Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Court suspends part of Slovakia's phone-tracking law to fight virus spread
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovakia's Constitutional Court on Wednesday suspended parts of a new law allowing state authorities to access data collected by telecommunications operators as part of plans to...
May 13, 2020
Exclusive: Europe nears crisis plan for public stakes in key companies - sources
By Pamela Barbaglia, John O'Donnell and Jan Strupczewski LONDON/FRANKFURT/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU officials are seeking to finalise a plan for public stakes to be taken in key European companies to sh...
May 13, 2020
U.S. crude stockpiles unexpectedly drop for first time since January: EIA
By David Gaffen (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil stockpiles surprisingly fell last week, including at the Cushing, Oklahoma, storage hub, the first time supply has dropped since the coronavirus pandemic cho...
May 13, 2020
Citing coronavirus, U.S. board delays Federal pension fund investments in Chinese stocks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bending to White House pressure, an independent board charged with overseeing billions in federal retirement dollars announced on Wednesday it would indefinitively delay plans t...
May 13, 2020
Tunisia relaxes coronavirus curfew hours
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia will reduce the hours of its nightly curfew imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus from Wednesday, state news agency TAP reported citing President Kais Saied. The curf...
May 13, 2020
Shares of sensor maker AMS dive after proposes capital hike
VIENNA (Reuters) - Shares in AMS fell by 11% on Wednesday following news the sensor maker, best known as a supplier to Apple , was seeking approval for a capital raise. AMS supplies sensors for Apple ...
May 13, 2020
U.S. accuses China-linked hackers of stealing coronavirus research
By Raphael Satter (Reuters) - China-linked hackers are breaking into American organizations carrying out research into COVID-19, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, warning both scientists and public he...
May 13, 2020
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
