Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Gum, mints and snack bar sales slump, as U.S. consumers order online amid COVID-19 crisis
By Martinne Geller LONDON (Reuters) - Impulse purchases - gum, mints and snack bars tossed into a shopping basket as one snakes through the supermarket checkout line - are falling as more people get g...
May 28, 2020
Thailand reports 11 new coronavirus cases, no new deaths
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Thursday reported 11 new coronavirus cases and no new deaths, bringing its total to 3,065 confirmed cases and 57 fatalities since the outbreak started in January. The c...
May 27, 2020
Riot police deployed across Hong Kong as U.S.-China tensions rise
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - Riot police were deployed across Hong Kong on Thursday as lawmakers debated a bill that would criminalise disrespect of China's national anthem, and as the United ...
May 27, 2020
U.S. stocks to end year around current levels as virus takes toll: Reuters poll
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks will end this year around current levels as the coronavirus pandemic cripples the economy and eats into earnings, according to strategists pol...
May 27, 2020
In Brazil's shadow, laid-back Uruguay curbs COVID-19
By Fabian Werner and Marina Lammertyn MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Leonardo Silveira, a bookstore owner in Montevideo, is hopeful about the future as Uruguay begins a gradual reopening. The small country ha...
May 27, 2020
A long and winding road to recovery for European stocks: Reuters poll
By Julien Ponthus LONDON (Reuters) - The recovery from the coronavirus financial crash will take time for European stocks which are expected to end 2021 around 10% below this February's record high, a...
May 27, 2020
Democrats urge probe of allegations regarding TikTok and children's privacy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fourteen Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives wrote to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday to urge it to consider probing the short video app TikTo...
May 27, 2020
New wave of U.S. layoffs feared as coronavirus pain deepens
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Job cuts by U.S. state and local governments whose budgets have been crushed fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and more second-wave layoffs in the private sector ...
May 27, 2020
Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 353 to 179,717: RKI
BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 353 to 179,717, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Thursday. The reported ...
May 27, 2020
Google sees resurgence in state-backed hacking, phishing related to COVID-19
(Reuters) - Security experts at Alphabet Inc's Google sent 1,755 warnings in April to users whose accounts were targets of government-backed attackers, following a resurgence in hacking and phishing a...
May 27, 2020
