Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Finland's Slush cancels November startup event due coronavirus
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's largest tech event Slush, which was scheduled for November 2020, said on Monday it has decided to cancel the conference due to the spread of the new coronavirus. Founded...
Apr 06, 2020
Venezuela elderly feel 'sentenced to euthanasia' under coronavirus quarantine
By Vivian Sequera CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan retirees Carlos Blanco, 81, and Olga Rodriguez, 78, have for more than a year been unable to purchase the diabetes medication they need, as the country...
Apr 06, 2020
Zoom shares slip over security concerns, rising competition
(Reuters) - Shares of Zoom fell 9% on Monday, adding to their sharp declines in the past few days, as the video conferencing app battles privacy concerns and increased competition from deep-pocketed r...
Apr 06, 2020
Ivory Coast police clash with protesters over coronavirus test centre
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast police on Monday clashed with protesters who had begun dismantling a half-built coronavirus testing centre, afraid that people using the facility would spread the epide...
Apr 06, 2020
Federal Reserve lowers community bank leverage ratio
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve announced Monday it was lowering the community bank leverage ratio to 8%, which would gradually rise back to 9% by 2022. The rule easing was ordered as part ...
Apr 06, 2020
Uber connects out-of-work U.S. ride-hail drivers to delivery, production jobs
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc said on Monday its app will list job openings in the delivery, food production and grocery industry that can be accessed by its U.S. drivers who have b...
Apr 06, 2020
Greece suggests EU buy patent rights for vaccines and coronavirus tests: FAZ
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece has suggested EU member states jointly buy patent rights for vaccines against COVID-19 and rapid tests under development to help ensure that if they are effective they are qu...
Apr 06, 2020
Fear gauges signal calmer trade as coronavirus deaths slow
LONDON (Reuters) - Major stock and currency fear gauges steadily declined over the last week from 2008 levels as a slowdown in the number of coronavirus-related deaths calmed investor nerves and incre...
Apr 06, 2020
World's fastest blind man adjusts training in coronavirus crisis
By Andrew Both (Reuters) - David Brown, the world's fastest totally blind sprinter, has been accompanied every step of the way by his guide Jerome Avery but the coronavirus outbreak has forced them ap...
Apr 06, 2020
UK group calls for grounded planes to be used as intensive care wards
LONDON (Reuters) - Airlines, airports and regulators have given their backing to a plan to turn large passenger aircraft into intensive care wards during the coronavirus pandemic, a UK-based group wor...
Apr 06, 2020
