Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Agriculture Dept to boost funds for biofuel infrastructure: document
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Agriculture Department will make available up to $100 million in grants to expand the infrastructure needed to sell more ethanol, biodiesel and other r...
Feb 28, 2020
Iran sees 'difficult week' ahead as corona death toll rises to 34
By Babak Dehghanpisheh DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran on Friday announced a three-day nationwide school closure as officials warned the country faced a "difficult week" in fighting a coronavirus outbreak that...
Feb 28, 2020
Italian region warns of hospital chaos if coronavirus spreads
By Elvira Pollina and Crispian Balmer MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's hospitals will be thrown into chaos if the severe outbreak of coronavirus spreads, the country's worst-hit region Lombardy said on Frida...
Feb 28, 2020
House panel seeks to interview the four career prosecutors who quit Roger Stone case
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democrat-controlled U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Friday said it is seeking interviews with current and former federal prosecutors w...
Feb 28, 2020
Take Five: The virus data fog
LONDON (Reuters) - 1/DATA DIAGNOSIS We'll soon get the first proper glimpse at the economic damage the coronavirus is inflicting. China's official Purchasing Managers' Index is due on Saturday, and is...
Feb 28, 2020
Russia to deport 88 foreigners for violating coronavirus quarantine
By Tom Balmforth and Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow will deport 88 foreign nationals for allegedly violating quarantine measures imposed on them as a precaution against the coronav...
Feb 28, 2020
Competition court says global banks can be fined in South Africa over alleged rate rigging
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Competition Appeal Court has overturned a decision that a host of international banks cannot be fined if found guilty for alleged exchange rate rigging, the cou...
Feb 28, 2020
Madoff customer payout nears $14 billion, as dying swindler seeks freedom
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bernard Madoff's former customers will soon see their total recovery approach $14 billion, a court-appointed trustee said on Friday, as the dying swindler awai...
Feb 28, 2020
Going viral: Six charts and the $6 trillion loss
By Thyagaraju Adinarayan and Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) - Capitulation? Perhaps. The rapid worldwide spread of coronavirus and the economic implications of the outbreak have triggered the biggest w...
Feb 28, 2020
Russia's suspended federation names new president
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's suspended athletics federation named a new head on Friday seeking to lift itself from a years-long doping crisis. The federation endorsed as its new president Yevgeny Yurch...
Feb 28, 2020
