Author Archives: Syndicated Content
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
Twitter debuts 'manipulated media' label on clip of Biden retweeted by Trump
By Elizabeth Culliford SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc has used its new "manipulated media" label for the first time on a video clip of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden that was ...
Mar 09, 2020
In era of coronavirus, Greek church says Holy Communion will carry on
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's Orthodox Church said that Holy Communion, the partaking of wine soaked in bread from the same chalice for atonement from sins, would continue despite the coronavirus outbre...
Mar 09, 2020
Afghanistan's 'Game of Thrones' jeopardizes peace process
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi and Orooj Hakimi KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was sworn in for a second term on Monday, but the ceremony was marred by a rocket attack and a rival held his own...
Mar 09, 2020
Prince Andrew 'shut the door' on Epstein probe cooperation: U.S. prosecutor
By Brendan Pierson and Mark Hosenball NEW YORK (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Andrew has declined to cooperate with a U.S. investigation into possible co-conspirators of deceased financier and accused s...
Mar 09, 2020
Libya's Haftar committed to signing ceasefire: French presidency
PARIS (Reuters) - Khalifa Haftar, Libya's eastern military commander, has told France's president he will sign a ceasefire and stick to it if militias backed by the internationally recognized governme...
Mar 09, 2020
