Author Archives: Syndicated Content
SCEDC Helping Small Businesses Stay Afloat During Pandemic
by Kevin Zimmermann SHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) - In normal times, 50% of small businesses leave the marketplace before reaching their 5-year milestone. After a disaster, 90% of small busin...
Apr 24, 2020
Singtel secures $3 billion in bank credit for subsidiaries
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore Telecommunications' (Singtel) subsidiaries have secured close to $3 billion in bank credit facilities, it said on Friday. The deals include S$3.45 billion ($2.4 billion...
Apr 24, 2020
Top Senate Democrat says momentum growing for state aid package
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate said on Friday that momentum is gathering behind efforts to provide federal assistance to state and local governments hit by the coronavirus ...
Apr 24, 2020
Dutch coronavirus cases rise by 806 to 36,535: authorities
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Netherlands rose by 806 to 36,535, health authorities said on Friday, with 112 new deaths. The country's overall death toll is no...
Apr 24, 2020
Coronavirus can cause extra delirium, but ‘no catastrophe’ in Belgian psychiatric hospital
By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) - From serving more fries to patients to engaging them in sewing face masks, Belgian psychiatric hospitals have carefully adapted their routine to comply with coro...
Apr 24, 2020
The cost of lockdowns in emerging markets
By Karin Strohecker LONDON (Reuters) - Measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus in developing countries come at a heavy cost to governments and citizens, raising poverty levels and government deb...
Apr 24, 2020
Bosnian region eases lockdown on seniors, children after court ruling
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia's autonomous Bosniak-Croat Federation on Friday loosened restrictions that kept seniors and children from leaving their homes at all, in order to stop the spread of the cor...
Apr 24, 2020
Verizon loses 68,000 wireless subscribers as coronavirus takes toll
(Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc lost 68,000 phone subscribers who pay a monthly bill in the first quarter, as people stayed indoors due to lockdowns to halt the spread of the coronavirus. Analy...
Apr 24, 2020
BBB Warns of Explosion of Pet Scams
by Kevin Zimmermann UNDATED (WHBL) - Most people know that you can’t trust everything you read on the internet, but the Better Business Bureau is warning that one class of online advertis...
Apr 24, 2020
Swedish FSA says risks to joining EU banking union
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Joining the banking union would create significant economic and political risks for Sweden, Sweden Financial Supervisory Authority said on Friday. "It is not possible for Sweden ...
Apr 24, 2020
