Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.N. chief calls for boosting resources for IMF, coordinated fiscal stimulus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.N. chief Antonio Guterres called on Monday for more resources to be dedicated to the International Monetary Fund in a letter to the Group of 20 (G20) major economies seen by R...
Mar 24, 2020
U.S. lawmakers nearing deal for $32 billion aviation sector bailout
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers are nearing agreement on a package of grants for passenger and cargo airlines and contractors worth $32 billion as part of a massive U.S. stimulus and res...
Mar 24, 2020
Phillips 66 delays scheduled refinery shutdowns on coronavirus concerns
By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) - Phillips 66 is delaying three sizeable scheduled shutdowns at its refineries this year, the company said on Tuesday, because of concerns that coronavirus could spread amo...
Mar 24, 2020
Facebook eyes multi billion dollar stake in Reliance Jio: FT
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc is in talks to buy a multi billion dollar stake in Reliance Industries Ltd's telecom unit, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing two people with knowledge of the mat...
Mar 24, 2020
EU economics chief Gentiloni in precautionary self-isolation over virus
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's economics commissioner Paolo Gentiloni is in self-isolation after a member of his staff showed symptoms of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavir...
Mar 24, 2020
Fed's 'bazooka' soothes dollar funding squeeze
By Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's efforts to shield the economy from the effects of the coronavirus have -- for now - slowed a scramble for dollars that threatened to clog ...
Mar 24, 2020
France's Air Liquide aims to boost production of ventilators
PARIS (Reuters) - The healthcare unit of French industrial gases company Air Liquide said on Tuesday it was ramping up production of ventilators needed by hospitals to deal with the coronavirus outbre...
Mar 24, 2020
Some 70 Nigerian soldiers killed in northeast militant ambush: sources
MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Around 70 Nigerian soldiers were killed in an Islamist militant ambush in northeastern state of Borno, three military sources and a security source told Reuters on Tuesday. They ...
Mar 24, 2020
Brazil's Bolsonaro buries hatchet with China's Xi to fight coronavirus
By Jake Spring and Stephen Eisenhammer BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro laid to rest a diplomatic spat with China in a call with President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, with t...
Mar 24, 2020
Germany treats first Italians as coronavirus care crosses borders
BERLIN (Reuters) - German hospitals with spare capacity on Tuesday welcomed their first coronavirus patients from Italy, where an overwhelmed health care system has witnessed the outbreak kill more pe...
Mar 24, 2020
