Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Frontier Communications files for bankruptcy protection
(Reuters) - Frontier Communications Corp said on Tuesday it would file for bankruptcy protection in the United States as the high-speed internet company restructures finances to cut down its debt load...
Apr 14, 2020
Trump cuts WHO funding over coronavirus, global death toll mounts
By Steve Holland and Michelle Nichols WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday halted funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus ...
Apr 14, 2020
Chinese airlines report $4.8 billion loss in first quarter as virus erodes travel demand
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese airlines reported a total loss of 33.62 billion yuan ($4.8 billion) in the first quarter as the coronavirus pandemic hit travel demand, the aviation regulator said on Wedne...
Apr 14, 2020
NBA's Silver, NFL's Goodell among those advising Trump on sports restart
By Rory Carroll (Reuters) - NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, NFL chief Roger Goodell and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban are among the 14 sports figures advising the U.S. government on when to resume w...
Apr 14, 2020
Baseball: League employees, families invited to COVID-19 test study
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Major League Baseball employees and their families were invited to participate in an independent community testing study for COVID-19 in order to gauge the presence of the disease...
Apr 14, 2020
Trump's name to be on stimulus checks going to Americans: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department has ordered President Donald Trump's name to be printed on checks the Internal Revenue Service is planning to send to tens of millions of Americans,...
Apr 14, 2020
Chilean court upholds conviction of former Pinochet aide Labbe
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A Chilean court on Tuesday ratified a three-year prison sentence handed to Cristian Labbe, a former aide to dictator Augusto Pinochet, for torturing a detainee i...
Apr 14, 2020
Trump says close to plan to reopen economy possibly, in part, before May 1
By Jeff Mason and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is close to completing a plan to end the coronavirus shutdown and reopen the battered U.S. economy wi...
Apr 14, 2020
China central bank will conduct medium-term lending facility operation on Wednesday: sources
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's central bank will conduct medium-term lending facility (MLF) operations on Wednesday, traders with direct knowledge of the matter said. There is no MLF loans due to expire...
Apr 14, 2020
New Zealand's Ardern, ministers take 20% pay cut for six months due to coronavirus impact
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, ministers in her government and public service chief executives will take a 20% pay cut for the next six months given the economic imp...
Apr 14, 2020
