Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Dish cuts jobs, re-evaluates business in coronavirus fallout
By Munsif Vengattil (Reuters) - Dish Network Corp has cut staff and is re-evaluating its business to cope better with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. satellite TV provider told Reu...
Apr 13, 2020
Fashion giant Inditex working at reduced capacity despite loosened Spanish lockdown
By Sonya Dowsett MADRID (Reuters) - Employees at global fashion giant Inditex's 10 logistics centres in Spain - from where it sends garments to its stores worldwide - returned to work on Monday but on...
Apr 13, 2020
Performance Food signs deals with retailers to keep shelves stocked
(Reuters) - U.S. food distributor Performance Food Group Co said on Monday it had signed agreements with 13 new retail partners and would have over 1,000 of its employees helping out at grocery stores...
Apr 13, 2020
Chile's economy to shrink by 4.9% as coronavirus ravages output: poll
By Dave Sherwood SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chiles output is expected to shrivel by 4.9% in the second quarter as the global coronavirus outbreak continues to pummel one of South Americas most export-driven...
Apr 13, 2020
Russia hails oil deal it says will save millions of U.S. jobs
By Katya Golubkova and Olesya Astakhova MOSCOW (Reuters) - The global oil production deal clinched at the weekend will help to establish a price floor and help to save millions of jobs in the United S...
Apr 13, 2020
Judo: Jordanian Judoka stays in shape during lockdown by lifting little sister
(Reuters) - With no access to gym equipment during the lockdown in Jordan, Olympic hopeful judoka Hadeel Alami has hit upon an unorthodox way to stay in peak condition - using her little sister as a w...
Apr 13, 2020
Indonesia study warns Ramadan exodus would fuel coronavirus
By Stanley Widianto and Tom Allard JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian researchers have warned the government that plans to allow millions of people to leave for their home villages at the end of the Musli...
Apr 13, 2020
Brazil minister urges unified voice as Bolsonaro downplays coronavirus
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's health minister urged the government to speak with a unified voice in its fight against the new coronavirus, calling out President Jair Bolsonaro for downplaying the thr...
Apr 13, 2020
Japan minister: Paris accord under threat if coronavirus trumps climate change
By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Ritsuko Shimizu TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi warned on Monday that the Paris climate accord could face death if steps to fight global warmin...
Apr 13, 2020
Blackstone invests $2 billion in Alnylam, boosting gene-silencing drug development
(Reuters) - Blackstone Group Inc said on Monday it invested $2 billion in Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc through an equity-and-debt deal, giving the drugmaker a financial boost to develop its gene-silenc...
Apr 13, 2020
