Author Archives: Syndicated Content
VW plans to partially reopen plant in Spain's Navarra on April 20
MADRID (Reuters) - German carmaker Volkswagen hopes to partially reopen its plant in Spain's Navarra region on April 20 after its closure in mid-March due to the coronavirus outbreak, a spokesman for ...
Apr 07, 2020
Dutch government says no again to using eurobonds for virus crisis
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch finance minister Wopke Hoekstra repeated on Tuesday that the Netherlands would not support the use of "eurobonds" to combat Europe's coronavirus outbreak and it would o...
Apr 07, 2020
Tokyo hospital trainees test positive for coronavirus after party
TOKYO (Reuters) - One of Japan's most prestigious hospitals apologised for an "unforgivable blunder" after 40 trainee doctors attended a drinking party and 18 subsequently tested positive for the coro...
Apr 07, 2020
Ravens' Harbaugh concerned about cybersecurity of draft
Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh is concerned about the cybersecurity of team and league data during the upcoming NFL draft, which will be a "virtual" event for the first time, commissioner Roger ...
Apr 07, 2020
Congress presses Trump administration to fix small business relief program
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers have urged the Treasury Department to clarify and streamline the government's small business loan program, after hearing gripes from local busin...
Apr 07, 2020
Virus slowdown threatens India's restaurants with bitter aftertaste
By Aftab Ahmed and Abhirup Roy NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - After growing tenfold in the last decade, India's restaurant sector fears for the future when a nationwide lockdown is eventually lifted, wi...
Apr 07, 2020
WHO warns against easing coronavirus measures too early
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization has no blanket recommendation for countries and regions for easing measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, but urged them not to lift ...
Apr 07, 2020
Fukushima Olympic Flame display cancelled over virus concerns
By Jack Tarrant TOKYO (Reuters) - The exhibition of the Olympic Flame, due to remain on display in Fukushima until the end of the month, will be cancelled over coronavirus concerns, the Tokyo 2020 Org...
Apr 07, 2020
Side effects: Fuel demand crash shuts U.S. ethanol plants, meatpackers lack refrigerant
By Stephanie Kelly and Tom Polansek NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) - A slew of U.S. ethanol plants have shut down as fuel demand has collapsed during the coronavirus outbreak, and meatpackers have been hi...
Apr 07, 2020
Japan to sell record extra bonds to fund coronavirus stimulus
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will sell a record amount of extra bonds this fiscal year, worth more than $165 billion, straining the industrial world's heaviest deb...
Apr 07, 2020
