Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Top trader Vitol says virus might bring peak oil demand much quicker
By Julia Payne and Dmitry Zhdannikov LONDON (Reuters) - Oil markets are at the beginning of a fragile recovery as coronavirus lockdowns ease, though long-term peak demand may be permanently eroded, Vi...
May 05, 2020
Yemen's Houthis report first coronavirus case, a death in Sanaa hotel
ADEN (Reuters) - Authorities in Houthi-held north Yemen confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus on Tuesday, a Somali national found dead in a Sanaa hotel, while the government in the south of ...
May 05, 2020
Lufthansa Technik changes first passenger A380 jet to move cargo
(Reuters) - Germany's Lufthansa Technik AG [LUFT.UL] said on Tuesday it is modifying its first Airbus A380 superjumbo jet to move cargo, as the coronavirus crisis fuels a global scramble for capacity ...
May 05, 2020
Norwegian Cruise flags cash crunch, going concern risks
(Reuters) - Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd , the world's third-largest cruise operator, warned of a cash crunch and raised doubts about its ability to keep running its business, making it the firs...
May 05, 2020
Hong Kong bookseller jailed in China releases smuggled-out poems
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A Swedish publisher on Tuesday distributed poems written by a Hong Kong bookseller and smuggled out of the Chinese prison where he is serving a 10-year sentence after being convi...
May 05, 2020
French beekeepers look to lockdown exit to sell bumper honey harvest
By Elizabeth Pineau and Noemie Olive CHANTILLY, France (Reuters) - Beekeepers in France are celebrating a bumper spring honey harvest after weeks of warm weather but will need a smooth unwinding of th...
May 05, 2020
U.S. traffic deaths fell in 2019 for third straight year
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. traffic deaths fell in 2019 for the third straight year even as overall road use increased, according to preliminary government data set to be released ...
May 05, 2020
Virgin Atlantic to cut 3,150 jobs after pandemic hits demand
LONDON (Reuters) - British airline Virgin Atlantic said on Tuesday it planned to cut 3,150 jobs and would move its flying programme from London Gatwick to Heathrow airport as it counts the cost of the...
May 05, 2020
Chicago Fed economists see 'U-Cov' jobless rate as high as 34%
(Reuters) - The official U.S. unemployment rate for April, due out this Friday, will likely vastly understate job destruction from the coronavirus pandemic, so a pair of economists at the Federal Rese...
May 05, 2020
Lebanon summons German ambassador over Hezbollah ban
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's foreign minister summoned the German ambassador on Tuesday to explain Berlin's decision last week to ban the Shi'ite Hezbollah movement on its soil. Germany also classifie...
May 05, 2020
