Author Archives: Syndicated Content
European stocks gain as China data lifts miners, chipmakers
(Reuters) - European shares rose on Friday, with investors taking comfort in China's first rise in factory output this year after it eased a coronavirus-induced lockdown, but lingering Sino-U.S. tensi...
May 15, 2020
Russia reports 10,598 new coronavirus infections
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Friday reported 10,598 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, pushing its nationwide case tally to 262,843. Russia's coronavirus taskforce said 113 people had died ...
May 15, 2020
Turkey detains four more Kurdish mayors on alleged terror links
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish authorities detained mayors of four more municipalities in Kurdish-majority areas on Friday as part of what it called terrorism related investigations, a security source a...
May 15, 2020
Japan’s Rakuten 5G launch delayed due to coronavirus
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Rakuten Inc said on Friday the launch of its 5G services that was planned for June had been delayed by at least three months due to the impact on supply chains by the coronav...
May 15, 2020
China says COVID-19 risks from imported cases are ‘controllable’
BEIJING (Reuters) - The risk of a COVID-19 resurgence in China from so-called imported infections is controllable, an official of the National Health Commission (NHC) said on Friday. China reported fo...
May 15, 2020
Germany’s BaFin has no plans to ban Wirecard short-selling
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's financial watchdog BaFin said it has no plans to ban short-selling in payments company Wirecard even as hedge funds increased their bets speculating on a fall in the co...
May 15, 2020
Japan’s ‘stay-at-home’ office workers drive day-trading rally
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's advice for workers to "stay at home" during the coronavirus outbreak has emptied streets - but it's opened a new world of online stock trading for many whose office rules had...
May 15, 2020
Thai first-quarter GDP to post sharpest contraction in eight years: Reuters poll
By Orathai Sriring BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's economy probably contracted the most in eight years in January-March, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, as the coronavirus outbreak hit tourism and dom...
May 15, 2020
William Hill revenue hit by sports events cancellations, shop closures
(Reuters) - William Hill on Friday posted a 57% plunge in total net revenue for the weeks since coronavirus lockdowns were imposed in Europe and North America, as sports betting volumes collapsed and ...
May 15, 2020
Britain approves Abbott’s COVID-19 antibody test
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has given the green light to Abbott Laboratories to produce a COVID-19 antibody test, shortly after it gave the same approval to Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding, health offici...
May 15, 2020
