Author Archives: Syndicated Content
French coronavirus death toll close to 26,000, draws nearly level with Spain
PARIS (Reuters) - The number of people who have died from a coronavirus infection in France increased by 278 or 1.1% to 25,809 on Wednesday, just 8 fewer than Spain, which saw its virus toll rise by 2...
May 06, 2020
Georgian ex-president Saakashvili to get Ukraine reform role: sources
By Ilya Zhegulev KIEV (Reuters) - Mikheil Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia, is set to join a Ukrainian advisory body on reforms, two sources in President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office told ...
May 06, 2020
Finnish basic income scheme lifted mental wellbeing: study
By Tarmo Virki (Reuters) - Finland's basic income scheme, which paid the unemployed a small salary regardless of whether they also found work, did little to encourage recipients into employment as hop...
May 06, 2020
Bow Street pushes for more changes at Mack-Cali in proxy fight
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Investment firm Bow Street Capital said on Wednesday it wants to replace the chief executive of Mack-Cali Realty Corp, streamline the real-estate investment t...
May 06, 2020
Italy’s govt looks to reverse flood of mafiosi leaving jail over coronavirus
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - Elderly mobsters recently let out of jail over fears they might catch the new coronavirus in Italy's overcrowded prisons may soon be put back behind bars, Justice Min...
May 06, 2020
MLS teams resume voluntary player workouts amid COVID-19
By Frank Pingue (Reuters) - Major League Soccer players returned to training on Wednesday under strict rules amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the first step toward a resumption of competition for the Nor...
May 06, 2020
Ocado CEO’s $73 million payout opposed by 30% of AGM votes
LONDON (Reuters) - Almost 30% of votes cast at Ocado's annual shareholder meeting opposed the online supermarket's 2019 pay report on Wednesday, including co-founder and CEO Tim Steiner's 58.7 million...
May 06, 2020
Iceland close to full recovery from virus outbreak says government
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Iceland has all but eliminated the coronavirus outbreak as 97% of infected patients have recovered and only two new cases have been confirmed in the last week, the Icelandic gov...
May 06, 2020
Breakout time behind plexiglass: Renault factory restarts in France
FLINS-SUR-SEINE, France (Reuters) - With temperature scanners on the door and tables partitioned by plexiglass shields in the breakout area, workers at one of Renault's French plants are adjusting to ...
May 06, 2020
UK misses COVID-19 testing target for fourth day running
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain failed to meet its target of conducting 100,000 daily COVID-19 tests for a fourth day running, data released on Wednesday showed, as questions persist over the way it briefl...
May 06, 2020
