Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Apple's factories are running, but suppliers wary about iPhone demand
By Yimou Lee, Heekyong Yang and Krishna N. Das (Reuters) - As China reopens its economy after months of lockdown, Apple Inc's iPhone factories are largely up and running. But with the coronavirus pand...
Mar 27, 2020
At some U.S. hospitals, drugs, catheters, oxygen tanks run low
By Joseph Ax and Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - It's not just protective facemasks that are in short supply: health workers in U.S. hospitals are reporting dwindling stocks of drugs, catheters an...
Mar 27, 2020
Airbnb to halt all marketing, most hiring as losses mount: The Information
(Reuters) - Airbnb plans to halt all of its marketing, pause most hiring, and likely withhold employee bonuses as it tries to conserve cash amid a slide in bookings, CEO Brian Chesky told employees in...
Mar 27, 2020
Brazil government ad rejects coronavirus lockdowns, saying #BrazilCannotStop
By Lisandra Paraguassu and Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's federal government launched an advertising campaign against social distancing measures to fight the coronavirus outbreak, the la...
Mar 27, 2020
Pentagon eyes Chicago, Michigan, Florida, Louisiana as coronavirus spreads
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military is watching coronavirus infection trends in Chicago, Michigan, Florida and Louisiana with concern as it weighs where else it may...
Mar 27, 2020
Exclusive: Ex-Venezuelan general charged with drug trafficking surrenders to DEA - sources
CARACAS (Reuters) - U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency agents flew to Colombia on Friday to take into custody Cliver Alcala, a retired Venezuelan general indicted for drug trafficking along with Venezuelan ...
Mar 27, 2020
Trump authorizes call-up of military reservists to active duty: white house
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order authorizing the secretaries of homeland security and defense to call up military and Coast Guard reservists to ac...
Mar 27, 2020
Doctor working with Amazon tribe tests positive for coronavirus
BRASILIA (Reuters) - A doctor working with the largest tribe in the Amazon has tested positive for the coronavirus, Brazil's Health Ministry said on Friday, ringing alarm bells that the epidemic could...
Mar 27, 2020
Canada delays capital changes for smaller banks, eases liquidity rules
By Nichola Saminather TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's banking regulator is postponing the implementation of changes to capital requirements for smaller banks as part of a slew of measures undertaken by a...
Mar 27, 2020
Irish PM tells nation to stay home to slow coronavirus spread
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's prime minister told citizens to stay home until April 12 to help slow the spread of coronavirus, only leaving to shop for groceries, for brief individual physical exercise...
Mar 27, 2020
