Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Labour leader Starmer says 27,241 people have died in UK from COVID-19
LONDON (Reuters) - Opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer said on Wednesday that according to his calculations 27,241 people had died in Britain from COVID-19. "That makes a total to date of 27,241 rec...
Apr 29, 2020
Corona what? Tesla retail investors appear unfazed by virus impact
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - When Tesla Inc reports first-quarter results after the bell on Wednesday, many individual shareholders will not be looking for details on the subject that drives most conver...
Apr 29, 2020
Germany hopes there will be coordinated EU decision on foreign travel: minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government warned foreign travel would not be risk-free even if travel restrictions were lifted, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Wednesday, adding that Germany hopes ...
Apr 29, 2020
COVID strains: Dancer performs ‘virus melody’ in empty Budapest square
By Krisztina Fenyo BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Dressed in black and wearing a facemask, the dancer leaps and pirouttes across Budapest's deserted central Heroes Square - to the strains of a melody that mirro...
Apr 29, 2020
Nightly show in Swiss block helps beat lockdown blues
By Cecile Mantovani and Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - Dressed in a black trench coat and hat, 36-year-old Audrey Lecomte performed "Singing in the Rain" on a drizzly Tuesday evening to the residents o...
Apr 29, 2020
Health insurer Anthem beats revenue estimates on higher premiums
(Reuters) - U.S. health insurer Anthem Inc beat quarterly estimates for revenue on Wednesday, helped by the recent launch of its pharmacy benefits unit and higher premiums. The second-largest U.S. hea...
Apr 29, 2020
EU opens new legal case against Poland over muzzling judges
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's executive on Wednesday started a new legal case against the nationalist Polish government for muzzling judges in the bloc's largest ex-communist country. The ...
Apr 29, 2020
Alphabet earnings drive futures higher ahead of GDP data
By C Nivedita and Shreyashi Sanyal (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Wednesday after Google-parent Alphabet reported upbeat quarterly results, while investors braced for data that could sho...
Apr 29, 2020
GE revenue falls 7.6% as coronavirus crisis takes toll
(Reuters) - General Electric Co reported a 7.6% drop in first-quarter revenue, hurt by weakness in its aviation and power units due to the coronavirus pandemic, and fell short of its own free cash flo...
Apr 29, 2020
Motorcycling: German, Dutch and Finnish MotoGP races canceled
LONDON (Reuters) - MotoGP's German, Dutch and Finnish rounds in June and July have all been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the sport's governing body and promoter announced on Wednesday. The ...
Apr 29, 2020
