Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UBS CEO: executives to contribute half of fixed salaries to virus fight
ZURICH (Reuters) - UBS senior executives will contribute 50% of their fixed salaries over the next six months to efforts to fight the new coronavirus epidemic, Chief Executive Sergio Ermotti said on B...
Apr 09, 2020
Malaysia reports 109 new coronavirus cases with two new deaths
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia reported 109 new coronavirus infections on Thursday, raising its cumulative total to 4,228 cases as Southeast Asia's third-largest economy grapples with the highest n...
Apr 09, 2020
Coronavirus lockdown drives jump in vodka and whisky sales in Russia
By Anton Zverev and Olga Popova MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian retailers have seen a sharp spike in alcohol sales in recent weeks, with consumers rushing to buy vodka, whisky and beer at a time when Mosco...
Apr 09, 2020
Lockdown in West Bank, crowds in Gaza: Palestinians divided over coronavirus
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ali Sawafta GAZA/WEST BANK (Reuters) - Political and physical divisions between Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza have induced two very different responses to the coronav...
Apr 09, 2020
ASEAN ministers to hold special video meeting on Covid-19 next Tuesday
HANOI (Reuters) - Southeast Asian ministers will hold a special video conference on April 14 to address what is needed to combat the novel coronavirus outbreak, Vietnam's foreign ministry said on Thur...
Apr 09, 2020
From custard tarts to berry fields, Portuguese firms struggle under coronavirus
By Victoria Waldersee and Catarina Demony LISBON(Reuters) - It might be a while before Lisbon's most famous custard tart shop is packed with customers again. Pasteis de Belem has been baking the cream...
Apr 09, 2020
Indonesia reports biggest daily jump in coronavirus infections
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia confirmed on Thursday the biggest daily jump in coronavirus infections since cases were first announced last month, with 337 new cases taking the total to 3,293, said a h...
Apr 09, 2020
Nearly one in three UK firms reduced staff levels as coronavirus hit: ONS
LONDON (Reuters) - Twenty-nine percent of British companies reduced staff levels over the short term as the coronavirus crisis hammered the country's economy, a survey published by the Office for Nati...
Apr 09, 2020
French regulator: Google must pay French news and publishing firms for using their content
PARIS (Reuters) - France's competition authority issued a ruling on Thursday that Google would have to pay up to French publishing companies and news agencies for re-using their content. The ruling by...
Apr 09, 2020
Germany: Gradual return to normality possible if infection trend continues
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Health Minister Jens Spahn told newspaper Handelsblatt that the coronavirus infection numbers in Germany were showing a "positive trend" and if that continued, it would be po...
Apr 09, 2020
