Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK banks say COVID-19 relief slowed by lack of full state loan guarantees
LONDON (Reuters) - Delays in offering full state guarantees on COVID-19 relief lending hampered the ability of banks to provide fast financial aid to companies in the first phase of the coronavirus pa...
May 04, 2020
Nigeria taps the power of music to try to beat coronavirus
By Nneka Chile and Libby George LAGOS (Reuters) - Two dozen Lagos healthcare workers in scrubs and face masks rushed outside the isolation tents and, making sure to keep six feet apart on the bright g...
May 04, 2020
U.S. arms makers and medical device firms team up to make ventilators
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. weapons makers have teamed up with medical device companies to increase the supply of ventilators that can be used to combat the coronavirus pandemic, people ...
May 04, 2020
It’s okay to laugh again: Advertisers prepare for post-coronavirus economy
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Sad piano chords, somber shots of empty streets and close-ups of people staring out their windows. So prevalent were coronavirus-themed ads that followed a similar template ...
May 04, 2020
Disney, hit hard by coronavirus, to face Wall Street questions on impact on company
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co's acquisitions spree that included swallowing much of Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox last year, and a reputation for operational excellence, ...
May 04, 2020
Britons’ anxiety doubles after COVID-19 lockdown
LONDON (Reuters) - More than twice as many British people reported a high level of anxiety after the coronavirus lockdown compared with the end of 2019, according to official figures on Monday which s...
May 04, 2020
Roche to invest more than 400 million euros in German site for COVID-19 tests, R&D
ZURICH (Reuters) - Roche Chairman Christoph Franz said on Monday the Swiss drugmaker will invest more than 400 million euros ($437 million) in a German site, including to make its antibody tests to de...
May 04, 2020
Japan’s Abe asks experts to come up with road map to restart economy
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has asked experts to come up with a road map for restarting the economy under new lifestyle guidelines within two weeks, he said on Monday, after J...
May 04, 2020
UK consumers are gloomiest since 2012: YouGov/CEBR
LONDON (Reuters) - British consumer sentiment has dropped to its lowest since January 2012 as the vast majority believe the economy is headed for a recession or a depression due to the coronavirus pan...
May 04, 2020
Poland’s ruling party eyes presidential vote on May 17 or 23
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party hinted on Monday that it may have to delay the May 10 presidential election by a week or two, after criticism that it is putting politica...
May 04, 2020
