Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Italy, Britain wield economic axes to try to slay coronavirus
By David Milliken and Giulia Segreti LONDON/ROME (Reuters) - Italy earmarked $28.3 billion to soften the economic impact of the world's second-biggest coronavirus outbreak on Wednesday as the Bank of ...
Mar 11, 2020
Merkel distances herself from fiscal policy of no new borrowing
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday distanced herself from her government's fiscal policy pledge of not incurring any new debt. Asked during a news conference on the coronavirus e...
Mar 11, 2020
Albanian woman, 73, dies of coronavirus
TIRANA (Reuters) - An Albanian woman of 73 with a heart condition who had returned from neighboring Italy has become the country's first coronavirus fatality, the health ministry said on Wednesday. Th...
Mar 11, 2020
Dubai businesses, hurt by coronavirus, pin hopes on Expo
By Nafisa Eltahir and Maha El Dahan DUBAI (Reuters) - Luxury car rental dealer Sheshan Gautham had a disappointing start to 2020 when nearly two thirds of his Chinese clients canceled bookings in Janu...
Mar 11, 2020
UK watchdog steps up coronavirus monitoring of company auditors
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's accounting watchdog said it has begun weekly calls with top accounting firms to check if they can complete year-end audits on time. "The Financial Reporting Council is clo...
Mar 11, 2020
Police incident over suspicious vehicle in central London ends
LONDON (Reuters) - British police said an incident at a major junction in central London was over after they investigated a suspicious vehicle which had prompted a security alert. Traffic had been sto...
Mar 11, 2020
S&P 500 bull market will soon end: Goldman Sachs
LONDON (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs said on Wednesday the S&P 500 bull market, the longest on record, is likely to end soon, forecasting a 28% slump from its February peak as the fast-spreading coronavir...
Mar 11, 2020
Russia, Saudi investment partnership to continue as normal: RDIF head
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and Saudi Arabia will continue to develop their investment partnership, the Interfax news agency reported on Wednesday citing Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia's Direct Investm...
Mar 11, 2020
Banned Thai opposition figure faces new criminal charges
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday said it would file criminal charges of breaching electoral law against Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, leader of the now-defunct Fut...
Mar 11, 2020
TikTok steps up transparency efforts after privacy concerns in United States
(Reuters) - Social media app TikTok is launching a content moderation center in a bid to boost transparency, the Chinese company said on Wednesday, as it faces scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers who have ac...
Mar 11, 2020
