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Hyundai’s Czech plant set to restart after coronavirus halt
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Hyundai Motor Co's Czech plant plans to restart on April 14 after a three-week production outage as part of efforts to fight the coronavirus, becoming the first of the three major c...
Apr 09, 2020
World governing body UCI to furlough staff, reimburse event fees
LONDON (Reuters) - Cycling's world governing body the UCI said on Thursday it was furloughing its entire staff, either fully or partially, in a bid to "weather the storm" caused by the coronavirus pan...
Apr 09, 2020
Exclusive: JPMorgan looking to offload Saudi and UAE sovereign fund loans – sources
By Davide Barbuscia DUBAI (Reuters) - JPMorgan is seeking to sell at a discount loans raised by the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, according to two sources and a ...
Apr 09, 2020
Singapore reports 287 new coronavirus cases in biggest daily jump
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore confirmed 287 new coronavirus infections on Thursday, the biggest daily increase yet, taking the total in the city-state to 1,910, its health ministry said. More than 2...
Apr 09, 2020
Dutch coronavirus cases rise by 1,213 to 21,762: authorities
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Netherlands rose by 1,213 on Thursday to 21,762, health authorities said, with 148 new deaths. The country's death toll stands at...
Apr 09, 2020
Farms Being Impacted by Pandemic
by Kevin Zimmerman MADISON, WI (WHBL) - As if low commodity prices, bad weather and global market uncertainties weren’t enough, Wisconsin farmers are now challenged like everyone el...
Apr 09, 2020
GAVI to disburse $29 million to help COVID fight in 13 countries
GENEVA (Reuters) - The GAVI vaccine alliance will disburse $29 million to help health systems in 13 lower-income countries fight COVID-19, it said on Thursday, part of a $200 million programme approve...
Apr 09, 2020
French economic activity reduced by 36%, INSEE says
PARIS (Reuters) - A nationwide lockdown in France has reduced economic activity by 36%, the INSEE official statistics agency said on Thursday, confirming an initial estimate last month. In an updated ...
Apr 09, 2020
Poland extends restrictions on public life to curb coronavirus
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish borders will remain closed until May 3 and the government will extend a lockdown for schools and businesses, Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Thursday. Busi...
Apr 09, 2020
IMF chief says pandemic will unleash worst recession since Great Depression
By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pandemic sweeping the world will turn global economic growth "sharply negative" in 2020, triggering the worst fallout since the 1930s Great...
Apr 09, 2020
