Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK households shunned credit, repaid debts as COVID hit in March: BoE
LONDON (Reuters) - British households rushed to repay their debts in March as the spread of the coronavirus began to hammer the economy and a measure of housing market activity plunged, Bank of Englan...
May 01, 2020
China’s Hubei to lower emergency coronavirus response level: Xinhua
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's central province of Hubei will lower its coronavirus emergency response level from the highest to second-highest level from Saturday, the official Xinhua news agency repor...
May 01, 2020
Indonesia reports 433 new coronavirus cases, eight deaths
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia confirmed on Friday 433 new coronavirus infections, taking the total number of cases to 10,551, health ministry official Achmad Yurianto said. Yurianto reported eight new...
May 01, 2020
Britons fear leaving homes even if lockdown lifted, poll shows
LONDON (Reuters) - Many Britons would be uncomfortable leaving their homes even if the government ordered the lifting of strict coronavirus lockdown restrictions in a month's time, according to a poll...
May 01, 2020
Malaysia reports 69 new coronavirus cases with 1 new death
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia reported 69 new coronavirus cases on Friday, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 6,071. The number of fatalities rose by one to 103. Earlier on ...
May 01, 2020
Ryanair in advanced talks over possible new Boeing order
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ryanair is in advanced talks about a potential new plane order with Boeing, but possible price cuts or cancellations of its existing 737 MAX order are also part of the discussions, ...
May 01, 2020
Metals tycoon Gupta to close loss-making Commonwealth Trade Bank
LONDON (Reuters) - British commodities tycoon Sanjeev Gupta's family business has decided to close its loss-making Commonwealth Trade Bank Ltd after failing to revive the business, it said on Friday. ...
May 01, 2020
Defying French lockdown, Le Pen places May Day wreath as Macron urges unity
By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen pressed ahead with her party's annual May 1 tradition of honouring mediaeval heroine Joan of Arc despite a nationwide lockdown and...
May 01, 2020
Swiss soldiers pick up smartphones to fight COVID-19
By Cecile Mantovani and Denis Balibouse CHAMBLON, Switzerland (Reuters) - In the battle against coronavirus, Swiss soldiers are using smartphones to test a new contact tracing application that could p...
May 01, 2020
UK factories suffer worst month in three decades: IHS Markit
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - British manufacturers suffered the biggest fall in output and orders for at least three decades in April, as measures to slow the spread of the new coronavirus sen...
May 01, 2020
