Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Indian leaders hesitate to end world's biggest lockdown
By Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's 21-day lockdown is set to end next week but several state leaders have called for an extension or only a partial lifting of restrictions, saying is the...
Apr 07, 2020
EU antitrust regulators raise more questions about Facebook's online marketplace
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators want to know if Facebook's online marketplace benefits unfairly from its treasure trove of data, according to a questionnaire seen by Reute...
Apr 07, 2020
Factory ship goes full steam ahead for coronavirus sanitizer production
SETE, France (Reuters) - Owners of a factory ship moored off southern France which normally turns seawater into bottled mineral water have converted it to make sanitising solution in the fight against...
Apr 07, 2020
Exclusive: Eyeing defaults, U.S. direct lender Colchis Capital to shut funds
By Lawrence Delevingne BOSTON (Reuters) - San Francisco-based Colchis Capital Management LP, a pioneer backer of online direct lending platforms, is winding down its main funds as disruptions caused b...
Apr 07, 2020
UK labour cost growth slows to two-year low in late 2019
LONDON (Reuters) - Growth in British labour costs slowed to its weakest in just over two years in late 2019, pointing to low underlying inflation pressures, though productivity remained weak, accordin...
Apr 07, 2020
U.S. health officials say death toll may fall short of most dire projections
By Doina Chiacu and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two senior U.S. health officials have said they now believe the coronavirus outbreak may kill fewer Americans than some recent projections, poin...
Apr 07, 2020
Swiss aid package could head off jobless surge - government
By Silke Koltrowitz and John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's largest ever aid package launched to counter the economic impact of the new coronavirus epidemic should help the country avoid a ma...
Apr 07, 2020
Tokyo 2020 delay gives everyone a fair chance, says Riner
PARIS (Reuters) - Double Olympic judo champion Teddy Riner believes that staging the Tokyo Games in 2021 will put all athletes on an equal footing after the sports extravaganza was postponed for a yea...
Apr 07, 2020
Uber suspends services in several parts of Saudi Arabia
DUBAI (Reuters) - Uber said on Tuesday it was temporarily halting its services in several Saudi cities and governorates after a round-the-clock curfew was announced to limit the spread of the coronavi...
Apr 07, 2020
Indonesia in talks with development banks for loans totalling $7 billion
JAKARTA (Reuters) - The Indonesian government is in talks with development banks for loans totalling $7 billion to finance its COVID-19 relief efforts, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati told a ca...
Apr 07, 2020
