Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Tesla secures $565 million loan for Shanghai factory
(Reuters) - Electric carmaker Tesla Inc has entered into an agreement for a working capital loan of up to 4 billion yuan ($565.51 million) with a lender from China for its Shanghai car plant, accordin...
May 08, 2020
Union says opposes reopening U.S. meat plants, more workers die
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The largest union representing U.S. meatpacking workers said on Friday it opposed the reopening of plants and that the Trump administration had failed to guarantee workers' safety....
May 08, 2020
U.S. denies acting against Venezuela’s Maduro, says would have been “overt”
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House National Security Council on Friday denied the United States was involved in a bungled incursion into Venezuela this week, allegedly to overthrow President Nicol...
May 08, 2020
Virus rages in remote Canadian village as province prepares to reopen economy
By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Coronavirus infections are multiplying through a remote indigenous Saskatchewan village even as the rest of the western Canadian province sees few cases an...
May 08, 2020
As Trump returns to the road, some Democrats want to bust Biden out of his basement
By Trevor Hunnicutt, Elizabeth Culliford and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While President Donald Trump traveled to the battleground state of Arizona this week, his Democratic opponent for the...
May 08, 2020
Ghana records over 500 coronavirus cases at industrial facility
ACCRA (Reuters) - More than 500 workers at an industrial facility in Ghana have tested positive for the coronavirus, the country's health service said on Friday, as total cases jumped by nearly 30% in...
May 08, 2020
Auto production collapses by 99% in Mexico and Brazil due to coronavirus
By Marcelo Rochabrun and Anthony Esposito SAO PAULO/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Auto production in Mexico and Brazil, Latin America's top producers, plunged by an unprecedented 99% in April as a result of...
May 08, 2020
UK to place all incoming travellers under 14-day quarantine: The Times
(Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce on Sunday that all travellers coming to the United Kingdom will be quarantined for a fortnight, The Times reported "Passengers arriving a...
May 08, 2020
Colombia’s easing of lockdown could get 70% of economy back to work: minister
By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA (Reuters) - New exceptions to Colombia's two-month coronavirus quarantine will revive between 60% and 70% of economic activity, Commerce Minister Jose Manuel Restrepo said o...
May 08, 2020
Southwest to raise $815 million through sale and leaseback of 20 planes
(Reuters) - Southwest Airlines Co will sell and lease back 20 planes for gross proceeds of about $815 million, the company said in a regulatory filing on Friday. The move will help Southwest save cash...
May 08, 2020
