Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Poland reports record high virus cases for second day
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland reported its highest number of new daily coronavirus cases since the global pandemic started for the second day in a row on Friday, with 657 new cases, according to the Healt...
Jul 31, 2020
Japan pushes back budget surplus target by two years due to coronavirus
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan on Friday pushed back its estimated return to a budget surplus by two years, due to the massive increase in spending needed to support the economy during the coronavirus and pu...
Jul 31, 2020
Philippines records 4,063 new coronavirus cases, Southeast Asia’s highest jump for second day
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine health ministry on Friday confirmed 4,063 novel coronavirus infections, reporting the highest daily case increase in Southeast Asia for a second straight day. In a bu...
Jul 31, 2020
Germany puts three virus-hit Spanish regions on high-risk list
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases on Friday put three Spanish regions, including Catalonia, home to Barcelona, on its list of countries designated high-r...
Jul 31, 2020
Takeda Pharma raises profit forecast as it focuses on core drug business
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical Co on Friday raised its full-year profit forecast as it refocuses on its core prescription drug businesses following its $59 billion takeover of Shire P...
Jul 31, 2020
Hong Kong reports 121 new coronavirus cases as local transmissions stay high
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong reported 121 new coronavirus cases on Friday, including 118 that were locally transmitted, as authorities said the global financial hub faced a critical period to battl...
Jul 31, 2020
China’s six months to June outstanding property loans up 13.1%
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's outstanding property loans rose 13.1% from a year earlier to 47.40 trillion yuan ($6.79 trillion) in the six months to June, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) said on Frida...
Jul 31, 2020
China securities regulator to set up clear framework to regulate overseas-listed firms
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's securities regulator said on Friday it would set up a clear and complete regulatory framework to supervise overseas-listed Chinese companies, and strengthen cross-border c...
Jul 31, 2020
Norway’s overall unemployment falls to 8.2% in July
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's overall rate of unemployment fell to 8.2% in July from 9.6% in June as companies brought back more workers furloughed by the coronavirus pandemic, the Labour and Welfare Agen...
Jul 31, 2020
Shocked Hong Kong in a new era under ‘white knuckle’ China grip
By James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - For 23 years Hong Kong was an anomaly. A free and partially democratic city under Chinese rule, protected by a tradition of firm rule of law from the British col...
Jul 31, 2020
