Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Allianz agrees bankassurance deal with BBVA: sources
MUNICH/MADRID (Reuters) - German insurer Allianz has struck a deal to invest in the bancassurance business of Spanish lender BBVA , two sources close to the matter told Reuters, adding that an announc...
Apr 27, 2020
UK to consider error ranges for official GDP data
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's statisticians will consider publishing confidence intervals for quarterly estimates of gross domestic product growth to better communicate the uncertainty in initial estim...
Apr 27, 2020
Taiwan first-quarter GDP growth seen at four-year low as pandemic hits tech exports: Reuters poll
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's economic growth in the first quarter is expected to have slowed to its weakest in nearly four years, a Reuters poll showed, as the impact of the coronavirus health crisis h...
Apr 27, 2020
Malaysia reports 40 new coronavirus cases, one new death
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia reported 40 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday, taking the cumulative total to 5,820 infections. The health ministry also reported one new death, ...
Apr 27, 2020
Russia says U.N. security council members agreed to hold online summit
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that other permanent members of the United Nations Security Council have agreed to hold an online five-way summit, proposed by...
Apr 27, 2020
Bangladesh restarts some garment factories, India debates an easing of restrictions
By Sanjeev Miglani and Ruma Paul NEW DELHI/DHAKA (Reuters) - More than 500 garment factories in Bangladesh that supply to global brands reopened on Monday after a month-long shutdown to curb the sprea...
Apr 27, 2020
Lufthansa, Air France-KLM shares rise on bailout progress
PARIS (Reuters) - Shares in Air France-KLM and Lufthansa led European stock market gains on Monday on hopes that government bailouts would see them through the coronavirus crisis. Lufthansa was up 7% ...
Apr 27, 2020
Cevian Capital trims Ericsson stake by 34 million B-shares: SEC filing
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Activist investor Cevian Capital has trimmed its holding in telecom equipment maker Ericsson according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. The...
Apr 27, 2020
Czech car industry faces shaky relaunch as Skoda returns to work
By Jason Hovet PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic's biggest exporter, Skoda Auto, restarted production on Monday but the auto sector faces a shaky relaunch with the coronavirus outbreak hammering d...
Apr 27, 2020
More than 500 civilians die in Afghan violence in first quarter: U.N.
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi and Charlotte Greenfield KABUL/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - More than 500 civilians were killed in Afghanistan in the first three months of the year as violence raged even after an agre...
Apr 27, 2020
