Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Black masks, white roses as Spain honours its COVID-19 victims
MADRID (Reuters) - Wearing black face masks, Spanish and foreign dignitaries paid tribute to the victims of the coronavirus pandemic and the health workers combating it in a ceremony on Thursday led b...
Jul 16, 2020
China’s regulator urges banks and insurers to strengthen emergencies management
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's banking and insurance regulator on Thursday issued guidelines to banks and insurers on management of emergency events, asking them to update or make new contingency plans a...
Jul 16, 2020
Netanyahu faces pushback over money-for-all coronavirus grants plan
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu got a lukewarm reception on Thursday from his main coalition partner and the head of the central bank to a plan to grant money ...
Jul 16, 2020
Singapore’s rulers fret over generational shift in big election win
By John Geddie and Aradhana Aravindan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A resounding election win for Singapore's perennial rulers has been tainted by concerns about a generational voter shift that could in time ...
Jul 16, 2020
Exclusive: Russia central bank will consider rate cut next week, deputy governor says
By Elena Fabrichnaya MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's central bank will consider a cutting interest rates next week, but it's already used much of its room to ease policy and foresees limits to what it can...
Jul 16, 2020
Triple jump champion Taylor supports Games protest option
(Reuters) - Twice Olympic triple jump champion Christian Taylor has joined calls to allow athletes to protest peacefully during the Games as anti-racism stances are increasingly seen at sports events ...
Jul 16, 2020
Kremlin calls U.S. pipeline sanctions threat unfair competition
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Thursday accused the United States of using the threat of sanctions against two Russian pipeline projects as a tool of unfair competition to pressure Europe to dissua...
Jul 16, 2020
Alibaba’s UCWeb lays off India staff, Club Factory halts payments after app ban
By Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's subsidiary UC Web is slashing staff in India after a ban on 59 Chinese-origin mobile apps that includes UC Web's browser and two ...
Jul 16, 2020
Danone beefs up Specialized Nutrition business in China
PARIS (Reuters) - French food group Danone said on Thursday it would spend 100 million euros ($114.08 million) to strengthen its Specialized Nutrition business in China, as it bets on the Chinese mark...
Jul 16, 2020
EU’s Vestager says court rulings on Apple taxes, EU data transfer tool are a ‘loss’
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager said on Thursday that EU court rulings this week, which saw courts reject a key EU tool used to transfer Europeans' persona...
Jul 16, 2020
