Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Swiss coronavirus death toll rises to 1,309: public health agency
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss death toll from the new coronavirus has reached 1,309, the country's public health agency said on Friday, rising from 1,268 people on Thursday. The number of positive test...
Apr 24, 2020
Britain’s self-referral testing website closes after ‘significant demand’
LONDON (Reuters) - A website for essential workers in Britain applying to get a test for COVID-19 said on Friday it was closed for new applicants just hours after the government widened the number of ...
Apr 24, 2020
BofA sees STOXX 600 gaining a further 20% by August
LONDON (Reuters) - The pan-European STOXX 600 index is expected to gain a further 20% and hit 400 points by August, while business activity sentiment in the region could rise back to above 50 by the t...
Apr 24, 2020
Big Oil investors to look past earnings pain and focus on dividends
By Ron Bousso and Jennifer Hiller LONDON/HOUSTON (Reuters) - Investors already braced for poor first-quarter earnings from major oil and gas companies next week will focus on how executives plan to sa...
Apr 24, 2020
Analysts cut EU carbon price forecasts as coronavirus causes demand slump
By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) - Analysts have sharply cut forecasts for the price of European Union carbon permits for 2020 to 2022 as measures to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus have ...
Apr 24, 2020
Saudi-led coalition announces extension of Yemen ceasefire by one month
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition announced on Friday it was extending a unilateral ceasefire in Yemen by one month, the state-run Saudi Press Agency reported, citing a spokesman of the coalit...
Apr 24, 2020
Futures rise at the end of stormy week
By C Nivedita (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures gained on Friday with bargain hunters returning at the end of a tumultuous week marked by a record collapse in oil prices and growing evidence of the...
Apr 24, 2020
Indians try to flee unsanitary, overcrowded coronavirus quarantine centres
By Rupam Jain and Saurabh Sharma MUMBAI/LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - Thousands of people in overcrowded coronavirus quarantine centres in government buildings across India are complaining of poor food a...
Apr 24, 2020
Georgia expects its economy to contract 4% in 2020: prime minister
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia expects its economy to contract 4% in 2020 due to the spread of the coronavirus, the ex-Soviet country's prime minister said on Friday. Giorgi Gakharia told the government ...
Apr 24, 2020
Lysol maker says don’t inject disinfectant after Trump remarks
(Reuters) - Lysol and Dettol maker Reckitt Benckiser said on Friday its disinfectants should not be administered to humans, after U.S. President Donald Trump said researchers should try putting disinf...
Apr 24, 2020
