Author Archives: Syndicated Content
World Bank downgrades outlook for developing countries in Europe, Central Asia
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank sharply downgraded its outlook for developing countries and emerging markets in Europe and Central Asia this year due to the coronavirus epidemic...
Apr 08, 2020
New Zealand orders quarantine for returning citizens in coronavirus battle
SYDNEY (Reuters) - New Zealand will begin moving citizens to compulsory quarantine from Friday as they return from overseas, stepping up its efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus halfway throu...
Apr 08, 2020
Mexico loosens liquidity rules to help banks through coronavirus
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican financial authorities agreed on Wednesday to apply looser liquidity rules on banks to help them weather the economic and financial turmoil caused by the coronavirus out...
Apr 08, 2020
NFL notebook: Brady talks Patriots departure
Tom Brady realized before the start of last season that it likely was his last ride in New England. "I knew that our time was coming to an end," the new Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback said during an...
Apr 08, 2020
Body of Robert F. Kennedy’s great-grandson recovered from Chesapeake Bay
(Reuters) - The body of a great-grandson to Robert F. Kennedy was recovered from Chesapeake Bay off the Maryland coast on Wednesday, two days after he went missing with his mother while riding in a ca...
Apr 08, 2020
Mexico’s Cemex asks employees, executives to take reduced pay amid coronavirus
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican cement maker Cemex said on Wednesday that it had asked employees to voluntarily defer 10% of their monthly salaries and members of the executive team to give up 15% of ...
Apr 08, 2020
Honduras registers 31 new cases of coronavirus, bringing total to 343 cases and 23 deaths
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras will extend its national curfew to April 19 as the country ramps up efforts to contain the coronavirus, the security ministry said on Wednesday. The Central American c...
Apr 08, 2020
Exxon used economic uncertainty to push for Paulsboro, N.J., contract: sources
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp used economic uncertainty tied to the coronavirus pandemic to urge workers at its lubricants and packaging plant in Paulsboro, New Jersey, to vote for a proposed c...
Apr 08, 2020
Central Japanese prefecture to declare state of emergency
(Reuters) - The governor of central Japan's Aichi, which includes the city of Nagoya and also hosts Toyota Motor Corp, on Thursday said he would declare a state of emergency for his prefecture the fol...
Apr 08, 2020
BOJ’s Kuroda warns corporate funding strains worsening
TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Thursday warned that uncertainty over the country's economic outlook was "extremely high," with corporate funding strains worsening. "The sp...
Apr 08, 2020
