Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK to announce new emergency loan package for midsize companies: Financial Times
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will announce a new support package for midsize companies who fall between the criteria for existing coronavirus business support schemes, the Financial Times reported on Th...
Apr 02, 2020
Exclusive: UK worst case is 50,000 coronavirus death toll but not on course for that - source
LONDON (Reuters) - The British government's worst case scenario envisages a coronavirus death toll of 50,000 people if self isolating is not adhered to but the United Kingdom is not right now on cours...
Apr 02, 2020
Iraq has confirmed thousands more COVID-19 cases than reported, medics say
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq has thousands of confirmed COVID-19 cases, many times more than the 772 it is has publicly reported, according to three doctors closely involved in the testing process, a heal...
Apr 02, 2020
Canada coronavirus cases rise above 10,000, death toll jumps by 21%
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada now has more than 10,000 coronavirus cases and the death toll jumped 21% to 127 from Wednesday, according to data posted by the country's public health agency on Thursday. It...
Apr 02, 2020
Fed's Kaplan sees severe contraction ahead, more stimulus needed
(Reuters) - The U.S. economy will likely experience a "severe contraction" in the second quarter and continue to shrink some at the start the third quarter, Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan said on ...
Apr 02, 2020
The shows must go on!: Lloyd Webber musicals to be aired for free
LONDON (Reuters) - Fans of musical theatre forced by the coronavirus pandemic to stay at home will be able to watch some of Andrew Lloyd Webber's most popular shows for free on Youtube every week. The...
Apr 02, 2020
Pelosi forms bipartisan panel to oversee $2 trillion coronavirus relief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she will form a bipartisan select committee on the coronavirus crisis to oversee the spending of $2 trillion ...
Apr 02, 2020
Facebook launches desktop version for Messenger as video calls surge
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc on Thursday rolled out the desktop version of its Messenger app for Apple's Mac and Microsoft's Windows to make video chats available on computer screens for Facebook users. T...
Apr 02, 2020
Germany tasks its big international companies with procurement challenge
BERLIN (Reuters) - German companies with international experience and supply chains have been commissioned to help the government procure difficult-to-obtain supplies as part of the country's response...
Apr 02, 2020
U.N. agency says humanitarian corridor keeps Africa aid flowing amid coronavirus
By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) - The United Nations food agency has negotiated a humanitarian corridor to keep food aid flowing in southern Africa after most countries shut their borders to st...
Apr 02, 2020
