Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Latvian parliament passes two-billion-euro coronavirus relief package
RIGA (Reuters) - The Latvian Parliament voted on Friday on a financial relief package, setting aside more than 2 billion euros to mitigate the economic effects of the coronavirus outbreak. Companies a...
Mar 20, 2020
Ted Baker says 38% of global retail sales hit by coronavirus
(Reuters) - Troubled fashion retailer Ted Baker Plc said on Friday it has shut businesses that accounted for about 38% of its global retail sales in 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak. It has closed...
Mar 20, 2020
Confessions, books and peep shows: Drive-throughs help Americans amid coronavirus outbreak
By Maria Caspani and Katharine Jackson (Reuters) - Father Scott Holmer sat on a chair in his church's parking lot in Bowie, Maryland on Friday, administering confession to worshippers car by car, at t...
Mar 20, 2020
National Women's Soccer League delays season, training
(Reuters) - The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is extending its training moratorium and delaying the April 18 start of its regular season to follow guidelines released by the U.S. Centers for D...
Mar 20, 2020
'You're not on holiday': Chile's Pinera under pressure to declare national quarantine over coronavirus
By Aislinn Laing SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean president Sebastian Pinera is under growing pressure to announce a national quarantine by opposition leaders, medical experts and local mayors, who have l...
Mar 20, 2020
Stay at home stocks rise from Wall Street's coronavirus rubble
By Noel Randewich SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - As coronavirus fears inflict havoc on Wall Street, a few stocks are thriving on expectations that millions of people will spend weeks or longer cooped up at...
Mar 20, 2020
Illinois governor orders residents to 'shelter-in-place' starting Saturday
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker on Friday all state residents to "shelter-in-place" starting Saturday evening in response to the coronavirus pandemic. All non-essential busin...
Mar 20, 2020
Retailers offer discounts, waive shipping fees to boost online sales
By Melissa Fares and Uday Sampath Kumar NEW YORK (Reuters) - After closing their stores earlier this week to limit the spread of the coronavirus, several retailers are dangling site-wide discounts and...
Mar 20, 2020
America's small movie theaters fear coronavirus could mean their last picture show
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Members of the Bagby family have operated movie theaters in small U.S. towns for four generations. With the coronavirus outbreak forcing their 400 screens to g...
Mar 20, 2020
U.S. may convert thousands of New York hotel, college rooms into care units
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking at converting more than 10,000 New York rooms, potentially in hotels and college dorms, into medical care units to help address the f...
Mar 20, 2020
