Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Auto production collapses by 99% in Mexico and Brazil due to coronavirus
By Marcelo Rochabrun and Anthony Esposito SAO PAULO/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Auto production in Mexico and Brazil, Latin America's top producers, plunged by an unprecedented 99% in April as a result of...
May 08, 2020
UK to place all incoming travellers under 14-day quarantine: The Times
(Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce on Sunday that all travellers coming to the United Kingdom will be quarantined for a fortnight, The Times reported "Passengers arriving a...
May 08, 2020
Colombia’s easing of lockdown could get 70% of economy back to work: minister
By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA (Reuters) - New exceptions to Colombia's two-month coronavirus quarantine will revive between 60% and 70% of economic activity, Commerce Minister Jose Manuel Restrepo said o...
May 08, 2020
Southwest to raise $815 million through sale and leaseback of 20 planes
(Reuters) - Southwest Airlines Co will sell and lease back 20 planes for gross proceeds of about $815 million, the company said in a regulatory filing on Friday. The move will help Southwest save cash...
May 08, 2020
Mexico asks U.S. for answers over historic gun-running row
By Dave Graham MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's president on Friday urged the United States to shed light on a gun-running sting that caused bilateral friction under the Obama presidency, questioning ...
May 08, 2020
Tijuana coronavirus death rate soars after hospital outbreaks
TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - The number of deaths from the coronavirus in Mexico's best-known border city, Tijuana, has soared and the COVID-19 mortality rate is twice the national average, the health ...
May 08, 2020
Explainer: Fed funds futures market sees negative rates by next April
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) - The fed funds futures market is pricing in negative U.S. interest rates next year, a scenario the Federal Reserve has said it wants ...
May 08, 2020
White House’s Birx to take key role in coronavirus drug distribution
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. coronavirus task force response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx will have a leading role in how the first drug to demonstrate a benefit in treating COVID-19 patients will be d...
May 08, 2020
S&P affirms Qatar’s rating at ‘AA-‘, outlook at ‘stable’
(Reuters) - S&P Global Ratings on Friday affirmed Qatar's rating at "AA-", saying it believes the Arab country's government and external balance sheets will be able to provide sufficient buffers to wi...
May 08, 2020
EU should beef up fake news pledge involving Google, Facebook, Twitter: study
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union should strengthen a voluntary pledge, to which Facebook Inc, Alphabet Inc's Google and Twitter Inc signed up to combat fake news, with sanctions...
May 08, 2020
