Author Archives: Syndicated Content
MLB to delay start of season over coronavirus outbreak
(Reuters) - Major League Baseball will delay its 2020 season's opening day by at least two weeks and spring training games will be suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic, the league said on Thursda...
Mar 12, 2020
U.S. blacklists second unit of Russia's Rosneft over Venezuela oil
By Daphne Psaledakis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on another subsidiary of Rosneft, ramping up pressure on the Russian state oil giant that ...
Mar 12, 2020
Italian antitrust watchdog probes Amazon, eBay over price spikes in virus crisis
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's antitrust watchdog said on Thursday it was investigating e-commerce giants Amazon and eBay for an allegedly excessive rise in the price of products such as hand sanitizer dur...
Mar 12, 2020
Brazil's Bolsonaro tested for coronavirus, but has no symptoms: son
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has been tested for coronavirus and is awaiting the result, though he is not showing any symptoms of the virus, his son Eduardo wrote on Twitter....
Mar 12, 2020
Russian lawmakers told to rally behind Putin's move to extend rule
By Tom Balmforth and Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's parliamentary head told lawmakers on Thursday to rally behind Vladimir Putin against what he said was a foreign campaign to discredit con...
Mar 12, 2020
As Trump's stock market gains shrink, he says it will 'work out fine'
By Noel Randewich and Steve Holland (Reuters) - For three years, U.S. President Donald Trump has touted a stunning run-up in the stock market as evidence of his success in the White House. In the spac...
Mar 12, 2020
Zimbabwe offers land as compensation for 800 seized farms
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's government will offer land as compensation for nearly 800 farms it seized under its land acquisition policy since 2000, according to regulations published on Thursday. Un...
Mar 12, 2020
Boeing says Washington state move brings U.S. into full WTO compliance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing said Washington state's repeal of an aerospace business tax break brings the United States into full compliance with World Trade Organization rules, a move U.S. policymak...
Mar 12, 2020
Verizon raises 2020 capital expenditure in 5G push
(Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc on Thursday raised its full-year capital expenditure as it accelerates its transition to 5G network. The company said it expects to spend $17.5 billion to 18.5 b...
Mar 12, 2020
Saudi Arabia postpones two regional summits over coronavirus
CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia postponed the Saudi-Africa summit and the Arab-African summit, which were to be held in the first three months of the year, over coronavirus, the foreign ministry announ...
Mar 12, 2020
