Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Locked-down investors aim algorithms at chaotic currency markets
By Tommy Wilkes and Saikat Chatterjee LONDON (Reuters) - A new breed of trading algorithms has deftly navigated the turbulence in currency markets caused by the coronavirus pandemic, driving up demand...
Apr 17, 2020
Singapore mulls placing workers who recover from COVID-19 on cruise ships
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore is assessing whether migrant workers who have recovered from coronavirus might be safer on cruise ships than back in dormitories that have become infection hotbeds, des...
Apr 17, 2020
Pandemic to wipe out $17 billion in Japan firms’ sales: research
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's listed firms expect nearly $17 billion in sales to be wiped out from the coronavirus pandemic that has led to supply chain disruptions, travel bans and government requests to...
Apr 17, 2020
Former Canadiens All-Star Markov retires
Former NHL All-Star Andrei Markov announced his retirement from hockey on Thursday. Markov's agent, Sergey Isakov, told Montreal-based La Presse of Markov's decision. "Andrei will turn 42 this year an...
Apr 17, 2020
Tennis: Kokkinakis battling back to fitness after glandular fever bout
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis says he is just trying to stay in shape after coming through a bout of glandular fever that saw him shed 10kg and left him unable to breathe while slee...
Apr 17, 2020
In Modi’s India, virus fallout inflames divisions between Muslims and Hindus
By Alexandra Ulmer and Shilpa Jamkhandikar MUMBAI (Reuters) - The purple ink stamped on Iqbal Hussain Siddiqui's hand by Indian health workers was supposed to ensure he stayed home under quarantine. B...
Apr 17, 2020
More than a third of G7 citizens see virus hit to incomes: poll
LONDON (Reuters) - More than a third of people living in the Group of Seven rich nations say the novel coronavirus pandemic has already hurt their earnings, a poll showed on Friday. Market research fi...
Apr 17, 2020
Darts: Unreliable WiFi rules Anderson out of PDC home competition
(Reuters) - Gary Anderson's dodgy internet connection has put paid to his chances of competing in the Professional Darts Corporation's (PDC) inaugural home event, British media have reported. The comp...
Apr 17, 2020
Denmark to reopen some small businesses on Monday after virus lockdown
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark will allow certain small businesses, such as hairdressers, beauty salons and driving schools to reopen on April 20, the government said on Friday, following a lockdown o...
Apr 17, 2020
Switzerland’s Roche joins race to make coronavirus antibody tests
By John Miller ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche aims by next month to offer blood tests to identify those who had been infected with the coronavirus, potentially helping inform locked-down nat...
Apr 17, 2020
