Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Qatar to postpone $8 billion of contracts from projects due to coronavirus
DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar's ruler has asked the government to postpone $8.2 billion in unawarded contracts on capital expenditure projects due to the coronavirus outbreak, a bond prospectus seen by Reut...
Apr 07, 2020
Russia's daily rise in coronavirus cases tops 1,000 for first time
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The number of coronavirus cases in Russia rose by more than 1,000 for the first time to reach 7,497 in the past 24 hours, the country's crisis response centre said on Tuesday. The n...
Apr 07, 2020
UK finance minister Sunak, 39, next in line to lead country after Raab
LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak would take responsibility for leading the country if Dominic Raab, currently standing in for hospitalised Prime Minister Boris Johnson, were als...
Apr 07, 2020
Investors flock to buy UK debt, despite record supply
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Britain attracted the strongest investor demand since 2005 for its government bonds on Tuesday, when it kicked off a record period of debt issuance to fund higher ...
Apr 07, 2020
UK housing market on hold due to coronavirus crisis: Halifax
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's housing market is largely on pause due to the coronavirus crisis which will make it hard to calculate price changes ahead, but it is too early to gauge the long-term impac...
Apr 07, 2020
Japan's SoftBank to invest $48 million in Brazil pet products site Petlove
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Japan's SoftBank Group Corp reached an agreement to invest 250 million reais ($48 million) in pet products online retailer Petlove, the companies said in a statement on Tuesday. ...
Apr 07, 2020
Indian states scramble for funds as virus takes toll on coffers
By Swati Bhat MUMBAI (Reuters) - A three-week nationwide lockdown is testing the resilience of India's state governments, with analysts warning that essential public services and health care for milli...
Apr 07, 2020
Russian space agency says Trump paving way to seize other planets
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, accused Donald Trump on Tuesday of creating a basis to take over other planets by signing an executive order outlining U.S. policy on commercial...
Apr 07, 2020
Germany launches smartwatch app to monitor coronavirus spread
By Douglas Busvine BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's public health authority launched a smartwatch app on Tuesday in partnership with healthtech startup Thryve to help monitor the spread of COVID-19 and an...
Apr 07, 2020
World Championships provisionally scheduled for Sept-Oct in South Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) - The Table Tennis World Championships, which was postponed due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, has been provisionally scheduled to be held in South Korea between Sept. 27 a...
Apr 07, 2020
