Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Auto industry urges U.S. lawmakers to ensure 'sufficient liquidity'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major automakers, parts suppliers and auto dealers urged U.S. lawmakers on Monday to provide "robust credit facilities" to ensure "sufficient liquidity" in the auto industry des...
Mar 23, 2020
IOC member Pound says Tokyo Olympics to be postponed: report
(Reuters) - International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Dick Pound said on Monday the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games are going to be postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak, according to a USA Today ...
Mar 23, 2020
U.S. military to send field hospitals to New York, Seattle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military is preparing to deploy field hospitals to New York and Seattle, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday, as he acknowledged for the first time that the glo...
Mar 23, 2020
Fannie, Freddie to offer forbearance to multifamily owners who halt evictions - regulator
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Housing finance providers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will offer to freeze mortgage payments for owners of multifamily properties if they agree to stop evicting residents during ...
Mar 23, 2020
New Jersey becomes first U.S. state to release some inmates over coronavirus
(Reuters) - New Jersey plans to release "low-risk" inmates serving county jail sentences to limit the spread of the coronavirus, making it the first state to take such a step, the governor said on Mon...
Mar 23, 2020
U.S. trade regulators approve tariff exemption for Apple Watches
(Reuters) - U.S. trade regulators have approved Apple Inc's request to waive tariffs on China-made Apple Watches, the Office of the United States Trade Representative said in a letter dated Friday. Th...
Mar 23, 2020
IMF sees pandemic causing global recession in 2020; recovery in 2021
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic will cause a global recession in 2020 that could be worse than that seen during the global financial crisis of 2008-2009, but the world's economic outpu...
Mar 23, 2020
Macron against total French lockdown, Easter likely canceled, source says
PARIS (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron told religious authorities on Monday he was against the idea of imposing a total lockdown in France to combat the coronavirus outbreak, a source close to on...
Mar 23, 2020
How Alibaba's Freshippo adapted to keep delivering in virus-hit China
By Josh Horwitz SHANGHAI (Reuters) - As people in China retreated indoors in late January to avoid the coronavirus, Alibaba's supermarket chain Freshippo faced a dilemma: online orders for fruit were ...
Mar 23, 2020
Italy coronavirus deaths rise by 602 in a day, lifting total death toll to 6,078
ROME (Reuters) - The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has grown by 602 to 6,078, the head of the Civil Protection Agency said on Monday, an 11% increase but the smallest rise in num...
Mar 23, 2020
