Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Boeing hires Lazard, Evercore to assess government aid, private sector loans: source
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing Co has hired investment banks Lazard and Evercore Inc to assess potential U.S. government assistance or private sector loans, a person briefed on the ...
Apr 10, 2020
Trump to unveil council to re-open the country after coronavirus pandemic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he will soon be announcing a second coronavirus task force, creating a council to focus on re-opening the country after the worst...
Apr 10, 2020
How COVID-19 affected U.S. consumer prices in March
By Dan Burns (Reuters) - Coast-to-coast shutdowns of businesses and stay-at-home orders from the effort to contain the new coronavirus pandemic took their toll on U.S. consumer prices in March, sendin...
Apr 10, 2020
Outbid and left hanging, U.S. states scramble for ventilators
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - On the final Thursday in March the Arkansas team in charge of procuring ventilators thought they had scored a coup: a vendor had agreed to sell them 500 of the breathing ma...
Apr 10, 2020
Lebanon’s Hariri attacks government over draft economic plan
By Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) - Former Lebanese prime minister Saad al-Hariri on Friday criticised the government over a draft programme for tackling a major financial crisis, saying it appeared on co...
Apr 10, 2020
Fire breaks out at Siberian prison after violence
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A fire broke out at a prison in the Siberian region of Irkutsk after a riot by inmates late on Thursday, the Interfax news agency reported. A prison guard was attacked during the in...
Apr 10, 2020
Turkey imposes two-day lockdown in all major cities
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey is imposing a two-day lockdown in 31 provinces, including Istanbul, Ankara and other major cities, in response to the spread of COVID-19, the Interior Ministry said on Frid...
Apr 10, 2020
Moroccan companies begin ventilator production
By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco has started manufacturing its own ventilators with oxygen masks, with 500 expected to be ready by mid-April to help meet demand caused by the COVID-19 pan...
Apr 10, 2020
Nigeria rejects U.S. senator’s query over $300 million Abacha loot repatriation
By Libby George LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's anti-graft agency has criticised a letter from a powerful U.S. senator questioning the return to Nigeria of more than $300 million in funds looted by former...
Apr 10, 2020
Venezuela’s private sector proposes loosening of gasoline import rules
By Deisy Buitrago and Luc Cohen CARACAS (Reuters) - Representatives of Venezuela's private oil service companies have proposed the government loosen restrictions on gasoline imports and sales, as the ...
Apr 10, 2020
