Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Fires of U.S. culture wars flare amid coronavirus crisis
By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the coronavirus pandemic spread across the United States this week, Republicans in Texas and Mississippi sought to further limit abortion ...
Mar 26, 2020
U.S. corporate crisis bailouts may prove bonanza for insider trading, new study warns
By Chris Prentice and Lawrence Delevingne WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) - White-collar crime prosecutors and defense attorneys are likely to be busy following a massive economic stimulus package from th...
Mar 26, 2020
After Senate vote, massive U.S. coronavirus bill moves to the House
By Richard Cowan and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate's unanimous passage of a $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill sent the unprecedented economic legislation to the House of R...
Mar 26, 2020
Deutsche Bank readies government short-time work program amid coronavirus outbreak
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank is laying the groundwork for taking advantage of a government-run short-time work scheme for some of its employees in Germany as it deals with fallout of the corona...
Mar 26, 2020
China's Shanghai orders all incoming travellers to undergo 14-day quarantine
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The eastern Chinese city of Shanghai will make all incoming travellers undergo 14 days of quarantine and observation from Thursday in a bid to prevent coronavirus transmission, th...
Mar 26, 2020
Japan PM Abe sets up coronavirus task force, enacts Europe, Iran entry ban
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has established a task force under the country's revised emergency law to deal with the global rise in coronavirus infections and deaths. It is nec...
Mar 26, 2020
Futures fall after two-day rally as focus turns to jobless numbers
By Uday Sampath Kumar (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures slipped on Thursday after a two-day rally as investors braced for what is expected to be one of the worst U.S. jobless claims reports in hist...
Mar 26, 2020
Uzbekistan locks down two more cities due to coronavirus
TASHKENT (Reuters) - Uzbekistan is locking down the cities of Namangan and Andijan to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the two cities' municipal authorities said on Thursday. Uzbekistan, which has a...
Mar 26, 2020
Iraq extends flight and travel ban to prevent coronavirus spread
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq is extending a travel ban within the country and to and from its airports until April 11 as part of strict steps to curb the outbreak of the coronavirus, the government said i...
Mar 26, 2020
Hungary wants EU to scrap duties on imports that help fight virus
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary will ask Brussels to scrap all duties on products imported from outside the EU that are used for protection against the coronavirus, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of...
Mar 26, 2020
