Author Archives: Syndicated Content
House member Rice, family members test positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Tom Rice, a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, said on Monday he, his wife and his son had all contracted COVID-19, the illness caused b...
Thomson Reuters Jun 15, 2020
NYSE to reopen trading floor to some market makers on Wednesday
(Reuters) - The New York Stock Exchange will allow a limited number of market makers to return to its trading floor on Wednesday, a spokesperson said, nearly three months after closing it due to the c...
Thomson Reuters Jun 15, 2020
Saudi-led coalition in Yemen cut from U.N. blacklist of parties killing children
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday removed a Saudi Arabia-led military coalition from a U.N. blacklist, several years after it was first named and shamed for killin...
Thomson Reuters Jun 15, 2020
IAG's Walsh rejects lawmakers' criticism over British Airways plan
LONDON (Reuters) - British Airways is fighting for its survival and has acted lawfully, Willie Walsh, the chief executive of the airline's owner IAG said on Monday, in a terse response to lawmakers wh...
Thomson Reuters Jun 15, 2020
German watchdog suspects Infineon shares being offered for sale illegally
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German financial markets regulator BaFin on Monday said that shares in chip maker Infineon were being touted illegally using the company's logo by an unknown investor who had fai...
Thomson Reuters Jun 15, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 2,085,769 coronavirus cases
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday reported 2,085,769 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 21,957 cases from its previous count, and said the number of...
Thomson Reuters Jun 15, 2020
Fed's Daly says yield curve control could be 'little helper'
(Reuters) - San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly on Monday downplayed the usefulness of yield curve control for U.S. monetary policy, saying that while it could be a "little helper" shoul...
Thomson Reuters Jun 15, 2020
Doctors Without Borders to close Kabul maternity clinic after attack
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi and Orooj Hakimi KABUL (Reuters) - Doctors Without Borders said on Monday it would close its maternity ward in Kabul due to fears of further attacks after three gunmen last month...
Thomson Reuters Jun 15, 2020
Oscars 2021 ceremony switched to April from February due to coronavirus
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The 2021 Oscars movie awards ceremony has been postponed until April from February due to the coronavirus epidemic, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said on Mond...
Thomson Reuters Jun 15, 2020
Canada sees tight U.N. Security Council race, says coronavirus response could help
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada faces a tight race for a rotating seat on the United Nations Security Council but the country's response to the coronavirus outbreak could help win support...
Thomson Reuters Jun 15, 2020
