Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan household spending falls for fourth straight month, coronavirus impact looms
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese household spending dropped for the fourth straight month in January, reflecting growing strains in domestic demand even before fully factoring in the coro...
Mar 05, 2020
Little-known Mexican firm emerges as big help to Venezuela in oil-for-food swap
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Venezuela has swapped millions of barrels of crude in return for supplies of corn and water trucks under an oil-for-food deal struck with little-known Mexican firm Libre Abordo...
Mar 05, 2020
Bank of Mexico expected to cut rates to 6.5% after Fed move: survey
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's central bank is seen cutting its key interest rate by 50 basis points at its monetary policy meeting in late March, 25 basis points more than a forecast two weeks ago ...
Mar 05, 2020
United States urges citizens to avoid travel to Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Thursday raised its travel advisory on Haiti to "do not travel" from "reconsider travel" citing risks of crime, civil unrest and kidnapping on t...
Mar 05, 2020
China first-quarter economic hit from coronavirus looking more severe: Reuters poll
By Hari Kishan (Reuters) - The coronavirus likely halved China's economic growth in the current quarter compared with the previous three months, more severe than thought just three weeks ago and trigg...
Mar 05, 2020
U.S. Supreme court halts execution for Alabama man convicted of killing three police officers
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday halted the execution of an Alabama man just minutes before he was due to be put to death for his role in the 2004 killing of three police officers at his...
Mar 05, 2020
Chinese province reports 11 new virus cases from Iran flights: state media
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The northwestern Chinese province of Gansu reported 11 new confirmed coronavirus patients, all of whom entered China on commercial flights from Iran, according to state media. A t...
Mar 05, 2020
Coronavirus could erase $211 billion from Asia-Pacific economies: S&P
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A fast spreading coronavirus outbreak could knock $211 billion off the combined economies of the Asia-Pacific, with Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia among the most exposed,...
Mar 05, 2020
Britain's government spent 4.4 billion pounds on Brexit planning
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government has spent at least 4.4 billion pounds ($5.6 billion) of taxpayers' money on preparations to leave the European Union, the public spending wa...
Mar 05, 2020
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon had emergency heart surgery: memo
NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon had emergency heart surgery on Thursday morning and is now recovering, senior bank executives said in an internal memo viewed by Re...
Mar 05, 2020
