Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Actress Lori Loughlin among parents to face October trial over U.S. college scam
BOSTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday said "Full House" actress Lori Loughlin will be among eight parents accused of participating in a vast U.S. college admissions bribery and fraud scheme t...
Feb 27, 2020
Instant View: U.S. stocks confirm correction on pandemic fears
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes tumbled on Thursday, putting them more than 10% below record highs set earlier this month and indicating that they then entered an intraday correction, ...
Feb 27, 2020
Nearly a third of firms in China suffer shrinking revenues as coronavirus bites: survey
BEIJING (Reuters) - Nearly a third of companies operating in China have seen their revenues slashed as the coronavirus outbreak disrupts activity, a survey by the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham)...
Feb 27, 2020
IMF likely to downgrade global growth due to coronavirus: IMF spokesman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The fast-spreading coronavirus will clearly have an impact on global economic growth and the International Monetary Fund is likely to downgrade its growth forecast as result, a ...
Feb 27, 2020
Cargill bans international travel for staff amid coronavirus outbreak
(Reuters) - International grains trader and processor Cargill Inc [CARG.UL] has banned all non-essential travel for its employees for the next two weeks due to the coronavirus outbreak, company spokes...
Feb 27, 2020
Pakistan could get $450 million in IMF funds after staff-level agreement reached
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Staff from the International Monetary Fund and Pakistani authorities have reached an agreement that could pave the way for a disbursement of $450 million in IMF funds, if approv...
Feb 27, 2020
EU experts agree pushbacks at borders inappropriate to tackle virus
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU government experts have agreed that blocking cross-border movement within the bloc of people with coronavirus symptoms would be counter-productive and that quarantine was the p...
Feb 27, 2020
Two more people die from coronavirus in Italy: civil protection agency
ROME (Reuters) - Two more people have died in Italy from coronavirus, bringing the death toll from the worst outbreak of the disease yet seen in Europe to 14, the Civil Protection agency said in a sta...
Feb 27, 2020
As coronavirus takes hold, Greece worries about migrant camps
By Michele Kambas ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece will tighten its border controls to prevent the spread of coronavirus, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday, adding that it would pay particu...
Feb 27, 2020
Iran bans Chinese citizens from entering the country: IRNA
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has banned Chinese citizens from entering the country, Iranian state news agency IRNA reported on Thursday, amid the spread of the new coronavirus across the Islamic Republic th...
Feb 27, 2020
