Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Over half of Britons say government was too slow on coronavirus: poll
LONDON (Reuters) - More than a half of Britons think Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government was too slow to order a lockdown to slow the spread of coronavirus, an opinion poll published on Thursday...
Apr 02, 2020
Futures rise after selloff, weekly jobless number awaited
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures climbed on Thursday, a day after Wall Street recorded its steepest fall in two weeks on intensifying coronavirus fears, with investors on edge ahead...
Apr 02, 2020
H&M in talks with tens of thousands of staff to cut working hours due to pandemic
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's H&M said on Thursday it was in talks with tens of thousands of its staff about shortening working hours with the firm among many retailers hit by the coronavirus pandemi...
Apr 02, 2020
Next EU budget should be 'Marshall Plan' for Europe: EU's von der Leyen
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The next EU budget should take the form of a new "Marshall Plan" to stoke Europe's recovery from the coronavirus crisis, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said on...
Apr 02, 2020
German carmakers had crisis call with Merkel: Handelsblatt
HAMBURG (Reuters) - The bosses of Volkswagen , BMW and Daimler held a crisis call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday to discuss how to get production restarted, Germany's Handelsblatt n...
Apr 02, 2020
Exclusive: Coronavirus volatility sees Luxembourg tighten fund redemption scrutiny
By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - Luxembourg, the European Union's largest investment hub has tightened its disclosure rules in the face of market volatility caused by the coronavirus and asked funds...
Apr 02, 2020
African governments team up with tech giants to fight coronavirus lies
By Alexis Akwagyiram ABUJA (Reuters) - Governments across Africa are teaming up with technology giants including Facebook and WhatsApp to fight misinformation about coronavirus on social media platfor...
Apr 02, 2020
Irish coroanvirus restrictions may well go beyond April 12: Deputy PM
DUBLIN (Reuters) - The highly restrictive measures Ireland put in place last week to slow the spread of coronavirus may well be extended beyond the initial deadline of April 12, Deputy Prime Minister ...
Apr 02, 2020
Zoom pulls in more than 200 million daily video users during worldwide lockdowns
(Reuters) - Zoom's daily users ballooned to more than 200 million in March from a previous maximum total of 10 million, the video conferencing app's boss Eric Yuan said on Wednesday, as it fought to d...
Apr 02, 2020
Packed with refugees, Palestinian camps face grave threat if coronavirus spreads
By Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh and Bushra Shakhshir BETHLEHEM, West Bank/AMMAN (Reuters) - Malka Abu Aker has seen her crowded refugee camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank swell year upon year since fleeing...
Apr 02, 2020
