Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. jobless numbers may take a backseat as investors take cues from virus spread
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors are likely to look past what promises to be one of the worst U.S. jobless claims reports in history as they maintain a focus on the coronavirus' spr...
Mar 25, 2020
Moscow mulls shutting restaurants, cafes to prevent coronavirus spread: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said all entertainment venues in the capital should remain closed next week to contain the spread of coronavirus, but concrete measures would be announc...
Mar 25, 2020
England's chief medical officer says there is a global shortage of coronavirus tests
LONDON (Reuters) - There is a global shortage of coronavirus tests, causing a "bottleneck", England's Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said on Wednesday. "We do not have sufficient testing and this ...
Mar 25, 2020
Deputy British ambassador to Hungary dies after contracting coronavirus: statement
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Steven Dick, Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Budapest, has died after contracting coronavirus, the Foreign Office said on Wednesday. The 37-year-old diplomat died...
Mar 25, 2020
Global watchdog IOSCO says determined to keep markets open
LONDON (Reuters) - Regulators will continue to cooperate closely to keep financial markets orderly and open during disruptions caused by the impact of coronavirus on the global economy, global securit...
Mar 25, 2020
Investors look to 2008 for guidance on when to jump back in
By Thyagaraju Adinarayan and Sujata Rao LONDON (Reuters) - Investment banks are dusting off models from the 2008 financial crisis to gauge the right time to buy back into stock markets that have plung...
Mar 25, 2020
Italy coronavirus deaths rise by 683 in a day, lifting total death toll to 7,503
ROME (Reuters) - The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has grown by 683 to 7,503, the Civil Protection Agency said on Wednesday, a decline in the daily tally of fatalities following ...
Mar 25, 2020
Uganda, usually welcoming to refugees, bars all new arrivals to contain coronavirus
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda said on Wednesday it had closed its borders to all new refugee arrivals as part of efforts to contain the new coronavirus in a country which has long kept its doors open to ...
Mar 25, 2020
First UK-listed firms edge towards BoE loan scheme
By Patrick Graham and Muvija M (Reuters) - A handful of large British companies had emerged on Wednesday as likely candidates for the government's emergency lending scheme aimed at helping them tide o...
Mar 25, 2020
Costa Rica to transfer 2,600 U.S.-bound migrants from Panama to Nicaragua border
By Alvaro Murillo SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Costa Rica's government has begun transferring about 2,600 migrants bound for the United States from its southern border with Panama to its frontier with Nicarag...
Mar 25, 2020
