Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Bullard: U.S. faces new problems if pandemic, shutdown, persist to 2nd half of year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy will face a deepening set of problems if the economic shutdown and pandemic persist deep into the second half of the year, St. Louis Federal Reserve President J...
May 05, 2020
From bunting to the big picture: Isle of Wight becomes UK's virus app test bed
By Isla Binnie COWES, England (Reuters) - The coronavirus outbreak put paid to May Day festivities on the Isle of Wight this week and brought the spotlight to the island for a very different reason: i...
May 05, 2020
Qatar Airways planning substantial job cuts: company notice
By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar Airways is planning to cut a significant number of jobs because travel has been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, and told cabin crew to prepare for ...
May 05, 2020
U.S. banking regulators tweak liquidity rule to accommodate emergency facilities
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. banking regulators announced Tuesday they had tweaked a bank liquidity requirement to ensure that banks were not dinged for participating in emergency Fed liquidity facilit...
May 05, 2020
Belgian, U.S. scientists look to llama in search for COVID-19 treatment
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A llama called Winter could prove useful in the hunt for a treatment for COVID-19, according to U.S. and Belgian scientists who have identified a tiny particle that appears to blo...
May 05, 2020
Top U.S. general: 'We don't know' if coronavirus emerged from Chinese lab
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. general said on Tuesday it was still unknown whether the coronavirus emerged from a wet market in China, a laboratory or some other location, but reaffirmed the U.S...
May 05, 2020
NBCUniversal announces executive pay cuts in internal memo
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Comcast Corp owned NBCUniversal Media announced in an internal memo on Tuesday that a group of senior executives will receive 20% pay cuts as part of efforts to cut costs during t...
May 05, 2020
Transgender people face discrimination, violence amid Latin American quarantines
By Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA (Reuters) - Alis Nicolette Rodriguez is bracing themself, nervously looking over their shopping list and preparing in case someone tries to bar their way at the grocery sto...
May 05, 2020
Ethiopia's Tigray region eyes election in challenge to national unity
By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Tigray region plans to hold elections, its main party said, setting it on a collision course with the federal government and testing the country's ...
May 05, 2020
Airbnb to lay off 1,900 employees: sources
By Munsif Vengattil, Joshua Franklin and Anirban Sen (Reuters) - Home rental startup Airbnb Inc is planning to lay off 1,900 employees due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, two sources famili...
May 05, 2020
