Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Trump administration halts wildfire prevention tool in California over coronavirus
By Nichola Groom LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The U.S. Forest Service has suspended controlled burns on public lands in wildfire-prone California because of the coronavirus pandemic, upsetting officials wh...
Apr 15, 2020
U.S. companies walk legal tightrope as earnings season kicks off
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. companies are grappling with how best to provide guidance on their earnings outlook as the novel coronavirus takes uncertainty to new heights and exposes...
Apr 15, 2020
Bank of America profit nearly halves as loan loss provisions soar
(Reuters) - Bank of America Corp recorded a 48.5% fall in quarterly profit as the bank set aside $3.6 billion for potential loan losses tied to the coronavirus pandemic. Net income applicable to commo...
Apr 15, 2020
Staging the Tour in 2020 vital for the sport, says race director
By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - Staging the Tour de France this year despite the novel coronavirus pandemic was vital for road cycling, the race's director Christian Prudhomme said on Wednesday. Th...
Apr 15, 2020
G20 finance ministers, central bank governors hold virtual meeting to address COVID-19 challenges
DUBAI (Reuters) - The finance ministers and central bank governors of the G20 group of the world's largest economies started on Wednesday a virtual meeting to further address the global challenges pre...
Apr 15, 2020
Tour de France postponed, to be held from Aug 29-Sept 20
PARIS (Reuters) - The Tour de France has been postponed to Aug. 29-Sept 20 due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said on Wednesday. French president Emmanuel Mac...
Apr 15, 2020
Apple-Google alliance welcomed by European coronavirus app platform
By Douglas Busvine BERLIN (Reuters) - An Apple collaboration with Google will make it quicker to get systems for tracing coronavirus infections up and running, the prime mover behind a European effort...
Apr 15, 2020
Family say men killed in Indonesia’s Papua were mistaken for separatists
By Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's military will investigate an incident in the easternmost region of Papua in which two men were shot dead, it said on Wednesday, after rights a...
Apr 15, 2020
Oil slide dents futures ahead of bank earnings
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures retreated on Wednesday for a second time this week, as a slide in oil prices pressured energy stocks ahead of what is expected to be another dismal ...
Apr 15, 2020
Russia, Turkey hold fourth joint patrol in Syria’s Idlib: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and Turkey held a fourth joint patrol in Syria's Idlib region, the RIA news agency cited the Russian Reconciliation Centre for Syria as saying on Wednesday. The patrol covere...
Apr 15, 2020
