Author Archives: Syndicated Content
House Democrats demand probes of police killings of black Americans
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-controlled U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Thursday asked the Justice Department to investigate systemic police misconduct following a spate o...
May 28, 2020
Inside a COVID-19 hospital in India, doctors see no end in sight
By Danish Siddiqui and Zeba Siddiqui NEW DELHI (Reuters) - It was barely noon on Thursday when the metal doors of the mortuary at a hospital in south New Delhi swung open and staff in white coveralls ...
May 28, 2020
Canada’s CIBC lost $64 million in a day in gold market turmoil
By Peter Hobson LONDON (Reuters) - Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) took a trading loss of C$88.2 million ($64 million) in one day in March due mainly to volatility in the gold market, the ba...
May 28, 2020
UPS adds ‘peak’ surcharge amid coronavirus fueled delivery spike
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - United Parcel Service Inc on May 31 will slap surcharges on U.S. e-commerce companies that have flooded its delivery network with shipments of everything from packaged food to ...
May 28, 2020
Playing to an empty room: Paris orchestra plays Strauss in COVID-19 era
By Yiming Woo PARIS (Reuters) - Renaud Capuon, a French concert violinist accustomed to playing to rooms of 2,000 people and more, performed on Thursday evening to an empty auditorium, but he said the...
May 28, 2020
UK seeks alliance to avoid reliance on Chinese tech: The Times
(Reuters) - The UK is pursuing forming an alliance of 10 democracies to create an alternative pool of suppliers of 5G equipment and other technologies to avoid relying on China, The Times reported. Th...
May 28, 2020
Brazil mulls extending aid program for informal workers, but lowering payments
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's government is in talks with Congress about extending the emergency program to provide informal workers hit by the coronavirus crisis with three monthly payments of 600 re...
May 28, 2020
New Wall Street-backed stock exchange MEMX to launch on Sept. 4
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Members Exchange (MEMX), a new bourse that aims to take on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Inc , and is backed by financial heavyweights including Bank of America Corp ...
May 28, 2020
ViacomCBS slashes up to 400 jobs as part of merger restructuring: source
By Arriana McLymore NEW YORK (Reuters) - ViacomCBS Inc is cutting up to 400 employees across CBS as part of its plan to save $750 million from its merger with CBS, a source familiar with the matter sa...
May 28, 2020
Shoppers revel as Printemps department store reopens in Paris
PARIS (Reuters) - Masked shoppers lined up to browse at luxury boutiques inside Printemps' main Paris store on Thursday, one of the city's last major department stores to reopen after two months of cl...
May 28, 2020
