Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. employers must try to accommodate workers vulnerable to coronavirus: agency
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - The U.S. agency that enforces laws prohibiting disability discrimination said on Thursday that employers must try to accommodate workers with medical conditions that mak...
May 07, 2020
Kremlin says Trump offered to send coronavirus medical aid to Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump offered during a phone call on Thursday with Russia's President Vladimir Putin to send medical aid to Moscow to help fight the coronavirus pandemic, the ...
May 07, 2020
Fed still has tools to help economy, Daly says
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve, which has lowered rates to zero, bought trillions of dollars of U.S. government debt and rolled out a range of lending programs to battle the effects of ...
May 07, 2020
U.S. House Speaker Pelosi outlines next coronavirus aid bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday laid out the broad outlines of the next massive coronavirus-response bill Democrats will seek, with possible votes...
May 07, 2020
Canada, provinces agree to boost wages of essential workers, Trudeau says
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada and the 10 provinces have agreed to increase pay for essential workers such as those working in seniors' residences, where many coronavirus cases have occurred, Prime Ministe...
May 07, 2020
UK watchdog aims for July court date on business interruption insurance: policyholder
By Carolyn Cohn and Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) aims to get business interruption insurance policies examined by a court as soon as July, a member of ...
May 07, 2020
Coronavirus outbreak in Colombia prison sparks fear among officials, families
By Cesar Hernandez VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia (Reuters) - A coronavirus outbreak that has infected more than 30% of inmates at the prison in Villavicencio, in central Colombia, has sparked fear among loc...
May 07, 2020
Trump stresses desire for arms control with Russia, China in Putin call
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump stressed the U.S. desire for arms control that includes both Russia and China in a telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, ...
May 07, 2020
Trump tests negative for coronavirus, White House says, after report valet infected
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have tested negative for the novel coronavirus after a member of the U.S. military who worked at the White House was found t...
May 07, 2020
German lawmakers turn sights on Bundesbank to get to ECB
By Andreas Rinke and Paul Carrel BERLIN (Reuters) - German lawmakers are debating whether to require their national central bank, the Bundesbank, to report to them on European Central Bank policy afte...
May 07, 2020
