Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. airline shares tumble as Buffett stake riddance fuels investor worries
(Reuters) - Shares of the top four U.S. airlines dropped on Monday after billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway said it offloaded its entire stake in the carriers last month, adding ...
May 04, 2020
France rejects Amazon's request for unemployment schemes at six sites
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government has rejected Amazon 's request to tap a state partial unemployment scheme for employees at its six warehouses in the country, a spokeswoman for the labour minis...
May 04, 2020
Vodacom launches commercial 5G mobile network in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Mobile operator Vodacom Group said on Monday it had switched on Africa's first live 5G mobile network in three cities in South Africa, with further rollouts planned in other p...
May 04, 2020
Vir, Alnylam identify COVID-19 therapy candidate, plan human trials by year end
(Reuters) - Vir Biotechnology Inc and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc have identified a drug candidate for treating COVID-19 and plan to begin human testing by the end of the year, the companies said on M...
May 04, 2020
Dutch confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 199 to 40,770: health authorities
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Netherlands rose by 199 on Monday to 40,770, with 26 new deaths, health authorities said. Total deaths in the country rose to 5,0...
May 04, 2020
UK-U.S. trade talks to start on Tuesday
LONDON (Reuters) - Trade talks between Britain and the United States will begin via a video conferencing call on Tuesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesman said, as the two countries seek to st...
May 04, 2020
Swiss environmentalists demand 'green recovery' after coronavirus
By Cecile Mantovani BERN (Reuters) - Environmental activists delivered a petition to a special session of the Swiss parliament on Monday demanding that a government aid package should promote a "green...
May 04, 2020
Spanish companies are better prepared now to cope with COVID-19-Bank of Spain
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish companies are better prepared financially to face the current disruption from the coronavirus outbreak than when the previous global crisis hit though some vulnerabilities p...
May 04, 2020
UK publishes names of scientific emergency advisory group participants
LONDON (Reuters) - The British government on Monday published the participants of its scientific advisory group for emergencies - the group which is helping Prime Minister Boris Johnson respond to the...
May 04, 2020
Consensus on Brazil's 2020 GDP contraction lowered again to -3.8%: survey
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The outlook for Brazil's economy deteriorated for a 12th week in a row, a central bank survey showed on Monday, and forecasts for public finances, inflation, interest rates and ex...
May 04, 2020
