Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China cuts benchmark rate for second time this year, as widely expected
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China cut its benchmark lending rate as expected on Monday to reduce borrowing costs for companies and prop up the coronavirus-hit economy, after it contracted for the first time ...
Apr 19, 2020
Food crisis will not take place in China: agriculture minister
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A food crisis will not take place in China, Agriculture Minister Han Changfu said on Monday, adding that the country has the confidence and ability to secure supplies of g...
Apr 19, 2020
China's CDB Financial scraps purchase of 29 Boeing 737 MAX jets
SYDNEY (Reuters) - China Development Bank (CDB) Financial Leasing Co said on Monday it had agreed with Boeing Co to cancel the purchase of 29 undelivered 737 MAX jets, adding to a string of recent can...
Apr 19, 2020
Dollar firm as caution on economic re-start returns
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar found support on Monday and a rally in riskier currencies lost steam, as investors braced for more dire news on the fallout from the coronavirus and g...
Apr 19, 2020
With economy in crisis, U.S. lets importers delay some tariff payments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Sunday said it would allow importers hit by the national health crisis to defer for three months any tariff payments they owe the government. The mea...
Apr 19, 2020
Prince Harry and wife Meghan cut ties with four British tabloids: media
(Reuters) - Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, have cut ties with some of Britain's biggest tabloids and said they will adopt a policy of "zero engagement" with them, British media reported on Monday....
Apr 19, 2020
China reports 12 new mainland coronavirus cases on April 19, eight imported
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China reported 12 new confirmed coronavirus cases on April 19, down from 16 a day earlier, with no new deaths, the country's health authority said on Monday. Of the total, eight w...
Apr 19, 2020
Panama registers 194 new coronavirus cases, six new deaths
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama registered 194 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday, bringing the country's total to 4,467 cases, the health ministry said. Panama's head of epidemiology Lourdes Moren...
Apr 19, 2020
Asia shares off to cautious start, U.S. crude slides
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Caution gripped Asian share markets on Monday on expectations a busy week of corporate earnings reports and economic data will drive home the damage done by the global...
Apr 19, 2020
About 2,500 protesters converge at Washington state capitol against stay-at-home order
By Gregory Scruggs OLYMPIA, WA. (Reuters) - An estimated 2,500 people rallied at the Washington state capitol on Sunday to protest Democratic Governor Jay Inslee's stay-at-home order to limit the spre...
Apr 19, 2020
