Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Banks lending firepower in pandemic may need reinforcing: BIS
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Banks might not have enough capital to keep credit flowing if the COVID-19 pandemic leads to an economic downturn on the same scale as the global financial crisis a dec...
May 05, 2020
Children at risk as pandemic pushes them online, warns U.N. agency
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - Children are accessing the internet at a younger age, spending longer online and are at greater risk of cyber bullying as the COVID-19 pandemic keeps them at home, a U...
May 05, 2020
Rare Bob Dylan lyrics could fetch $19,000 in sale
LONDON (Reuters) - A 1966 manuscript, on which a young Bob Dylan typed and wrote lyrics for a track on his "Blonde on Blonde" album and another song he later abandoned, went on sale at Sotheby's aucti...
May 05, 2020
U.S. coronavirus deaths exceed 70,000 as forecasting models predict grim summer
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus surged past 70,000 on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, as a key forecasting model nearly doubled its previous estimate for fat...
May 05, 2020
Twitter tests telling users their tweet replies may be offensive
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Twitter Inc will test sending users a prompt when they reply to a tweet using "offensive or hurtful language," in an effort to clean up conversations on the social m...
May 05, 2020
Facebook says it dismantles disinformation network tied to Iran's state media
By Jack Stubbs and Katie Paul LONDON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Iran's state broadcaster has used hundreds of fake social media accounts to covertly spread pro-Iranian messaging online since at least 2...
May 05, 2020
Norwegian Air to sell new shares at close to 80% discount
OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian Air will sell new shares at a 79% discount to the latest traded price on the Oslo Bourse, the budget carrier said on Tuesday as it seeks to boost its equity in order to qual...
May 05, 2020
Apple to hold annual developers event online from June 22
(Reuters) - Apple Inc said on Tuesday its annual developers conference will start on June 22 and attendees would be able to stream the event for free on its developer app or website. The company in Ma...
May 05, 2020
Special Report: In shielding its hospitals from COVID-19, Britain left many of the weakest exposed
By Stephen Grey and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) - On a doorstep in the suburbs of north London, three-year-old Ayse picked up a tissue to wipe away her grandmother's tears - tears for one more v...
May 05, 2020
Italy expects at least 100 billion euros from EU recovery fund
By Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) - Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri said on Tuesday he was confident the new European Recovery Fund will make available at least 100 billion euros ($109 billion) for ...
May 05, 2020
