Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. stimulus package is biggest ever, but may not be big enough
By Lawrence Delevingne and Howard Schneider BOSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve has offered more than $3 trillion in loans and asset purchases in recent weeks to stop the U.S. financial ...
Mar 30, 2020
Sanofi, Regeneron expand testing of potential coronavirus treatment
(Reuters) - Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc have expanded a clinical trial of their rheumatoid arthritis drug Kevzara as a coronavirus treatment to patients outside the United States. The com...
Mar 30, 2020
ABB warns about coronaravirus impact on sales and profit
ZURICH (Reuters) - ABB became the latest company to warn about the impact of the coronavirus on its profits, with the Swiss engineering group on Monday saying all of its businesses would suffer in the...
Mar 30, 2020
Bananas, baseball and headaches - counting the cost of Tokyo's Olympic delay
By Naomi Tajitsu and Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Olympic delay has upended years of careful planning by organizers and spawned costly headaches for small businesses, hotels and even pro baseb...
Mar 29, 2020
China's Geely 2019 net profit drops 35% amid broader market slump
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd said on Monday lower sales drove its 2019 net profit down 35%, as China's overall auto market suffered a prolonged slump last year. China's mo...
Mar 29, 2020
South Korea's emergency exercise in December facilitated coronavirus testing, containment
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean tabletop exercise on emergency responses to a fictional mysterious outbreak led directly to tools the country deployed less than a month later to manag...
Mar 29, 2020
New Orleans doctors scramble as coronavirus deaths, cases soar
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - Emergency room doctor Thomas Krajewski stopped at the hospital room door at 2 a.m. to glance at the chart. He knew instantly the long odds faced by the patient inside: A man...
Mar 29, 2020
Badminton duo adamant Olympics delay won't derail record-breaking bid
(Reuters) - The postponement of the Tokyo Olympics has dampened the hopes of Indonesia's Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan of becoming the sport's oldest gold medalists, but the pair is determined to...
Mar 29, 2020
Major airlines urge U.S. Treasury to disburse assistance quickly
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major U.S. airlines asked the U.S. Treasury to move quickly to release up to $58 billion in government grants and loans and recommended a formula to divide u...
Mar 29, 2020
DoJ reviews stock trades by lawmakers after coronavirus briefings: CNN
(Reuters) - The Justice Department has started to probe a series of stock transactions made by lawmakers ahead of the sharp market downturn triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, CNN reported on Sunda...
Mar 29, 2020
