Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Philippine leader threatens closure or government takeover of ‘lousy’ telecom firms
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday threatened the closure or government expropriation of telecoms firms for what he called "lousy" services, and gave providers until Dec...
Jul 27, 2020
Toyko, Sydney aim to lure edgy Hong Kong financial firms, but Singapore a top draw
By Alun John, Scott Murdoch and Anshuman Daga HONG KONG/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Japan, Australia and some other nations are readying incentives to attract banks and asset managers in Hong Kong that are ...
Jul 27, 2020
Verdict in first 1MDB case packs risk for Malaysian government
By Joseph Sipalan and A. Ananthalakshmi KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Whichever way the verdict goes on Tuesday in the first 1MDB corruption trial of Malaysia's former leader Najib Razak, the outcome will ...
Jul 27, 2020
Novartis, Austria team up to support Tyrol antibiotics plant
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Novartis's Sandoz division and the Austrian government will invest about 150 million euros ($176 million) to shore up antibiotics production at a plant in Tyrol, the...
Jul 27, 2020
Philippines’ Duterte says government prevented 1.3-3.5 million coronavirus cases
(Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said his government's intervention policy after the country's first domestic transmissions of the coronavirus in March prevented as many as 1...
Jul 27, 2020
Indonesia reports total number of coronavirus cases top 100,000
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia surpassed 100,000 cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday, reporting 1,525 new infections to take the total number to 100,303, data from the country's Health Ministry we...
Jul 27, 2020
Bavaria to set up COVID-19 test centres at border crossings, train stations
BERLIN (Reuters) - Bavaria is setting up voluntary coronavirus test centres at border crossings and railway stations and urged the federal government to make tests for returning holidaymakers mandator...
Jul 27, 2020
Philippines records 1,657 new coronavirus cases, 16 more deaths
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' health ministry on Monday confirmed 1,657 additional infections and 16 deaths because of the coronavirus pandemic. In a bulletin, the ministry said total deaths had...
Jul 27, 2020
Amazon expands workforce in Ireland to 5,000
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Amazon on Monday announced it would create an additional 1,000 jobs in Ireland, bringing its workforce in the country to 5,000. Ireland has a decades-old policy of attracting multin...
Jul 27, 2020
Euro zone companies tapped bank credit in June even as economy reopened
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone companies continued to tap bank credit at a brisk pace in June even as the economy reopened after three months of coronavirus-related lockdown, data from the European C...
Jul 27, 2020
