Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Iran’s coronavirus death toll rises by 92 to 4,869: health official
(Reuters) - Iran's new coronavirus death toll has risen by 92 to reach 4,869, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said in a statement on state TV on Thursday. Iran's total number of cases of pe...
Apr 16, 2020
Italian mob seeks to profit from coronavirus crisis, prosecutors say
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - Italy's mafia clans are taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to buy favour with poor families facing financial ruin, prosecutors and officials say, and are of...
Apr 16, 2020
Canadian banks ease credit rules for energy companies to stave off defaults, bankruptcies
By Nichola Saminather and Jeff Lewis TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian banks are beginning to relax lending standards for energy firms struggling to operate with oil prices at half the level needed to cove...
Apr 16, 2020
Fed’s Kashkari says major U.S. banks should raise $200 billion in capital: FT
(Reuters) - Big banks in the United States should raise $200 billion in capital right now amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari wrote in an op...
Apr 16, 2020
Spotlight on WNBA, as league navigates draft on lockdown
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - All eyes will be on the WNBA this Friday as it becomes the first major professional league in North America to carry out a "virtual draft" since the coronavirus out...
Apr 16, 2020
Uzbek banks to get $150 million from EBRD’s coronavirus package
TASHKENT (Reuters) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) [EBRD.UL] will make $150 million in trade finance facilities available to three Uzbek banks under its coronavirus suppo...
Apr 16, 2020
Russia to spend more than $27 billion on anti-crisis measures: minister
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is set to spend more than 2 trillion roubles ($26.96 billion) on its anti-crisis programme to counter the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, Economy Minister Maxim Reshetni...
Apr 16, 2020
ECB ready to do more to avoid euro ‘fragmentation’: Schnabel
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is ready to do more to avoid financial fragmentation in the euro zone, ECB board member Isabel Schnabel said on Thursday, after a significant widening o...
Apr 16, 2020
Australia to send aid to Fiji after cyclone tears across Pacific
By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia is to send humanitarian aid to Fiji after a tropical cyclone caused widespread destruction across the Pacific, Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne s...
Apr 16, 2020
Malaysia reports 110 new coronavirus cases with one new death
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia reported 110 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday, raising the cumulative total to 5,182. The health ministry also reported one new death, taking ...
Apr 16, 2020
