Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Travel restrictions at U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico likely to be extended: U.S. official
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Travel restrictions at the U.S. land borders with Canada and Mexico due to the novel coronavirus pandemic will likely be extended, a U.S. official told Reuters on ...
May 13, 2020
U.S. House Republicans oppose pandemic merger moratorium
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Six Republicans on the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee wrote a letter to antitrust enforcers on Wednesday to disagree with proposals from some Democrats for a ...
May 13, 2020
In Canada, Albertans wary of 'Big Brother' with use of COVID-19 digital-tracing app
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) - As the spread of the new coronavirus in Canada slows, the western province of Alberta has rolled out a digital-tracing tool to monitor outbreaks as quarantine restr...
May 13, 2020
U.S. to tell doctors to report cases of COVID-19 inflammatory syndrome in kids
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. health officials plan to alert doctors to report cases of a rare inflammatory syndrome associated with COVID-19 in children to their state and local health departments, a spok...
May 13, 2020
UK says 110,000 applied for self-employed income scheme after launch
LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak said 110,000 self-employed people had applied for a new income support scheme as of 1100 GMT on Wednesday, the day of its launch. Millions of Br...
May 13, 2020
Reopened English garden centres finally savour the joys of spring
LONDON (Reuters) - Garden centres in England and Wales, closed under restrictions to curb the coronavirus spread despite some of the finest spring growing weather for years, finally reopened their doo...
May 13, 2020
Wall Street bonuses set to fall by as much as 30% in 2020: report
By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street bonuses for 2020 could fall by as much as 25%-30% due to the deep cuts to revenues recorded by banks and hedge funds earlier this year as a...
May 13, 2020
OPEC slashes oil demand forecast but sees cuts helping restore balance
By Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) - OPEC on Wednesday again slashed its forecast for global oil demand this year as the coronavirus outbreak causes a global recession, although it said record supply cut...
May 13, 2020
ADM optimistic on U.S.-China Phase 1 deal agriculture purchases
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Global grains trader Archer Daniels Midland Co remains optimistic that China will meet its Phase 1 trade deal purchase commitments despite the slow pace of buying to date and recen...
May 13, 2020
Jersey jackpot of $2 million awaits Deutsche's lost shareholders
By Tom Sims FRANKFURT (Reuters) - While Deutsche Bank employees fret about their jobs and pay, Germany's largest lender is trying to track down several hundred former staff to claim share payouts it h...
May 13, 2020
