Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Emirates offers pilots, cabin crew four months unpaid leave
DUBAI (Reuters) - Emirates airline is offering some pilots and cabin crew up to four months of unpaid leave, as it strives to manage the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, an internal email said. The Du...
Jul 23, 2020
UK pledges 100 million pounds to scale up COVID-19 vaccine production
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday it will provide 100 million pounds ($127 million) of funding for a facility to scale up the manufacturing of vaccines for COVID-19. "This new Cell and Gene ...
Jul 23, 2020
Hershey quarterly sales misses estimates
(Reuters) - Hershey Co quarterly sales missed estimates on Thursday, as the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic kept people from spending on its chocolates and candies in overseas markets, such ...
Jul 23, 2020
Stimulus bets buoy futures ahead of jobless claims
By Medha Singh and Devik Jain (Reuters) - S&P 500 and Dow futures hovered near five-month highs on Thursday, as signs that a new coronavirus relief package was at hand lifted sentiment ahead of weekly...
Jul 23, 2020
UK’s Johnson calls for COVID-19 vigilance when colder months approach
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said people must remain vigilant to the coronavirus threat when the country heads into winter. "It is not the end of the story and we've got to ...
Jul 23, 2020
UK-backed firm buys vaccine facility from Benchmark Holdings
(Reuters) - A firm backed by the UK government has purchased a vaccine manufacturing facility from healthcare company Benchmark Holdings as the country ramps up efforts to produce potential coronaviru...
Jul 23, 2020
Thousands of Spanish Airbus workers protest layoff plan
By Guillermo Martinez and Sergio Perez GETAFE, Spain (Reuters) - Thousands of Spanish Airbus employees gathered outside a factory near Madrid on Thursday, waving banners and chanting through face-mask...
Jul 23, 2020
With no Brits, cash-strapped Algarve fights for survival
By Catarina Demony VILAMOURA, Portugal (Reuters) - In his near-empty pub in the Algarve in southern Portugal, Samuel Tilley is fuming that coronavirus regulations in his home country Britain are keepi...
Jul 23, 2020
Southwest posts $915 million loss in second quarter, warns of more COVID-19 pain
(Reuters) - Southwest Airlines Co on Thursday warned that travel demand would remain depressed until a vaccine or treatment for COVID-19 becomes available, as it posted a $915 million loss for the sec...
Jul 23, 2020
Malaysia opposition warns of ‘chilling effect’ of applying old law to social media
By Joseph Sipalan KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A decades-old Malaysian law requiring video or film productions to be licensed before being broadcast extends also to social media, a minister said on Thursd...
Jul 23, 2020
