Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Bulgaria government faces no-confidence vote amid anti-graft protests
By Tsvetelia Tsolova SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's main opposition party filed a motion of no-confidence in Prime Minister Boyko Borissov's government on Wednesday and called for his resignation amid n...
Jul 15, 2020
EU regulators seek feedback on Google’s Fitbit data pledge
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust enforcers are asking interested parties whether Google's pledge not to use fitness tracker maker Fitbit's health data for its advertising, and to sepa...
Jul 15, 2020
Britain’s BBC announces further 70 job cuts in news
LONDON (Reuters) - British broadcaster BBC said on Wednesday it would cut 520 jobs in its news operation, 70 more than the number of layoffs announced in January which were put on hold due to the COVI...
Jul 15, 2020
Ethiopia starts filling Grand Renaissance dam, minister says
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia has started filling the Grand Renaissance dam, a giant hydroelectric project it is building on the Blue Nile, its water minister said on Wednesday, a day after talks w...
Jul 15, 2020
Bank of Canada says economy won’t recover to pre-COVID-19 levels until 2022
OTTAWA, July 15 (Reuters) - Canada's economic growth will not return to pre-pandemic levels until 2022, the Bank of Canada said on Wednesday, in an outlook that was cautious on U.S. growth and assumed...
Jul 15, 2020
Virus spreads though Bolivia’s political elite; looms over election
By Monica Machicao LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivia's government has been rocked by the novel coronavirus, with the president and at least seven of her Cabinet ministers testing positive, straining the inte...
Jul 15, 2020
UK’s Sunak unconvinced over equity stakes in struggling firms
LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday he was not convinced that it would be necessary or practical for the government to take equity stakes in businesses that have ...
Jul 15, 2020
Corporate activist investors eye Europe, Japan more in first half: Lazard
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Activist investors demanded more change at European and Japanese companies in the first half of 2020 while giving U.S. companies a pass, for now, new data fro...
Jul 15, 2020
India posts first trade surplus in 18 years as coronavirus hits imports
By Manoj Kumar and Aftab Ahmed NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India posted a trade surplus of $790 million in June, its first in over 18 years, with imports plunging as the coronavirus pandemic depressed domes...
Jul 15, 2020
UK’s Prince William calls for end of illegal wildlife trade amid coronavirus crisis
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince William called for the illegal wildlife trade to come to an end, saying that the coronavirus pandemic had helped highlight the dangers it poses to public health and...
Jul 15, 2020
