Author Archives: Syndicated Content
BP to write off up to $17.5 billion after reduced oil price forecast
LONDON (Reuters) - BP will incur an up to $17.5 billion writedown in the value of its assets after lowering its long-term oil and gas price outlook in expectation of an accelerated transition away fro...
Jun 15, 2020
Congo's gold being smuggled out by the tonne, U.N. report finds
(Reuters) - Gold production in Democratic Republic of Congo continues to be systematically underreported while tonnes of the precious metal is smuggled into global supply chains through its eastern ne...
Jun 15, 2020
Analysts' view: Market jitters over second COVID-19 wave are an overdue pullback
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A second straight day of record new COVID-19 cases in Beijing and a spike in infections across a swathe of the United States has dented investor sentiment and sent stocks sharply...
Jun 15, 2020
French finance minister: working from home is not panacea for virus
PARIS (Reuters) - Working from home is still a preferred option but is not the panacea for dealing with the problems caused by the coronavirus, French finance minister Bruno Le Maire said on Monday, a...
Jun 15, 2020
French health minister: Worst of epidemic is behind us but virus not dead
PARIS (Reuters) - The worst part of the coronavirus epidemic is behind France, but people must remain vigilant as the virus continues to circulate, Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Monday. "The l...
Jun 15, 2020
Australia seeks to engage China on future of actor on death row
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia is seeking to engage China on the future of Karm Gilespie, an Australian man sentenced to death for drug trafficking, amid escalating tensions between the countries, Prime...
Jun 15, 2020
Charging points surge ahead of electric car boom
By Christoph Steitz FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The number of publicly accessible charging points for electric vehicles (EV) jumped 60% in 2019, the biggest increase in three years and outpacing sales of ba...
Jun 15, 2020
H&M's March-May sales tumble by less than expected 50%
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - H&M , the world's second-biggest fashion retailer, on Monday reported a sharp but slightly smaller than expected drop in second-quarter sales as measures to slow the COVID-19 pan...
Jun 15, 2020
Dutch Tata Steel employees hold further strike actions
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch Tata Steel employees held further strike actions on Monday to protest against job cuts planned as part of a broader restructuring, the FNV union said. A strike by workers o...
Jun 15, 2020
Sweden's Sinch to buy India's ACL Mobile for $70 million
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Fast-growing Swedish cloud computing services provider Sinch AB said on Monday it had agreed to buy Indian firm ACL Mobile for about $70 million (INR 5,350 million) in cash, its ...
Jun 15, 2020
