Author Archives: Syndicated Content
In coronavirus lockdown, Lebanese banks turn off dollar tap for hard-hit depositors
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Since Lebanon was placed in lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, cash-strapped banks have cut access to dollars for depositors already separated from much of their savings by...
Mar 20, 2020
ECB cuts even more slack to virus-stricken euro zone banks
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European Central Bank supervisors decided on Friday to provide fresh relief to euro zone banks struggling with the coronavirus outbreak, including by using some wiggle room in ho...
Mar 20, 2020
Downgrade doom looms for coronavirus-hit firms and markets
By Marc Jones and Matt Scuffham LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A wave of credit rating downgrades in the corporate sector risks deepening a funding crisis for company bosses and spreading it to other mar...
Mar 20, 2020
Bayer mediator says glyphosate settlement talks slowed by coronavirus
(Reuters) - Negotiations between Bayer AG and plaintiff lawyers to settle claims its glyphosate-based weedkillers cause cancer have been slowed by the coronavirus outbreak, according to the mediator i...
Mar 20, 2020
German supplementary budget worth 150 billion euros: source
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German supplementary budget to counter the economic impact of the coronavirus will be worth around 150 billion euros ($161.18 billion), a government source said on Friday. Chancel...
Mar 20, 2020
Slovenia latest to call for 2020 Games delay because of coronavirus
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games should be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the president of the Slovenian Olympic Committee Bogdan Gabrovec told national news agency STA o...
Mar 20, 2020
Who gets the ventilator? British doctors contemplate harrowing coronavirus care choices
By Stephen Grey and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic is forcing senior doctors in Britain's National Health Service to contemplate the unthinkable: how to ration access to ...
Mar 20, 2020
Staff working with immigrant detainees in the U.S. test positive for coronavirus
By Mica Rosenberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - At least two staff members working at U.S. facilities for immigrant detainees - one at an adult jail and one at a shelter housing children - have tested positive...
Mar 20, 2020
Macron seeks more EU powers as Europe faces coronavirus meltdown
By Michel Rose and Gabriela Baczynska PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron is leading a push for the European Union to acquire more powers to respond in healthcare emergencies, ...
Mar 20, 2020
Forex swap spreads tighten after global central banks launch coordinated action
LONDON (Reuters) - Currency swap spreads, which have jumped amid a scramble for dollar funding by banks and companies, eased on Friday after global central banks agreed to increase the frequency of th...
Mar 20, 2020
