Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Mexican economy could shrink up to 8.8% in 2020, outlook hazy: central bank
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's central bank on Wednesday said the economy could contract by as much as 8.8% in 2020 as it published a range of forecasts due to uncertainty caused by the coronavirus ...
May 27, 2020
AstraZeneca tests diabetes drug for COVID-19 despite risk seen by doctors
By Deborah J Nelson and Chad Terhune (Reuters - AstraZeneca Plc is testing one of its diabetes drugs as a treatment for COVID-19, even as doctors are advising diabetes patients infected by the coronav...
May 27, 2020
Brazil’s JBS plant closed amid COVID-19 outbreak in Rondônia state: statement
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A labor court in Brazil's remote state of Rondonia ordered the closure of a plant operated there by JBS SA until the company tests all employees in the unit for the coronavirus, ...
May 27, 2020
Canada vows changes in senior care after military shines spotlight on shortfalls
By Allison Lampert and Steve Scherer MONTREAL/OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday vowed to help provincial authorities revamp the country's senior care system after ...
May 27, 2020
American Airlines CEO quells U.S. bankruptcy talk, says demand improving
(Reuters) - American Airlines Group Inc's is not considering a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, Chief Executive Doug Parker said at a conference on Wednesday, and shot down speculation that a major U.S. ...
May 27, 2020
Investigators scour Pakistan air crash site for clues and cockpit voice recorder
By Syed Raza Hassan and Tim Hepher KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - A team of Pakistani and French investigators on Wednesday sifted through the wreckage of a Pakistani airliner that crashed in the south...
May 27, 2020
U.S. businesses slammed by pandemic but see some green shoots, Fed says
By Jonnelle Marte and Lindsay Dunsmuir (Reuters) - U.S. businesses continued to be hammered by the effects of the novel coronavirus epidemic in the United States into the middle of May, a Federal Rese...
May 27, 2020
Bullard: ‘High contact’ industries still suffering, others adapting as they restart
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy may well have hit its low point last month and businesses are gradually leaning to cope with the new reality of doing business amid continued concerns around th...
May 27, 2020
Bertha weakens to tropical depression: NHC
(Reuters) - Bertha, the second named storm this Atlantic hurricane season, has weakened to a tropical depression, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Wednesday. "Additional weakening is f...
May 27, 2020
Zambia picks French firm Lazard Freres as debt advisers
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia has picked French company Lazard Freres to provide advisory services regarding liability management for its debt portfolio, Secretary to the Treasury Fredson Yamba said on We...
May 27, 2020
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