Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russian rouble falls beyond 68 vs. dollar to 14-month low as oil prices dive
By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian rouble slid past 68 versus the dollar on Friday to fresh 4-month lows as investors sought safe assets amid the aggressive spread of the coronavirus a...
Mar 6, 2020
Alpine skiing: Cortina d'Ampezzo World Cup finals canceled because of coronavirus
(Reuters) - The Alpine skiing World Cup finals in Cortina d'Ampezzo have been canceled amid the coronavirus outbreak, the Italian winter sports federation (FISI) said on Friday. "It's with great regre...
Mar 6, 2020
Morgan Stanley shifts staff to London Heathrow site to counter virus: sources
LONDON (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley is shifting part of its London-based sales and trading staff to a secondary site near Heathrow airport to ensure its trading desks can operate smoothly through the co...
Mar 6, 2020
Rear-view mirror: U.S. hiring boomed in February but coronavirus risks job cuts in future
By Rajesh Kumar Singh and Timothy Aeppel CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Florida toymaker plans layoffs. A Wisconsin construction gear manufacturer has frozen hiring. And a California cosmetics company...
Mar 6, 2020
House committee asks appeals court to reconsider decision blocking subpoena for former Trump White House lawyer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Friday asked the full membership of the federal appeals court in Washington D.C. to review an earlier ruling by a court ...
Mar 6, 2020
Dutch trial over downing of flight MH17 to start without suspects
By Anthony Deutsch and Stephanie van den Berg AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Four fugitive suspects go on trial in the Netherlands on Monday charged with the murder of 298 passengers and crew aboard Malaysia A...
Mar 6, 2020
Take Five: Credit crunch at time of rock-bottom rates?
(Reuters) - 1)CROSSING OVER? Is it possible we may see a wave of corporate defaults at a time when interest rates are at record lows and falling? In Europe, where many rates are below 0%, signs of str...
Mar 6, 2020
Italian coronavirus deaths jump to 197, cases climb to 4,636
ROME (Reuters) - The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has risen by 49 to 197, the Civil Protection Agency said on Friday, the largest daily increase in fatalities since the contagio...
Mar 6, 2020
Ex-inspector general at U.S. Department of Homeland Security indicted for stealing government property
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's former top watchdog, tasked with rooting out waste, fraud and abuse, was indicted on Friday on charges he plotted to...
Mar 6, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. House panel faults FAA review of Boeing 737 MAX, plane design failures
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House investigative report into two Boeing 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people will fault the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) approval of the plane and Boeing'...
Mar 6, 2020
