Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ethiopia Airlines crash report focuses on Boeing's faulty systems
By Giulia Paravicini ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopian investigators singled out faulty systems on a Boeing 737 MAX plane in an interim report on last year's Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157 p...
Mar 09, 2020
Florida encourages absentee, early voting rules for primary amid coronavirus fears
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - Florida election officials on Monday encouraged absentee and early voting in the state's upcoming Democratic presidential nominating primary, in the latest response by U...
Mar 09, 2020
Yen, Swiss franc advance as risk appetite worsens on oil, coronavirus
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - The safe-haven yen and Swiss franc surged on Monday, as risk appetite plummeted after a 30% crash in oil prices and tumbling stock markets panicked inv...
Mar 09, 2020
Ireland cancels St. Patrick's Day parades, sets aside coronavirus funds
By Graham Fahy and Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland canceled all St. Patrick's Day parades due to take place across the country next week over the risk of a further spread of coronavirus as t...
Mar 09, 2020
U.S. to warn shippers against storing Iranian oil: State Department official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration will soon issue advisories warning shippers, port officials and insurance companies against the practice of storing Iranian oil and avoiding U.S. sancti...
Mar 09, 2020
U.S. bank shares slammed as virus, plunging oil amp up economic fears
By Sinad Carew and Elizabeth Dilts Marshall (Reuters) - Shares of U.S. banks sharply underperformed the broader stock market on Monday as investors bet tumbling interest rates would crush bank profits...
Mar 09, 2020
Aon buys Willis for $30 billion in world's largest insurance deal
By Noor Zainab Hussain and Suzanne Barlyn (Reuters) - Aon Plc said on Monday it would buy Willis Towers Watson Plc for nearly $30 billion, in an all-stock deal which will make it the world's biggest i...
Mar 09, 2020
Exclusive: Millions of masks stockpiled in Canada's Ontario expired before coronavirus hit
By Allison Martell and Moira Warburton TORONTO (Reuters) - Millions of face masks stockpiled by Ontario in the aftermath of the SARS outbreak to protect healthcare workers during a future epidemic hav...
Mar 09, 2020
Germany reports first two deaths from coronavirus
By Matthias Inverardi and Michael Nienaber BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany confirmed its first two deaths from the coronavirus on Monday and the overall number of new infections rose by more than 200, in t...
Mar 09, 2020
Playtech closes Snaitech units in Italy amid coronavirus hit
(Reuters) - Gambling software maker Playtech said on Monday its Snaitech betting units in Italy will remain closed until April 3, as per the government's decree on all betting shops, arcades and bingo...
Mar 09, 2020
