Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. files first criminal charges for defrauding coronavirus bailout program
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday brought its first criminal charges against people it accused of defrauding the $660 billion Paycheck Protection Program aimed...
May 05, 2020
MLBPA chief: Players want season, but no proposal presented
MLB Players Association director Tony Clark said the message he has received from players is they want to play in 2020, but they have yet to see a firm plan from Major League Baseball. Clark shared hi...
May 05, 2020
Bullard: Europe seems to be struggling to find proper economic response to pandemic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Europe seems to be struggling to find a proper pan-European response to the coronavirus pandemic, St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard said on Tuesday, citing a Ger...
May 05, 2020
Fed's Brainard: virus crisis demands broad, creative response
(Reuters) - The public health and economic crisis inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic is causing tremendous hardship, especially for low- and middle-income communities, and requires a broad and crea...
May 05, 2020
U.S. Senate Republicans crafting 'narrow' business liability protections: McConnell
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday said that legislation to protect businesses from litigation related to the coronavirus outbreak will be narrowly-crafted b...
May 05, 2020
Judo skills help Olympic champion through lockdown
By Antonio Denti ROME (Reuters) - Patience is a key element of judo and for Olympic champion Fabio Basile it is a virtue which has served him well over the last few weeks in Europe's longest lockdown....
May 05, 2020
Increased Irish testing shows slowing coronavirus spread
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's highest number of weekly coronavirus tests conducted to date found just 3.7% positive cases, a rate a senior health official said on Tuesday showed it was on a path toward...
May 05, 2020
Argentine bonds edge up as deadline looms to strike deal with creditors
By Cassandra Garrison BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine bonds edged up on Tuesday, with the country locked in a $65 billion game of chicken with creditors as a deadline for bondholders to accept a to...
May 05, 2020
UK government mulls emergency scheme to aid SMEs - Sky News
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Treasury and Bank of England are discussing an emergency funding scheme to help payments to cash-starved small businesses, Sky News reported https://bit.ly/2SCBtDg on Tues...
May 05, 2020
Trump outlines wish list as Congress mulls more coronavirus relief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday outlined a wish list of policies he suggested Congress should consider as it weighs a possible fourth round of coronavirus relief legislat...
May 05, 2020
