Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Cash-strapped India's economic plan unlikely to soften coronavirus blow
By Aftab Ahmed and Abhirup Roy NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's $266 billion economic rescue package rests mostly on boosting company credit but contains scant new public spending, tax breaks or cash sup...
May 18, 2020
Starbucks reopens in Italy but keeps Milan flagship closed
ROME (Reuters) - Italians will be able to grab a cup of their favorite Starbucks coffee again after the group said on Monday it would reopen its Italian cafes, with the exception of its flagship locat...
May 18, 2020
Chile's economy grows 0.4% in first quarter 2020, boosted by mining: central bank
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's gross domestic product grew 0.4% percent in the first quarter of 2020 compared with a year earlier, the central bank said on Monday, as the onset of the coronavirus outbre...
May 18, 2020
Global insurance market is well capitalized in the face of COVID-19: report
(Reuters) - Global insurers are well capitalized to absorb the hit from rising claims and costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic, ratings agency AM Best said on Monday, citing a stress test it conduct...
May 18, 2020
UK pubs call to halve 2-metre social-distancing rule: FT
(Reuters) - British pub operators have asked for social distancing rules to be halved from two metres to one in talks with government on reopening, worried that many will have to close permanently oth...
May 18, 2020
Fast in, first out: Denmark leads lockdown exit
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Nikolaj Skydsgaard COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Four weeks after Denmark began easing its lockdown, Danes on Monday returned to cafes and restaurants, confident that the coron...
May 18, 2020
Coronavirus pushes Swedish deaths to highest since 1993 in April
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - More Swedes died in April than in any one month since 1993, figures from the Statistics Office showed on Monday, as the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pushed the death toll hi...
May 18, 2020
Germany hopes to end global travel warning in June, but no return to normal
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is hoping to replace a travel warning that is in place for all touristic trips abroad until June 15 with softer guidelines, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Monday, but w...
May 18, 2020
Federer is the best but Djokovic tougher for Nadal, says uncle Toni
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Roger Federer is the best tennis player of the current generation but reigning world number one Novak Djokovic remains the most difficult opponent in Rafa Nadal's career, the Spania...
May 18, 2020
Global dividends forecast to fall as much as 35% in 2020: Janus Henderson
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) - Dividends paid to shareholders could fall by as much as 35% in 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic cuts companies' profits, data from asset manager Janus Henders...
May 18, 2020
