Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Factbox: Stay at home? Big U.S. states split on coronavirus response
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus approached 1,300, many state governors have ordered residents to stay home to slow the disease's spread, while others have...
Mar 27, 2020
New York Fed sets fee structure and terms for agreement with BlackRock
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Federal Reserve released the fee structure and terms for its agreement to hire the asset management firm BlackRock to guide some of the central bank's massive bond bu...
Mar 27, 2020
Hedge fund Fir Tree puts $410 million dislocation fund to work
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - After years of waiting and watching from afar, hedge fund Fir Tree Partners is spending $410 million from its dislocation funds on stocks, pockets of the cred...
Mar 27, 2020
Coronavirus cases in Ireland rise above 2,000, three more deaths
DUBLIN (Reuters) - The total confirmed cases of coronavirus in Ireland rose to 2,121 on Friday from 1,819 a day earlier, with three more deaths reported to bring the number of fatalities to 22, the he...
Mar 27, 2020
Zimbabwe orders total lockdown from Monday to combat coronavirus
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe will impose a nationwide lockdown for 21 days from Monday to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, and security forces may be deployed to enforce it, President Emmerson ...
Mar 27, 2020
Four passengers die on cruise ship with coronavirus outbreak off Panama
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Four passengers have died on board the MS Zaandam, a cruise ship currently off the coast of Panama with dozens of guests suffering from influenza-like symptoms, at least two of...
Mar 27, 2020
Health officials clear Jazz players, staff of coronavirus
Utah Jazz players and staff have been cleared of the coronavirus, the team said Friday. "The Utah Department of Health has determined that all Jazz players and staff, regardless of prior testing statu...
Mar 27, 2020
Merkel, Trump to explore cooperation on fighting coronavirus: spokesman
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed during a phone call on Friday to explore possible cooperation on combating to the coronavirus pandemic, a gove...
Mar 27, 2020
Albania limits shopping to one per family in virus lockdown
By Benet Koleka TIRANA (Reuters) - Albania will impose a 40 hour curfew at the weekend and limit shopping to just one family member, who will need to seek permission from an app to leave home from Mon...
Mar 27, 2020
Europe needs new measures to tackle coronavirus threat: Italian president
ROME (Reuters) - Europe must adopt new measures to confront the threat posed by the coronavirus, Italian President Sergio Mattarella said on Friday, telling European Union leaders they had to react be...
Mar 27, 2020
