Author Archives: Syndicated Content
British Bond girl Honor Blackman dies aged 94
LONDON (Reuters) - British actress Honor Blackman, who was best known for playing Bond girl Pussy Galore, has died at the age of 94, her family said on Monday. Blackman died of natural causes at her h...
Apr 06, 2020
U.S. death toll from coronavirus tops 10,000: Reuters tally
(Reuters) - The U.S. death toll from the novel coronavirus topped 10,000 on Monday, according to a Reuters tally. The United States has the third highest number of reported deaths from the disease in ...
Apr 06, 2020
New York Fed opens registration for commercial paper funding facility
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve Bank of New York opened the registration process for the upcoming commercial paper funding facility, which will backstop lending markets and help keep credit a...
Apr 06, 2020
U.S. small-business rescue loan program enters fourth day plagued by technical problems
By Pete Schroeder and Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government's $349 billion small-business rescue program entered its fourth day on Monday, plagued by ongoing technology and process...
Apr 06, 2020
Deutsche Bank sees UK GDP shrinking 6.5% in 2020; warns of downside risk
(Reuters) - Deutsche Bank said on Monday it expected Britain's economy to shrink 6.5% in 2020 in what it suggested could be the biggest recession for a century. The bank said the economy had likely co...
Apr 06, 2020
Alaska air carrier RavnAir files for bankruptcy as U.S. Treasury mulls grants
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - RavnAir Group, the largest regional carrier in Alaska, filed for bankruptcy Sunday and grounded all of its 72 planes as it waits on a decision from U.S. Trea...
Apr 06, 2020
Iran supreme leader approves tapping sovereign wealth fund to fight coronavirus
(Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has approved the withdrawal of one billion euros from the country's sovereign wealth fund to help fight the coronavirus epidemic, President Has...
Apr 06, 2020
Singapore reports 66 new coronavirus cases, total 1,375
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's health ministry on Monday confirmed 66 more coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of cases in the city-state to 1,375. Only one was an imported case while the ...
Apr 06, 2020
Brazil-China diplomatic spat escalates over coronavirus supplies
By Eduardo Simes SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Renewed attacks on China by a member of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's inner circle soured diplomatic relations again on Monday as the education minister a...
Apr 06, 2020
Michael Kors owner Capri furloughs all North America store staff
(Reuters) - Michael Kors owner Capri Holdings Ltd said on Monday it would furlough all its 7,000 employees in North America amid the coronavirus pandemic, as it expects to open its stores only after J...
Apr 06, 2020
