Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Montreux Jazz Festival cancelled for first time in its history
GENEVA (Reuters) - The Montreux Jazz Festival will not be held in July due to the coronavirus pandemic, the first time the Swiss summer festival has not taken place since its launch in 1967, organiser...
Apr 17, 2020
Euro zone inflation confirmed dipping to 0.7% in March
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone inflation slowed sharply in March to 0.7% year-on-year, the European Union statistics said on Friday confirming its earlier estimates. Eurostat also confirmed its earlie...
Apr 17, 2020
Thrifty Germans started investing -- just before markets crashed
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German households, usually among Europe's most financially conservative, bought into investment funds in the last three months of last year, just before the coronavirus pandemic ...
Apr 17, 2020
Spring yet to come: Small businesses at Beijing's tourist hot-spots struggle
By Muyu Xu and Thomas Peter BEIJING (Reuters) - For Zhang Yu, who runs a cafe in one of Beijing's top tourist spots, business has never been so bad. To contain the spread of the coronavirus, bars and ...
Apr 17, 2020
UK's Prince William and Kate say: look after mental health in coronavirus crisis
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate urged people to look after their mental health during the novel coronavirus outbreak and drew attention to the particular psychological st...
Apr 17, 2020
Beware the boar: wild pigs patrol Israeli city under coronavirus closure
By Dan Williams HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) - While coronavirus closures are coaxing wildlife into the abandoned streets of many a metropolis, in one Israeli city the four-legged interlopers are assertive...
Apr 17, 2020
Peugeot's Vauxhall prepares safety steps for UK plant reopenings
LONDON (Reuters) - Peugeot's British brand Vauxhall, which operates two factories, is planning several safety measures including temperature checks, face mask-wearing and shift rescheduling to allow i...
Apr 17, 2020
Russia reports record daily rise in coronavirus cases: Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Friday reported a record rise of 4,069 new coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours, bringing its nationwide tally to 32,007, the Interfax news agency said. The number of ...
Apr 17, 2020
Rush to junk bonds gathers pace on Fed's 'game-changing' pledge: BofA
LONDON (Reuters) - Junk-rated bonds saw record inflows of $10.5 billion in the week to Wednesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve's "game-changing" move to expand its corporate bond-buying programme to ...
Apr 17, 2020
Philippines reports 25 coronavirus deaths, 218 more cases
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' health ministry on Friday reported 25 new coronavirus deaths and 218 additional infections. In a bulletin, the health ministry said total confirmed cases have incre...
Apr 17, 2020
