Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. mortgage applications rise for sixth straight week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. applications for home mortgages jumped last week, in a sixth straight weekly increase, suggesting the housing market could lead the economy's recovery from the novel corona...
May 27, 2020
Kenya rolls out testing in Nairobi slums, but some fear stigma
By Edwin Waita and Jackson Njehia NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya is rolling out voluntary public testing for the novel coronavirus in its biggest slum, where some residents say being declared virus-free bo...
May 27, 2020
Coronavirus pushes global credit rating downgrade threat to record high
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The number of companies or countries at risk of having their credit ratings cut has been pushed to an all-time high by the coronavirus pandemic, S&P Global analysis sh...
May 27, 2020
With black masks and silence, Spain mourns its coronavirus dead
By Nathan Allen and Guillermo Martinez MADRID (Reuters) - Grieving Spaniards wore black and fell silent across the nation at midday on Wednesday at the start of 10 days of mourning for more than 27,00...
May 27, 2020
OPEC+ must plan exit strategy: Kemp
By John Kemp LONDON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia and its allies in the expanded OPEC+ group of oil-exporting nations have only just started to implement output cuts, so it might seem premature to start ta...
May 27, 2020
Exclusive: Google faces antitrust case in India over payments app - sources
By Aditya Kalra and Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's antitrust body is looking into allegations that Alphabet Inc's Google is abusing its market position to unfairly promote its mobile payment...
May 27, 2020
Hyundai Motor Group to get electric vehicle batteries from LG Chem
SEOUL (Reuters) - Hyundai Motor Group, which includes Hyundai Motor and its sister company Kia Motors has picked LG Chem as one of the battery suppliers for its upcoming new electric vehicles, a group...
May 27, 2020
Oman to end lockdown of Muscat governorate on May 29
DUBAI (Reuters) - Oman will on Friday end a lockdown of its Muscat governorate - which includes the capital - that has been in place since April 10 as the sultanate eases its coronavirus containment m...
May 27, 2020
Futures climb as economic recovery hopes outweigh Sino-U.S. tensions
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures advanced on Wednesday as hopes of an economic recovery eclipsed worries over simmering tensions between the United States and China. Unprecedented m...
May 27, 2020
Border closures, pre-travel tests of little use against COVID-19 spread: EU agency
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Border closures do little to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the European Union's public health agency said, as EU states weigh lifting some travel restrictions imposed at the sta...
May 27, 2020
