Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Britain's M&S warns of 'severe impact' from coronavirus
LONDON (Reuters) - British retailer Marks & Spencer said on Friday trading over the next 9-12 months in its clothing and homewares and international businesses was likely to be "severely impacted" by ...
Mar 20, 2020
Exclusive: Tencent-backed Yuanfudao near to close new fundraising at $7.5 billion valuation - sources
By Yingzhi Yang and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese online education platform Yuanfudao, which is backed by tech giant Tencent Holdings , is close to completing a financing round that would val...
Mar 20, 2020
Taiwan's new 'electronic fence' for quarantines leads wave of virus monitoring
By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan, which has won global praise for its effective action against the coronavirus, is rolling out a mobile phone-based "electronic fence" that uses location-tracking...
Mar 20, 2020
South Korea prosecutors launch probe into allegations that Korean Air executive took payment from Airbus
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean prosecutors on Thursday launched a probe into allegations that Korean Air's CEO and his sister are responsible for a former executive's taking payments from Airbus in re...
Mar 20, 2020
Bank of England cancels annual stress test of banks
LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England said on Friday it was cancelling this year's stress test of eight major banks and building societies to enable them to focus on providing lending through the cor...
Mar 20, 2020
Russia starts testing coronavirus vaccine prototypes on animals
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian scientists have begun testing prototypes of potential vaccines against the new coronavirus on animals in a laboratory in Siberia, Russia's consumer health regulator said on ...
Mar 20, 2020
Exclusive: YouTube to reduce streaming quality in Europe due to coronavirus
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's YouTube said on Friday it will reduce its streaming quality in the European Union to avoid straining the internet as thousands of Europeans, constra...
Mar 20, 2020
Coronavirus will not deter athletes, says hockey champion Dwyer
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted Olympic qualifying and put the whole Games in doubt but most athletes would be prepared to make big compromises to compete at...
Mar 20, 2020
Italy urges new EU bonds to fight coronavirus crisis
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri said on Friday that European Union bonds are needed to fight the coronavirus emergency hobbling the block's countries. "We should foresee th...
Mar 20, 2020
Germany to facilitate retail sector cooperation to fight coronavirus: Der Spiegel
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier wants to loosen anti-trust laws to allow greater cooperation between retail businesses in the fight against coronavirus, magazine Der Spiegel ...
Mar 20, 2020
