Author Archives: Syndicated Content
German asparagus season faces peril as coronavirus shuts out pickers
BERLIN (Reuters) - German growers of white asparagus, an expensive delicacy savoured by food lovers in spring, fear this year's harvest may go to waste as coronavirus lockdowns shut out seasonal picke...
Mar 26, 2020
Virtual tours, coronavirus clauses: Pandemic upends homebuying across the U.S.
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Prospective buyers arriving at Betsy and Eric Melby's house for sale in Memphis, Tennessee, last week were greeted by a large pump bottle of hand sanitizer and a box of dispos...
Mar 26, 2020
FDI flows tanking as coronavirus pandemic disruption deepens: U.N
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic could slash global foreign direct investment (FDI) by as much as 40% this year, a United Nations agency said on Thursday, more than dou...
Mar 26, 2020
Crazy haircut? Shave? Americans in coronavirus lockdown try out makeovers
By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jacob Kunthara's wife and three adult children had never seen him without the mustache he sported for 45 years. During Coronavirus lockdown this week at home i...
Mar 26, 2020
Italy's Armani converts fashion sites to produce medical overalls
(Reuters) - Fashion group Armani said on Thursday all of its Italian production plants would start producing single use medical overalls, in an effort to support healthcare workers in the coronavirus ...
Mar 26, 2020
Factbox: Global economic policy response to the coronavirus pandemic
LONDON (Reuters) - Governments and central banks around the world have unleashed unprecedented amounts of fiscal and monetary stimulus and other support over the past month for national economies reel...
Mar 26, 2020
French army moves up a gear in war against coronavirus
By Tangi Salan and John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - A soldier ushers in a three-man medical team transporting a person on life-support toward an army field hospital. Army nurses then order a complete sani...
Mar 26, 2020
Signet Jewelers in $240 million settlement over sexual harassment, loan portfolio
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Signet Jewelers Ltd has reached a $240 million settlement of a shareholder lawsuit accusing the company of concealing sexual harassment allegations against sen...
Mar 26, 2020
NCAA’s storied party crashers includes ‘Dunk City,’ Loyola
By: Eric Olson If not for those magical eight days seven years ago, Florida Gulf Coast might still be that upstart school trying to create an identity in the Sunshine State, never mind nationally. Dun...
Mar 26, 2020
European stock exchanges working well in extreme conditions
LONDON (Reuters) - Stock exchanges across Europe have implemented their business continuity plans due to the coronavirus epidemic and markets are working well under extreme conditions, the Federation ...
Mar 26, 2020
