Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Calls mount for new OPEC+ deal as oil prices and demand slide
By Maria Tsvetkova, Rania El Gamal and Alex Lawler MOSCOW/DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) - Oil producers need to resume cooperation in an effort to stabilize the global market, Russian and OPEC officials said...
Mar 27, 2020
Epidemic impact on China's economy controllable despite added pressure: central bank
HONG KONG (Reuters) - The impact of the coronavirus epidemic on China's economy is generally controllable and the fundamentals remain resilient, the country's central bank said in a statement on Frida...
Mar 27, 2020
Mexico president's approval rating below 50% for first time: poll
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's approval rating has dropped below 50% for the first time in a daily tracking poll by polling firm Consulta Mitofsky, according t...
Mar 27, 2020
We need to act, ECB's Lagarde tells feuding EU on coronavirus rescue: sources
By Gabriela Baczynska and Balazs Koranyi BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde urged wrangling EU leaders to act more decisively to cushion the economic hit of t...
Mar 27, 2020
Cognizant ups salaries by 25% for some India employees amid lockdown
By Chris Thomas and Anuron Kumar Mitra BENGALURU (Reuters) - Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp will pay an extra 25% of base pay to some employees in India and the Philippines as a majority of its o...
Mar 27, 2020
Irish intensive care units set to hit capacity within days, PM says
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's intensive care units will be at capacity within a few days given the rate of spread of coronavirus and the health service has plans in place to deal with the demand, Prime...
Mar 27, 2020
Sweden bans public gatherings of more than 50 people: PM
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The Swedish government said on Friday it had decided to ban all public gatherings of more than 50 people to stop the spread of the coronavirus. "Our resilience is being tested. T...
Mar 27, 2020
'Like wartime' - Philippine doctors overwhelmed by coronavirus deluge
By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) - Private hospitals in the Philippines capital Manila have stopped accepting coronavirus patients in the face of surging numbers of sufferers and people seeking tests, t...
Mar 27, 2020
U.S. not bailing out airlines, Boeing not using federal money: Treasury Secretary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Friday that the coronavirus economic stimulus bill set to soon pass the House of Representatives is not an airline bailout and that...
Mar 27, 2020
UK, EU negotiators to hold first joint committee meeting on Monday: Britain
LONDON (Reuters) - British and EU negotiators will hold the first meeting of a joint committee as planned on Monday by video conference, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday, af...
Mar 27, 2020
