Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Emirates freezes recruitment as airline braces for coronavirus impact: internal email
Dubai (Reuters) - Emirates, one of the world's biggest international airlines, has frozen recruitment and told staff the coronavirus outbreak was possibly the biggest challenge it has faced in several...
Mar 12, 2020
U.S. SEC votes to exempt small companies from independent audit reviews
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday voted to exempt certain small public companies from outside auditor reviews of internal controls. The SEC says the ...
Mar 12, 2020
First coronavirus death in U.S. state of Georgia was 67-year-old man, governor says
(Reuters) - The first patient to die from the new coronavirus in the U.S. state of Georgia was a 67-year-old man with underlying medical conditions, Governor Brian Kemp said on Thursday. The patient t...
Mar 12, 2020
Shareholders pick holes in Europe's bank safety blanket
By Sinead Cruise and John O'Donnell LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The euro zone followed Britain on Thursday with measures to support banks hit by the coronavirus pandemic but it offered little consola...
Mar 12, 2020
Fiat Chrysler worker tests positive for COVID-19 in Indiana; plant will remain open
(Reuters) - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV said Thursday that an employee has tested positive for COVID-19 at its Kokomo, Indiana transmission plant, but the location will remain open. The Italian-Ameri...
Mar 12, 2020
New York Fed says it will introduce new repo operations and change maturities of Treasury purchases
(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said it will introduce new repo operations and start purchasing a range of maturities as part of it's monthly Treasury purchases. The central bank will...
Mar 12, 2020
Activist investor Icahn raises stake in Occidental to nearly 10%
(Reuters) - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has raised his stake in Occidental Corp to nearly 10%, or about 88.6 million shares, saying the shares were undervalued, an SEC filing http://bit.ly/2Qb9byt...
Mar 12, 2020
Report: NFL won't delay start of league year due to virus
The NFL has "no plans to move the start of the league year" due to the coronavirus pandemic, ESPN's Adam Schefter reported Thursday. The 2020 league year officially begins at 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday, M...
Mar 12, 2020
Argentina, Bolivia, restrict travel to and from coronavirus-hit countries
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina has temporarily stopped issuing visas to travelers from countries hardest-hit by the coronavirus outbreak, including the United States, China and countries in Europe...
Mar 12, 2020
Kyrgyzstan bars entry to travelers from France, Germany, Spain over coronavirus
BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan barred entry on Thursday to travelers from France, Germany and Spain as a precaution against the coronavirus, the Kyrgyz government said, adding that it had also removed...
Mar 12, 2020
