Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. stock futures rise 2% to 3,012 points
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. stock futures rose 2% on Tuesday and breached a major chart barrier as investors brushed aside China-U.S. trade tension and braced for a re-opening of the world economy. S&P...
May 26, 2020
Tencent to invest $70 billion in ‘new infrastructure’
By Pei Li HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings will invest 500 billion yuan ($70 billion) over the next five years in technology infrastructure including cloud computing, artifici...
May 26, 2020
KBO suspends ex-Pirates infielder Kang for year
Free agent infielder Jung Ho Kang, who played four of the past five years for the Pittsburgh Pirates, received a one-year suspension from the Korea Baseball Organization on Monday in connection with t...
May 26, 2020
European shares near 11-week high, UK stocks surge
(Reuters) - European shares hovered near a 11-week high on Tuesday, with UK markets surging after a long weekend, as businesses worldwide gradually reopened following a months-long lockdown. The pan-E...
May 26, 2020
Singapore’s health ministry confirms 383 more coronavirus cases
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's health ministry confirmed on Tuesday 383 more cases of the new coronavirus, taking the city-state's tally to 32,343. The lower number of cases on Tuesday was partly d...
May 26, 2020
Insurer AXA to pay out to restaurants after court ruling
PARIS (Reuters) - AXA said on Tuesday it would meet the bulk of claims from some restaurant owners after a Paris court ruled last week the French insurer should pay one owner two-months' worth of coro...
May 26, 2020
Australian media face trial over Pell sex abuse case reporting
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Dozens of Australian journalists and publishers are set to face trial in November over coverage of ex-Vatican treasurer George Pell's child sex abuse conviction in 2018, facing c...
May 26, 2020
Forget propping up the bar in the pub for a bit, UK’s Gove says
LONDON (Reuters) - Opening up pubs, restaurants and bars after the coronavirus lockdown is difficult and so there will be no standing at the bar in pubs for a long time, Cabinet Office Minister Michae...
May 26, 2020
Casino king Stanley Ho: the man who built the gambling hub of Macau
By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) - Macau gambling king Stanley Ho, who built a business empire from scratch in the former Portuguese colony and became one of Asia's richest men, died on Tuesday at ...
May 26, 2020
ECB’s Villeroy: inflation target is symmetrical, flexible and mid-term
PARIS (Reuters) - The European Central Bank's inflation objective is symmetrical, flexible and can be targeted over the mid-term, ECB policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Tuesday. The ECB s...
May 26, 2020
