Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Merkel, Visegrad states: We'll dismantle border controls when pandemic allows
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the leaders of the Visegrad Four group of countries on Tuesday agreed that in was in their interests to gradually dismantle border crossing restr...
May 19, 2020
Kyrgyzstan to lift most coronavirus-linked restrictions
BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan will lift most of the remaining coronavirus-related restrictions in the coming days, reopening the retail and services sectors and public transportation, the government ...
May 19, 2020
Wall Street set to retreat as Home Depot results weigh
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures eased on Tuesday, handing back gains from the S&P 500's best day in six weeks in the previous session, as disappointing results from Home Depot weig...
May 19, 2020
U.S. guitar maker PRS resumes hand-building instruments - at a safe distance
By Andrea Shalal STEVENSVILLE, Md. (Reuters) - Maryland's decision to reopen non-essential businesses came just in time for high-end guitar maker PRS Guitars, which kept 374 workers on its payroll dur...
May 19, 2020
Sovereign wealth funds fly to relative safety of U.S. assets amid pandemic
By Tom Arnold LONDON (Reuters) - Sovereign wealth funds flocked to U.S. equities and bonds in the first quarter at the expense of riskier investments such as those in emerging markets as the coronavir...
May 19, 2020
Myanmar says eight coronavirus cases among returnees from Malaysia
By Thu Thu Aung YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar authorities said on Tuesday said they have found eight coronavirus cases among scores of people who returned from Malaysia, where the authorities have recent...
May 19, 2020
Home Depot misses profit estimates after handing out virus-related bonuses
(Reuters) - Home Depot Inc missed estimates for quarterly profit on Tuesday, as the home improvement chain spent heavily to compensate employees working at its stores during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sha...
May 19, 2020
Stepson of Malaysian ex-PM Najib could testify against him in 1MDB trial -prosecutors
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Riza Aziz, the stepson of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, has agreed to testify against the ex-premier in a trial linked to a multibillion-dollar fraud at state f...
May 19, 2020
Crowded field vies to replace Oregon's only Republican congressman
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The only Republican member of the U.S. Congress from Oregon is retiring, setting off a mad scramble to replace him that may be largely resolved in a Tuesday pr...
May 19, 2020
JPMorgan hands out $30 billion in loans to small businesses: memo
(Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co has given out more than $30 billion in loans to over 250,000 businesses as part of the United States' coronavirus aid program for small businesses, Chief Executive Offi...
May 19, 2020
