Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Coronavirus, then oil collapse erase $5 trillion from U.S. stocks
By Noel Randewich SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Fears about the rapidly spreading coronavirus and its impact on the global economy, which deepened on Monday with the collapse of oil prices, have evaporate...
Mar 09, 2020
At least 43 killed in attack on Burkina Faso villages
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Unidentified assailants killed at least 43 people in raids on villages in northern Burkina Faso on Sunday, in one of the deadliest such attacks of the past year, the government...
Mar 09, 2020
Coronavirus to drive European airline industry shakeout
By Laurence Frost PARIS (Reuters) - The coronavirus will accelerate a Darwinian shakeout in Europe's overcrowded airline industry that ultimately benefits Ryanair and British Airways owner IAG, indust...
Mar 09, 2020
Ethanol makers see demand surge on hand sanitizer stockpiling
By Stephanie Kelly and Mark Weinraub (Reuters) - Some ethanol producers worldwide said demand is up for their products due to customers stockpiling hand sanitizer - which can be made using the biofuel...
Mar 09, 2020
Cruise ship facing coronavirus quarantine arrives at Port of Oakland, California
OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - The cruise ship Grand Princess, barred last week from returning to its home port San Francisco and now facing quarantine due to an onboard coronavirus outbreak, arrived at ...
Mar 09, 2020
Wary of coronavirus, U.S. shoppers skip the fresh produce aisle
By Richa Naidu and Melissa Fares LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fearful of coronavirus and potential quarantine, U.S. shoppers are avoiding touching fresh fruits and vegetables in grocery stores and stoc...
Mar 09, 2020
Portugal's president in 'exemplary' self-isolation, tests negative for coronavirus
LISBON (Reuters) - Shouting down to reporters from his first-floor balcony, Portugal's president declared on Monday that he would remain in voluntary quarantine for two weeks despite testing negative ...
Mar 09, 2020
Iran temporarily releases 70,000 prisoners as coronavirus cases surge
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has temporarily freed about 70,000 prisoners to combat the spread of the coronavirus in jails, the head of the judiciary said on Monday, as officials reported hundreds of new in...
Mar 09, 2020
Spain shuts schools in Madrid region and Basque capital over coronavirus
By Emma Pinedo and Beln Carreo MADRID (Reuters) - Schools and universities in the Madrid region will close for two weeks starting on Wednesday as a precaution against coronavirus, Health Minister Salv...
Mar 09, 2020
U.S. Treasury's Mnuchin tells Russian ambassador energy markets need to stay 'orderly'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin "emphasized the importance of orderly energy markets" in a meeting on Monday with Russia's ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antono...
Mar 09, 2020
