Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Nichiigakkan shares surge after Bain Capital sweetens offer price
TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares of Japanese nursing home operator Nichiigakkan Co surged more than 8% on Monday after U.S. investment firm Bain Capital made a sweetened $1.2 billion offer. Bain raised its of...
Aug 02, 2020
Opponents of mandatory mask order consider two possible challenges
MADISON, WI (WSAU) There are almost certain to be challenges to Governor Tony Evers’ mandatory mask order to fight COVID-19. Opponents are considering two possible strategies. One would involve ...
Aug 02, 2020
China reports 43 new coronavirus cases in mainland vs 49 a day earlier
BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported 43 new confirmed coronavirus cases in the mainland as of Aug. 2, down from 49 a day earlier, the country's national health authority said on Monday. The National Hea...
Aug 02, 2020
From outbreak to surrender: World War Two in the Pacific
TOKYO (Reuters) - This month marks 75 years since the end of World War Two in the Pacific. Japan invaded and occupied parts of Asia before and during the war in the name of its emperor, Hirohito, and ...
Aug 02, 2020
ByteDance says faces ‘complex and unimaginable difficulties’
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - TikTok owner ByteDance said it has faced "complex and unimaginable difficulties" in the process of working to become a global company, in a statement that also accused Facebook of...
Aug 02, 2020
South Korea’s factory activity shrinks for seventh month but recovery in sight – PMI
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's manufacturing activity shrank at a much slower pace in July, signalling that a gradual recovery in demand is gaining momentum on easing lockdowns, although the resurgen...
Aug 02, 2020
Divisive Trump nominee gets new Pentagon post, despite snub by Congress
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After failing to secure a Senate confirmation hearing, U.S. President Donald Trump's most divisive nominee for a Pentagon position so far has taken a different, ...
Aug 02, 2020
Dollar on defensive as U.S. recovery story in doubt
By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar ticked up in early Monday trade, clinging to its rebound late last week, but mounting concerns about a slowing U.S. economic recovery from coronaviru...
Aug 02, 2020
Asia stocks off to cautious start, dollar nurses scars
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares and the dollar made a cautious start to the new month on Monday as U.S. lawmakers struggled to hammer out a new stimulus plan and a global surge of new co...
Aug 02, 2020
Latin America see coronavirus records tumble as cases near five million
By Adam Jourdan, Daniela Desantis and Oliver Griffin BUENOS AIRES/ASUNCION/BOGOTA (Reuters) - Argentina broke past 200,000 COVID-19 cases on Sunday and Colombia set a daily record as grim milestones t...
Aug 02, 2020
