Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Lithuania confirms first coronavirus infection
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania reported its first coronavirus infection on Friday, in a woman who returned this week from a visit to Italy's northern city of Verona, the government said, as the disease...
Feb 27, 2020
Baidu says first-quarter revenue may tumble as coronavirus takes toll on business, advertising
By Akanksha Rana and Yingzhi Yang (Reuters) - Baidu Inc, China's biggest search engine company, said first-quarter revenue could fall as much as 13% from a year earlier as the coronavirus epidemic put...
Feb 27, 2020
Public Storage only bidder left for National Storage with $1.25 billion bid
(Reuters) - U.S.-based Public Storage emerged on Friday as the likely buyer of Australia's largest self-storage operator National Storage REIT with its current A$1.89 billion ($1.25 billion) offer, af...
Feb 27, 2020
China's February factory PMI seen at lowest since 2009 as coronavirus slams production: Reuters poll
BEIJING (Reuters) - Activity in China's vast manufacturing sector likely shrank at the fastest pace since the global financial crisis in February as the coronavirus suspended large movements of goods ...
Feb 27, 2020
Japan minister flying to Lebanon to make case for Ghosn's return
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's vice minister of justice is traveling to Lebanon this weekend to try to make the case that fugitive ex-Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn should stand trial in Japan. Hiroyuki Yosh...
Feb 27, 2020
Trump decides not to take action on titanium sponge imports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has decided not to take action on imports of titanium sponge, a key input in military aircraft, after a Commerce Department investigation found imports hu...
Feb 27, 2020
Japan MOF official: Markets reflecting 'shock' of coronavirus spread
TOKYO (Reuters) - A senior Japanese finance official said on Friday that market movements were reflecting the "shock" of the new coronavirus spreading. He refrained from commenting on specific market ...
Feb 27, 2020
Hong Kong home prices fall for second straight month in January
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong private home prices fell for the second straight month in January on low transaction volumes, easing 0.2% amid the emergence of the novel coronavirus in a property mark...
Feb 27, 2020
Japan scrambles for workarounds after Abe urges March school shutdown to stem coronavirus
By Chang-Ran Kim and Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) - Angry Japanese parents joined bewildered teachers and businesses on Friday in a rush to find new ways to live and work for a month after Prime Minist...
Feb 27, 2020
Malaysia's monarchy to rule on pathway out of political turmoil
By Rozanna Latiff and Joseph Sipalan KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's nine monarchs are due to meet on Friday to determine how the country's next government will be formed after the shock resignati...
Feb 27, 2020
