Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK financial job vacancies shrink by 60% in second quarter: data
LONDON (Reuters) - The volume of UK financial sector job vacancies dropped by 60% in the quarter to end-June, data on Wednesday showed, as the COVID-19 pandemic inflicted fresh injury to a labour mark...
Jul 15, 2020
Google buys 7.7% of Reliance’s digital unit Jio for $4.5 billion
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Reliance Industries on Wednesday said Alphabet Inc's Google will buy a 7.7% stake in its digital unit for $4.5 billion, winning the backing of another U.S. tech giant aft...
Jul 15, 2020
Amid Hong Kong convulsion, Taiwan pitches investors its democracy
By Emily Chan and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) - Amid political turmoil in financial hub Hong Kong, Taiwan is pitching investors its democracy, rule of law and high quality of life as the island aim...
Jul 15, 2020
EU court scraps EU order to Apple to pay $15 billion in Irish taxes
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - Europe's second-top court on Wednesday rejected an EU order to iPhone maker Apple to pay 13 billion euros ($14.78 billion) in Irish back taxes. "The General Court annuls the con...
Jul 15, 2020
Fitbits for Chickens
Some poultry farmers have issues with mite infestations, especially the northern fowl mite. One way to fix this was a new insect detection gadget…basically a chicken fitbit. There were some scie...
Jul 15, 2020
OPEC+ meets to decide on oil cuts easing
LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) - OPEC and allies such as Russia meet on Wednesday to decide oil output policy from August amid broad market expectations the group will ease supply curbs as the global economy ...
Jul 15, 2020
Indonesia sees biggest daily jump of COVID-19 deaths
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia reported 87 new coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, its biggest daily jump, bringing the total number of fatalities to 3,797, its health ministry said. Indonesia also report...
Jul 15, 2020
Delisting surges in China as Beijing adopts ‘survival of the fittest’ approach
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Having begun delisting 26 companies so far this year, China's securities regulator is set to remove a record number of firms from the stock exchange, heeding a message from Vice P...
Jul 15, 2020
Hong Kong reports 19 new coronavirus cases, down from recent spike
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong reported 19 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, including 14 that were locally transmitted, as new social distancing measures came into force and as authorities warned ...
Jul 15, 2020
Northern Irish police investigating murder of journalist make arrest
LONDON (Reuters) - Northern Irish police investigating the murder of journalist Lyra McKee said on Wednesday that they had arrested a 27-year-old man under the Terrorism Act. McKee was killed in Londo...
Jul 15, 2020
