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Thai central bank asks lenders to strengthen capital to cope with coronavirus risk
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's central bank on Friday asked commercial banks to prepare capital management plans for the next 1-3 years, as the widespread impact of the outbreak on businesses and indi...
Jun 19, 2020
COVID hit to UK tax revenues slightly less than feared, OBR says
LONDON (Reuters) - The slump in British government tax revenues since the start of the coronavirus lockdown has been slightly less sharp than feared, the Office for Budget Responsibility said on Frida...
Jun 19, 2020
Spain expects decision on travel corridor with Britain soon: source
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain expects a decision in the coming hours in its talks with Britain on whether to establish a travel corridor to avoid imposing a quarantine on travelers due to the coronavirus p...
Jun 19, 2020
BMW, Mercedes put automated driving alliance on hold
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Daimler on Friday said it had put on hold a development alliance in the area of automated driving between its luxury brand and rival German luxury carmaker BMW . "Following exten...
Jun 19, 2020
Sea-Watch charity rescues hundreds of migrants from Mediterranean
ROME (Reuters) - German NGO Sea-Watch on Friday said it had rescued 46 migrants from a sinking boat in the Mediterranean overnight, bringing the total of saved people to 211 in the last 48 hours. The ...
Jun 19, 2020
Take Five: Reshuffle the decks
1/'RUSSELL RECON' After one of the most severe equity market selloffs in decades comes the June 26 "Russell Recon", the once-a-year re-jig of FTSE Russells's U.S. index range, tracked by over $9 trill...
Jun 19, 2020
UK PM Johnson says on racism: focus on substance rather than symbols
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday that people should focus less on symbols and more on the substance of racism, adding that he saw no reason for any ban on the rug...
Jun 19, 2020
Soccer player puts spotlight on plight of migrant fruit pickers in Spain
By Joan Faus, Nacho Doce and Luis Felipe Castilleja LLEIDA, Spain (Reuters) - Like many African immigrants seeking fruit-picking jobs in Spain, Europe's largest fruit and vegetable exporter, Ibrahim N...
Jun 19, 2020
Nigeria levies $598 mln from banks via cash ratio debit ahead of FX auction
By Chijioke Ohuocha ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's central bank has collected 216 billion naira ($598 mln) from banks with excess cash holdings as part of measures to support the naira currency, banking ...
Jun 19, 2020
Coordinated blasts kill four in Pakistan, including soldiers
By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Three consecutive explosions claimed by a little-known separatist group killed four people including two soldiers in Pakistan's southern province of S...
Jun 19, 2020
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