Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Lucky U.S. chickens fly the coop as pandemic hits egg demand
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - About 1,000 lucky chickens flew on two chartered cargo planes to a California sanctuary from an Iowa farm that has been euthanizing its flock as the coronavirus out...
May 18, 2020
'The work starts now' Antibody study to guide Spain's COVID-19 response
By Nathan Allen MADRID (Reuters) - A comprehensive study of coronavirus antibodies present in the Spanish population will help the government decide which regions need most assistance, and pave the wa...
May 18, 2020
Bank of England not ruling out negative rates in future: Tenreyro
By Andy Bruce and Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England official Silvana Tenreyro on Monday talked up the benefits of negative interest rates, in comments likely to fuel expectations that Br...
May 18, 2020
J.C. Penney to permanently shut about 242 stores as part of bankruptcy plan
(Reuters) - J.C. Penney Co Inc plans to trim its store count by 29% to about 604, as the U.S. department store chain looks to focus on those more profitable, a regulatory filing showed on Monday, two ...
May 18, 2020
Italy's daily coronavirus death toll below 100 for first time since March 9
ROME (Reuters) - Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 99 on Monday, against 145 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said, registering the first tally of below 100 since March ...
May 18, 2020
Report: NHL plotting two playoffs hubs, 12 teams each
The NHL Board of Governors is scheduled to hold a conference call at 3 p.m. ET on Monday, and the prevailing preference appears to be using two hub cities with 12 teams apiece for the 2020 playoffs. C...
May 18, 2020
Walmart trailed supermarkets amid peak panic-buying: data
By Reade Levinson and Melissa Fares LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans increased their visits to supermarkets far more than to Walmart Inc stores as panic-buying peaked in mid-March, a Reuters anal...
May 18, 2020
A sixth region of New York ready to reopen: governor
(Reuters) - A region in the western corner of New York will become the sixth region to start reopening on Tuesday after hiring enough people to trace contacts of people who test positive for the novel...
May 18, 2020
AmEx says employees can work from home through 2020
(Reuters) - American Express Co employees that are able to work from home should continue to do so for the rest of the year, Chief Executive Officer Steve Squeri said in a video message on LinkedIn as...
May 18, 2020
U.S. attorney general does not expect review of 2016 election interference to lead to Obama criminal probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Monday he does not expect a Justice Department review of the FBI's handling of 2016 election interference to lead to criminal charges ...
May 18, 2020
