Author Archives: Syndicated Content
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
Thailand reports 111 new coronavirus cases, 3 more deaths
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Wednesday reported 111 new coronavirus cases and 3 more deaths. The dead included a 48-year-old Russian, a 69-year-old Indian and a 69-year-old U.S. national, said Tawe...
Apr 07, 2020
Honduras aims to ensure food supply with plantings on unoccupied land
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras will spur planting of grains, vegetables and fruit on unoccupied land as it intervenes in the agroindustrial sector to ensure the food supply amid the spreading corona...
Apr 07, 2020
New Zealand PM cautiously optimistic about coronavirus, urges Easter 'staycation'
SYDNEY (Reuters) - New Zealand's prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, said on Wednesday she was cautiously optimistic about slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus as authorities reported the lowest nu...
Apr 07, 2020
Pandemic set to tip Japan into deep recession this year, BOJ seen easing again: Reuters poll
By Kaori Kaneko TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is expected to slip into a deep recession this year with the economy set to contract for a third straight quarter in April-June, a Reuters poll showed on Wednes...
Apr 07, 2020
Taiwan's Foxconn says to make ventilators with Medtronic
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn will make ventilators with U.S. firm Medtronic Plc to help patients afflicted by the coronavirus outbreak, the company said on Wednesday. ...
Apr 07, 2020
Australia's Treasury Wine, to cope with virus, weighs Penfolds demerger, U.S. cutback
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Treasury Wine Estates Ltd said it may spin off the prestigious Penfolds label and shrink its low-end "commercial" division in the United States as it seeks...
Apr 07, 2020
Tesla to furlough workers, cut employee salaries due to coronavirus
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Tesla Inc told employees on Tuesday it would furlough all non-essential workers and implement salary cuts during a shut down of its U.S. production facilities because of the...
Apr 07, 2020
Tiger hosts Masters Champions Dinner 'quarantine style'
Tiger Woods wasn't going to let the postponement of The Masters prevent him from hosting his own version of the traditional Champions Dinner. Sporting his green jacket, Woods took to social media on T...
Apr 07, 2020
China orders Baidu to clean up low-brow content
BEIJING (Reuters) - China'a internet regulator ordered search engine Baidu to clean up improper information and halt spread of "low-brow content." China's all powergul internet regulator, Cyberspace A...
Apr 07, 2020
