Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Israel Katz takes over as Israeli finance minister
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel Katz took over as Israel's finance minister on Monday as part of a new government, saying he planned to work towards helping the economy recover from the ...
May 18, 2020
Currency market liquidity on the rebound, data providers say
By Olga Cotaga LONDON (Reuters) - Investors are gradually returning to the currency markets following a rout in March when the spread of the new coronavirus sent most units tumbling against the dollar...
May 18, 2020
Cafes, churches reopen in Italy, Greece as Spain targets mid-summer revival
By Giulia Paravicini and Emma Pinedo ROME/MADRID (Reuters) - Italian shops, restaurants and churches reopened their doors to the spring sun on Monday, Greece welcomed visitors back to the Acropolis, a...
May 18, 2020
Texas prepares for a pandemic first: a jury trial by Zoom
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - With jury trials on hold throughout the United States because of the coronavirus pandemic, court officials in Texas are preparing to try something new: let jurors hear a ca...
May 18, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. probes PerkinElmer's role in massive Medicare fraud - sources
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Medical diagnostic firm PerkinElmer Inc faces a federal investigation into its role in an alleged Medicare fraud involving tens of thousands of unnecessary gen...
May 18, 2020
South Korea calls for giving WHO teeth in face of new diseases
GENEVA (Reuters) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in called on Monday for giving the World Health Organization (WHO) more teeth to combat emerging diseases that threaten global health. Moon, in remar...
May 18, 2020
Futures jump on promising data for COVID-19 vaccine
(Reuters) - U.S. stocks futures jumped on Monday after Moderna Inc said its experimental vaccine for COVID-19 showed promise in early trials and that it was looking to advance the vaccine into late-st...
May 18, 2020
Tech firms sweeten deals for U.S. banks cutting costs in crisis
By Anirban Sen BENGALURU (Reuters) - Top technology services firms are offering payment deferrals, discounts of up to 20% and other sweeteners to some U.S. banks to keep their business as the pandemic...
May 18, 2020
Special Report: 'Death Sentence' - the hidden coronavirus toll in U.S. jails and prisons
By Peter Eisler, Linda So, Ned Parker and Brad Heath (Reuters) - When COVID-19 began tearing through Detroit's county jail system in March, authorities had no diagnostic tests to gauge its spread. But...
May 18, 2020
Tata Steel Dutch workers groups blast plans for job cuts
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch labour unions and the works council of Tata Steel in the Netherlands on Monday disclosed that the chairman of the subsidiary has been dismissed and vowed to fight against 1...
May 18, 2020
