Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Taiwan first-quarter GDP slows to four-year low as pandemic hurts exports
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's economic growth in the first quarter slowed to its weakest in nearly four years, as fallout from the coronavirus pandemic hurts the electronics exports which are pivotal to...
Apr 30, 2020
Philippines reports 276 new coronavirus cases, 10 more deaths
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines reported 276 new coronavirus infections and 10 more deaths, bringing its total number of cases to 8,488 and fatalities to 568. It also said 20 more individuals have ...
Apr 30, 2020
German unemployment surges in April as coronavirus outbreak takes toll
BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of people out of work in Germany increased by 373,000 to 2.639 million in April as the coronavirus outbreak began to bite, data from the Labour Office showed on Thursday,...
Apr 30, 2020
Cargill expands plant-based protein food for China
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. agribusiness giant Cargill said on Thursday it will introduce a range of plant-based food products to China following a successful trial of plant-based nuggets by Yum Holdings...
Apr 30, 2020
Exclusive: Nissan shakes off virus woes in China sales with rebound in April - sources
By Norihiko Shirouzu BEIJING (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co's vehicle sales in China this month almost recovered to the prior year's level after a coronavirus-related 45% plunge in March, two sources wit...
Apr 30, 2020
Italy March jobless rate plummets as people give up search for work amid coronavirus crisis
ROME, Reuters - Italy's unemployment rate dropped steeply to 8.4% in March, the lowest for almost nine years, data showed on Thursday, as people stopped looking for work due to the coronavirus emergen...
Apr 30, 2020
AstraZeneca CEO says now is the time for taking COVID vaccine risk
LONDON (Reuters) - The head of British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca said now was the time to take risks by betting on a COVID-19 vaccine and he should know by June or July whether one from its U...
Apr 30, 2020
Coronavirus drags Spanish economy into worst contraction on record
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's economy shrunk by its biggest amount on record, 5.2%, in the first quarter of this year due to the crippling impact of the coronavirus crisis, preliminary data showed on Thu...
Apr 30, 2020
China opposes U.S. abusing export control measures
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is strongly opposed to the United States abusing export control measures, which would hurt the interests of U.S. firms more, the Chinese commerce ministry said on Thursday. T...
Apr 30, 2020
Nokia says won share of China Unicom 5G core network order
(Reuters) - Nokia has won a share of China Unicom's 5G core network order alongside with Huawei and ZTE, Nokia's Chief Executive Rajeev Suri told Reuters in an interview, citing information published ...
Apr 30, 2020
