Author Archives: Syndicated Content
SoftBank to repurchase $1.9 billion of corporate bonds
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's SoftBank Group Corp said on Monday it will repurchase up to 200 billion yen ($1.9 billion) of its domestic unsecured corporate bonds from June 30 to July 17, pa...
Jun 28, 2020
Brazil reports 30,476 new coronavirus cases, 552 new deaths
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil recorded 30,476 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours and 552 additional deaths, the Health Ministry said on Sunday. The nation has now registered 1,344,...
Jun 28, 2020
Global coronavirus deaths top half a million
By Jane Wardell and Cate Cadell SYDNEY/BEIJING (Reuters) - The death toll from COVID-19 reached half a million people on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally, a grim milestone for the global pandemic ...
Jun 28, 2020
Hoping to rebound from coronavirus, UK PM Johnson sets out school building plan
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out plans for a 10-year rebuilding programme for schools in England on Monday, part of government efforts to help Britain "bounce back" from th...
Jun 28, 2020
Bundesbank must decide on ECB bond purchases: top court judge
BERLIN (Reuters) - The decision on whether Germany should pull out of the European Central Bank's bond-buying programme lies with the Bundesbank, a judge in Germany's highest court said in remarks pub...
Jun 28, 2020
Lucky no more? Australia's golden economy faces long road to virus recovery
By Swati Pandey SYDNEY (Reuters) - Coronavirus has done to Australia what even the global financial crisis couldn't: abruptly end a record growth run and help trigger a deep recession from which the c...
Jun 28, 2020
Mexican president expects loss of tax-paying jobs to end in July
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The bleeding of formal jobs in Mexico should end in July and some employment gains are expected no later than August, the president said on Sunday, as he aims to revive the eco...
Jun 28, 2020
Sudan extends coronavirus lockdown in Khartoum state
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan is extending a lockdown in the state of Khartoum aimed at curbing the spread of the new coronavirus by one week until July 7, the government spokesman said on Sunday. From J...
Jun 28, 2020
Mexico's Interjet to gradually reopen more routes from July
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Interjet airline will begin restarting national and international routes in July, the company said on Sunday, as airlines across the world pin their hopes on recoverin...
Jun 28, 2020
Shale pioneer Chesapeake Energy files for bankruptcy
(Reuters) - Shale pioneer Chesapeake Energy Corp filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday, the biggest U.S. oil and gas producer to collapse this year under the weight of too much debt and...
Jun 28, 2020
