Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Coronavirus could hit banks hard, EU warns
By Jan Strupczewski and John O'Donnell BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone lenders could take a sizeable hit from the coronavirus outbreak as an economic slowdown puts strain on borrowers, Europe...
May 12, 2020
Estonia passes 'Huawei law' for telecom security reviews
TALLINN (Reuters) - Estonia's parliament approved on Tuesday a new Electronics Communications Act to ensure security reviews for telecom gear needed in the development of future networks. The act, whi...
May 12, 2020
London nurses mark Florence Nightingale's bicentenary
LONDON (Reuters) - Nurses in central London admired a giant projection of Florence Nightingale onto the buildings of Guys and St Thomas' hospitals on Monday night to mark 200 years since her birth and...
May 12, 2020
U.S. will let air carriers suspend more flights, warns on refunds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department on Tuesday said it will allow carriers to halt flights to up to 5% of destinations as a condition of receiving government assistance amid the ...
May 12, 2020
Bullard: Credit facilities, including ETF purchases begun today, already helping
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Fed's credit facilities including the purchases that opened today of some exchange traded funds has already helped markets just by their announcement, St. Louis Federal Rese...
May 12, 2020
The planes in Spain parked neatly on the plain
By Elena Rodriguez TERUEL, Spain (Reuters) - Dozens of passenger jetliners belonging to European carriers stand idled in neat lines in what has become a giant aeroplane parking lot amid the flat farml...
May 12, 2020
Funeral director balances safety and emotional needs in virus-hit Britain
LONDON (Reuters) - At a time when more people are dying but few can attend funerals, the job of an undertaker in virus-hit Britain is difficult, stressful - and often creative. Government guidance on ...
May 12, 2020
Violence in northwest Nigeria drives 23,000 into Niger: UNHCR
GENEVA (Reuters) - Violence in northwest Nigeria has forced about 23,000 refugees to flee to Niger since April and raised concerns about the deteriorating security situation, the United Nations refuge...
May 12, 2020
Fed's Kaplan says he opposes using negative interest rates
(Reuters) - Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan on Tuesday became the latest U.S. central banker to unequivocally reject negative interest rates as a monetary policy tool. "I would be ...
May 12, 2020
Mexico to present plan on Wednesday for return to 'new normal'
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday that he will present plans on Wednesday to reopen the country and the economy after several weeks of quarantine me...
May 12, 2020
