Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Volkswagen reaches deal with consumer group over diesel scandal: court
HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Volkswagen and a major German consumer group have reached an agreement in a class action lawsuit over the carmaker's rigging of diesel emissions tests, a court in the nort...
Feb 28, 2020
U.S. two-year Treasury yields slide below 1% for first time since 2016
By Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) - Two and five-year year U.S. Treasury yields slid below 1% for the first time since 2016 on Friday, in a further sign that investors are bracing for the economy t...
Feb 28, 2020
Exclusive: Japan has no 'Plan B' for Games despite coronavirus
By Ami Miyazaki TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo has no Plan B for this year's Summer Olympics despite alarm over the spread of the coronavirus in Japan and elsewhere with under five months before the event, a...
Feb 28, 2020
Airlines at center of storm as coronavirus spreads
By Sarah Young and James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - European airlines stepped up their warnings over the coronavirus outbreak on Friday, with British Airways-owner IAG and Finnair flagging a hit to prof...
Feb 28, 2020
No change to Tokyo badminton qualification despite coronavirus impact
MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Badminton World Federation said on Friday it is not making any adjustments to the Olympic qualification period despite a host of events being impacted by the coronavirus in the ...
Feb 28, 2020
Some migrants in Turkey head to EU borders after signal from Ankara
By Bulent Usta ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Groups of migrants in Turkey headed toward its borders with Greece and Bulgaria on Friday, Reuters reporters said, after a senior official said Ankara will no longe...
Feb 28, 2020
Thai prime minister survives vote of no confidence
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and five cabinet ministers comfortably survived a vote of no confidence in parliament on Friday, a week after a court ban on 11 opposition law...
Feb 28, 2020
China's Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang banned for eight years
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - China's world and Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang was handed an eight-year ban on Friday, a sanction that rules him out of this year's Tokyo Games, after he missed...
Feb 28, 2020
French consumer pulls back even before coronavirus outbreak
PARIS (Reuters) - French consumer spending fell unexpectedly sharply in January, official data showed on Friday, flagging a weak start to the year even before the coronavirus outbreak began taking its...
Feb 28, 2020
Hong Kong retailers in rent battle to survive virus, protests blow
By Clare Jim HONG KONG (Reuters) - Retailers in Hong Kong have launched themselves into a rare battle with the city's notoriously unflinching landlords for deeper and longer-term rental cuts, as they ...
Feb 28, 2020
