Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Can remote work growth offset stalls in Microsoft’s one-time deals?
By Subrat Patnaik (Reuters) - Investors have pushed shares of Microsoft Corp up almost 30 percent since the start of the year, betting that the pandemic-induced shift to more remote computing will boo...
Jul 22, 2020
Japan’s travel ban has hit 85% of European businesses there: trade lobby
By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's travel ban to stop the spread of the coronavirus has hit a majority of European firms in the country and could prompt those businesses to rethink their future ...
Jul 22, 2020
Indonesia military says father and son killed in Papua were armed separatists
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's military rejected allegations on Wednesday by Papuan separatists that a father and son killed at the weekend in the country's easternmost province were civilians, insis...
Jul 22, 2020
China says U.S. told it to shut its Houston consulate
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Wednesday that the United States had abruptly told it to close its consulate in the city of Houston, a move that Beijing said it strongly condemns, threatening retali...
Jul 22, 2020
South Korea central bank to end unlimited repo operations by end of July
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's central bank said on Thursday it will end its temporary offer of an unlimited amount of money through repo operations by the end of July, given improved funding conditi...
Jul 22, 2020
Ireland may tighten travel restrictions for COVID-19 hot spots
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland may introduce further travel restrictions for countries with a very high instance of COVID-19, Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Wednesday after the government lifted i...
Jul 22, 2020
Defensives drag down European shares from four-month highs
(Reuters) - European shares slipped on Wednesday as investors turned their focus back to earnings reports and a surge in coronavirus cases, after an EU-wide debt deal sent the region's markets to four...
Jul 22, 2020
Shanghai’s remodeled index still not reliable benchmark for the world’s No.2 stock market
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China revamped its Shanghai share index on Wednesday for the first time in 30 years, but critics say the changes don't go far enough to fully address distortions in the benchmark ...
Jul 22, 2020
Spain says hopes no need to close French border over coronavirus
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Tourism Minister Reyes Maroto said on Wednesday that a resurgence in coronavirus cases in Catalonia was coming under control, adding that she hoped this meant there would be...
Jul 22, 2020
Russia reports close to 6,000 new coronavirus cases
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia reported 5,862 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, pushing its total infection tally to 789,190, the fourth largest in the world. The country's coronavirus crisi...
Jul 22, 2020
