Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China’s central bank chief urges IMF to open cash floodgate to fight pandemic
By Meg Shen HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's top central banker has urged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to issue hundreds of billions of dollars of liquidity to its 189 member countries through a...
Jul 16, 2020
Iraq to reopen airports on July 23, lift curfew after Eid Al-Adha
CAIRO (Reuters) - Iraq will reopen its airports for scheduled international traffic on July 23, the Higher Committee for Health and Public Safety said on Thursday, after suspending regular commercial ...
Jul 16, 2020
72 NFL players test positive for COVID-19, players’ union says
(Reuters) - With training camps set to open in less than two weeks, 72 National Football League players had tested positive for COVID-19 as of July 10, according to the players' association. It was no...
Jul 16, 2020
Bank of Canada governor’s low rate promise could spur housing speculators
By Nichola Saminather TORONTO (Reuters) - Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem's reassurance that interest rates will remain low for at least two years could unleash a wave of speculative demand in th...
Jul 16, 2020
Fed’s Evans sees no reason to hike rates unless inflation soars
(Reuters) - Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans said on Thursday he would be "hard-pressed" to think of any reason to start to raise interest rates unless inflation soars above the Fe...
Jul 16, 2020
Golf: Steele grabs early clubhouse lead at windy Muirfield
(Reuters) - Brendan Steele was nearly flawless as he grabbed the early first-round clubhouse lead at the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio on Thursday while a number of big names struggled in tough ...
Jul 16, 2020
U.S. Fed buys $22.7 billion of mortgage bonds, sells none
NEW YORK, July 16 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve bought $22.686 billion of agency mortgage-backed securities in the week from Jul. 9 to Jul. 15, compared with $21.685 billion purchased the previous w...
Jul 16, 2020
Hydroxychloroquine ineffective against mild COVID-19, study shows
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The malaria drug touted by U.S. President Donald Trump as a COVID-19 treatment was ineffective for patients with a mild version of the disease in a study conducted by researchers ...
Jul 16, 2020
‘I never thought I would have to come here’: crisis drives French to food banks
PARIS (Reuters) - Natalia, 34, had a good job in a Paris bakery, but when the coronavirus lockdown forced it to shut, she was furloughed. With loans to pay and a family of four to support, she found h...
Jul 16, 2020
Perez approached by rival F1 team amid Vettel rumours
By Alan Baldwin (Reuters) - Mexican Sergio Perez said teams in and outside the Formula One paddock had contacted him amid speculation he could be replaced at Racing Point next season by four-times wor...
Jul 16, 2020
