apr 03, 2020
Hungary's Alkaloida says it can mass produce hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus use: media
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian pharma company Alkaloida Zrt has asked for a domestic distribution licence for its drug Hydroxychloroquine and can produce 20 million pills, enough to treat 2.2 million ...
Apr 03, 2020
Ryanair misses traffic target, braces for hedging hit
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ryanair missed its 2020 target for passenger traffic and expects to book an exceptional charge of around 300 million euros for the year which ended last month, it said on Friday. Eu...
Apr 03, 2020
European insurer shares fall as row over dividends breaks out
MUNICH/LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in Europe's insurers fell sharply on Friday after the industry's EU regulator said they should temporarily halt dividends and share buybacks in response to the coronav...
Apr 03, 2020
Euro zone business activity collapses in March as coronavirus spreads: PMI
LONDON (Reuters) - Euro zone business activity collapsed last month as attempts to contain the coronavirus pandemic pushed governments across the continent to shut down vast swathes of their economies...
Apr 03, 2020
Israel seals off ultra-Orthodox town hit hard by coronavirus
By Ilan Rosenberg BNEI BRAK, Israel (Reuters) - Israeli police threw up metal barricades and roadblocks on Friday to enforce a lockdown of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish town badly affected by coronavirus. ...
Apr 03, 2020
