Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Major asset managers reject Argentina debt restructuring proposal
By Karin Strohecker LONDON (Reuters) - A group of Argentina's major creditors rejected the government's proposal aimed at overhauling $66.2 billion of its foreign-law debt, saying it inflicted an unju...
Apr 20, 2020
Brazil set to start QE cautiously but may need to bring out ‘bazooka’
By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil appears set to embark cautiously on unconventional monetary policy using small interventions to tackle dysfunction in bond markets, as it does with foreig...
Apr 20, 2020
Distressed Farmers Getting Relief
by Kevin Zimmermann UNDATED (WHBL) - Wisconsin’s signature dairy industry has seen tough times before, but nothing like the times created by the coronavirus pandemic. Milk had...
Apr 20, 2020
Halliburton books $1.1 billion charge, cuts spending amid oil rout
(Reuters) - Halliburton Co on Monday recorded $1.1 billion in impairment charges during the first quarter, lowered its spending forecast for the year, and gave a bleak outlook for North America activi...
Apr 20, 2020
Swiss authorities say positive coronavirus tests rise by 204 to 27,944, deaths at 1,142
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss death toll from the new coronavirus has reached 1,142, the country's public health ministry said on Monday, rising from 1,135 people on Sunday. The number of positive test...
Apr 20, 2020
DuPont sees better-than-expected quarterly results on coronavirus-led demand
(Reuters) - Industrial materials maker DuPont said on Monday it expects to report first-quarter results well above analysts' estimates, as the coronavirus outbreak lifted demand for its products used ...
Apr 20, 2020
Actor Idris Elba launches U.N. coronavirus fund for poor farmers
By Megan Rowling BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - British actor and filmmaker Idris Elba launched a new United Nations fund on Monday to help farmers in poorer nations, calling on richer econo...
Apr 20, 2020
IMF sees 4% growth in Georgia in 2021, ready to help with funds
By Margarita Antidze TBILISI (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund sees a recovery in Georgia's economic growth in 2021, after a 4% contraction this year due to the coronavirus outbreak, and sta...
Apr 20, 2020
Bridgestone to suspend 11 Japanese plants during late April-early May
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese tyremaker Bridgestone Corp said on Monday it will suspend operations at its 11 domestic plants, including 8 tyre factories, from late April to early May to cope with dwindli...
Apr 20, 2020
Futures slide as oil price slump hammers energy stocks
By Shreyashi Sanyal (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures fell on Monday as a slump in oil prices pounded energy stocks, with investors also bracing for another batch of dour first-quarter earnings rep...
Apr 20, 2020
