Author Archives: Syndicated Content
On Irish tour, UK's Prince William asks if coronavirus being 'hyped up'
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Britain's Prince William asked emergency workers if they thought coronavirus was being hyped up by the media during his first official visit to Ireland. Chatting to them at a recept...
Mar 04, 2020
Israel's El Al to lay off 1,000 employees, cut salaries of others
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's flag carrier El Al said it was laying off 1,000 of its 6,000 employees and cutting the salaries of its top management as it struggles to cope with the impact of the glob...
Mar 04, 2020
Italy to shut all schools, universities over coronavirus: government source
By Giuseppe Fonte and Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) - Italy is to close all schools and universities from Thursday to try to contain its worsening coronavirus outbreak, a government source said, as cases...
Mar 04, 2020
Top French court recognizes Uber driver as employee
PARIS (Reuters) - France's high court has granted an Uber driver's request to reclassify his contractual relationship with the ride-hailing operator as an employment contract, it said on Wednesday. "W...
Mar 04, 2020
Follow the Fed? Why central banks won't be rushed on virus response
By Balazs Koranyi and Leika Kihara FRANKFURT/TOKYO (Reuters) - Will the world's big central banks leave U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hanging? They're certainly going to try. No major centr...
Mar 04, 2020
Apple supplier Skyworks sees no big production hit from coronavirus
(Reuters) - Skyworks Solutions Inc , a chip supplier to Apple Inc's iPhones, said on Wednesday the coronavirus has not significantly disrupted its manufacturing operations, sending its shares up 3%. T...
Mar 04, 2020
Exclusive: Lufthansa to ground 150 aircraft due to coronavirus
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Lufthansa will ground 150 aircraft due to the coronavirus, the German airline said on Wednesday, confirming what company sources had told Reuters earlier. "We are dynamically adj...
Mar 04, 2020
Goldman's Michelsen moves to Qatalyst Partners: source
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc's head of activism and shareholder advisory for the Americas, Peter Michelsen, has left the investment company to join technology sector-focu...
Mar 04, 2020
U.S. private payrolls increase more than expected in February
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. private payrolls increased more than expected in February, pointing to labor market strength before a recent escalation of recession fears ignited by the coronavirus epidem...
Mar 04, 2020
Russia opposes Saudi's plan to deepen OPEC+ output cuts: WSJ
(Reuters) - Russia has opposed Saudi Arabia's plan to deepen OPEC+ cuts by 1.2 million barrels per day, a Wall Street Journal reporter said in a tweet https://twitter.com/summer_said/status/1235182988...
Mar 04, 2020
