Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Beijing opens financial markets further amid tension with Washington
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China finalised rules on Thursday that would scrap quotas under two major inbound investment schemes, giving qualified foreign institutions unlimited access to Chinese stocks and ...
May 07, 2020
U.S. arrests along border with Mexico plummet in April amid coronavirus
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. arrests along the border with Mexico fell dramatically in April as migrants were swiftly deported under new rules aimed at limiting the spread of the novel co...
May 07, 2020
With plexiglass barriers, Greece’s Santorini island wants visitors to return
By Vassilis Triantafyllou SANTORINI, Greece (Reuters) - There is a new addition at a bar on Santorini. The beach lounge chairs are surrounded by plexiglass screens, a precaution against coronavirus on...
May 07, 2020
Richmond Fed’s Barkin: U.S. probably ‘right at’ trough of downturn
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. is probably "right at" the trough of the downturn, Richmond Federal Reserve president Thomas Barkin said on the eve of what will likely be a dramatic jump in the unempl...
May 07, 2020
F1 considering new venues as first quarter revenues slump
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One could race at circuits not on the current calendar as it seeks to rev up a 2020 season stalled by the COVID-19 pandemic and against a backdrop of plungin...
May 07, 2020
Stay-at-home stocks lift Nasdaq into gain for 2020
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) - The Nasdaq was on track to end Thursday in positive territory for 2020 after winning back the vast majority of steep losses caused in recent months by the coronavirus pan...
May 07, 2020
Chile´s Pinera says lobbied Trump to seek ‘pole position’ for vaccine access
By Fabian Cambero and Aislinn Laing SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's President Sebastian Pinera said on Thursday he had spoken to U.S. President Donald Trump to seek to place his country in "pole position...
May 07, 2020
Ireland reports sharp drop in COVID-19 hospital admissions
DUBLIN (Reuters) - The average number of daily hospital admissions in Ireland related to COVID-19 has halved in the past week as the country makes "considerable progress" on suppressing the disease, t...
May 07, 2020
U.S. Fed buys $30.5 billion of mortgage bonds, sells none
NEW YORK, May 7 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve bought $30.537 billion of agency mortgage-backed securities in the week from Apr. 30 to May. 6, compared with $38.461 billion purchased the previous wee...
May 07, 2020
U.S. railroad Amtrak will require all passengers to wear facial coverings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak said on Thursday it will require all passengers in stations, trains and connecting buses to wear facial coverings starting May 11. Major airlines ...
May 07, 2020
