Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Global downturn due to coronavirus 'way worse' than global financial crisis: IMF
By Andrea Shalal and Stephanie Nebehay WASHINGTON/GENEVA (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic has brought the global economy to a standstill and plunged the world into a recession that will be "way wo...
Apr 03, 2020
Venezuelan migrants flee Colombian quarantine for their shattered homeland
By Luis Jaime Acosta SOPO, Colombia (Reuters) - Carrying small children in their arms or lugging suitcases, the Venezuelan migrants trudged along the shoulder of the highway that runs northeast out of...
Apr 03, 2020
Report: Bulls open search for top executive
Chicago Bulls president and chief operating officer Michael Reinsdorf appears to be responding to a growing chorus of fans and critics and will hire a new executive to oversee basketball operations. T...
Apr 03, 2020
'From Russia with love' mission to Italy hit by press row
By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - Russian criticism of an Italian newspaper was "inappropriate", Italy's foreign and defence ministries said on Friday, in a case that has cast a cloud over Moscow's ...
Apr 03, 2020
Kraft Heinz says has halted three plants due to coronavirus outbreak
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Kraft Heinz Co has moved to halt production at three different plants because of a decline in demand stemming from the new coronavirus outbreak, its Chief Executive Miguel Patric...
Apr 03, 2020
Richmond Fed's Barkin: Employment numbers to get worse before getting better
(Reuters) - U.S. employment numbers will get worse amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak before getting better, Richmond Federal Reserve President Thomas Barkin said in an interview with Bloomberg New...
Apr 03, 2020
American Airlines applies for U.S. payroll assistance grants
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American Airlines, the largest U.S. airline, confirmed Friday it has applied to the U.S. Treasury for a chunk of the $25 billion payroll assistance grants approved by Congress l...
Apr 03, 2020
Wisconsin governor asks legislature to delay Tuesday's primary, make all voting by mail
By John Whitesides (Reuters) - Democratic Governor Tony Evers said on Friday he was askingWisconsin's Republican-controlled legislature to cancel in-person voting in next week's presidential primary, ...
Apr 03, 2020
Global currency funds notch wins amid coronavirus volatility
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global currency fund managers racked up gains in the first quarter as they benefited from the extreme volatility that the coronavirus pandemic has stok...
Apr 03, 2020
Ex-NYU hospital employee who refused flu vaccine sues over his firing
By Jonathan Stempel A former employee at NYU Langone Medical Center sued the New York City hospital on Friday, claiming it illegally fired him because he refused on religious grounds to obtain a manda...
Apr 03, 2020
