Author Archives: Syndicated Content
'Painful lesson': how a military-style lockdown unfolded in Wuhan
By Cate Cadell and Yawen Chen BEIJING (Reuters) - As the world grapples with the escalating coronavirus pandemic, China reopened the city of Wuhan on Wednesday, allowing its 11 million residents to le...
Apr 08, 2020
Exclusive: China's central bank to step up easing, won't borrow Fed playbook - sources
By Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) - China's central bank will ramp up its policy easing to support the coronavirus-ravaged economy but debt worries and property risks will prevent it from following the U...
Apr 08, 2020
Japan to work towards relaxing leverage-ratio exposure rules: BOJ
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese regulators will work towards allowing financial institutions to temporarily exempt deposits they park with the central bank in calculating how much their assets are exposed ...
Apr 08, 2020
Cyclone Harold flattens homes, brings injuries in Fiji
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - A powerful tropical cyclone battered the South Pacific island nation of Fiji on Wednesday, witnesses said, destroying buildings and causing injuries in Suva, the capit...
Apr 08, 2020
With supplies back, Hong Kong expats ship masks home to coronavirus hot spots
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Expatriates in Hong Kong are buying up masks to send to family and friends back home as supplies return to shops in the Asian financial hub and the coronavirus spreads around the...
Apr 08, 2020
Pulp friction: Border jams delay supply of toilet paper's only ingredient
By Richa Naidu and Siddharth Cavale LONDON/BENGALURU (Reuters) - As several European borders limit travel to stop the spread of COVID-19, two of the world's biggest pulp makers say transportation logj...
Apr 08, 2020
Readout of Fed's March meetings to capture a frenzied policy response
By Howard Schneider (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve officials launched an economic rescue plan in record time last month as the coronavirus pandemic spread, reaching decisions that may shape the glob...
Apr 08, 2020
Wobbly U.S. fiscal response could deepen coronavirus recession
By Howard Schneider and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government's massive effort to nurse the economy through the coronavirus crisis was billed as a send-money-and-don't-sweat-the-deta...
Apr 08, 2020
Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise to 103,228, deaths to 1,861: RKI
BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Germany rose by 4,003 in the past 24 hours to 103,228 on Wednesday, climbing for the second straight day after four previous days o...
Apr 08, 2020
Yelich: 50-50 chance MLB is played in 2020
While Major League Baseball and the players union are exploring various avenues for starting the delayed season, at least one superstar isn't convinced the season will be held at all. Milwaukee Brewer...
Apr 08, 2020
