Author Archives: Syndicated Content
NetEase and JD.com set dates for $5 billion Hong Kong listings
By Julie Zhu and Kane Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese technology company NetEase plans to carry out a secondary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on June 11, which will be followed one week lat...
May 22, 2020
Children with COVID-19 may be less contagious than adults, UK scientists say
LONDON (Reuters) - Children have milder COVID-19 symptoms than adults and the balance of evidence suggests that children may have lower susceptibility and infectivity than adults, scientists advising ...
May 22, 2020
Chile’s central bank says looking at more options to jumpstart economy: minutes
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's central bank will consider further monetary impulse measures including non-traditional avenues to bolster the economy as the world's no. 1 copper produce...
May 22, 2020
UK PM Johnson could meet U.S. President Trump at G7: The Sun
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson could travel to the United States to meet President Donald Trump at a G7 meeting next month, The Sun newspaper reported. A G7 meeting is schedul...
May 22, 2020
Default then deal? Argentina hits payment deadline with distance left in talks
By Adam Jourdan and Hugh Bronstein BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina faces a hard deadline to make $500 million in already delayed bond interest payments on Friday, which investors expect it will mis...
May 22, 2020
Adams arrested on misdemeanors
Green Bay Packers defensive tackle Montravius Adams was arrested and charged with three midsemeanors this week. On Tuesday, police in Houston County, Georgia booked Adams on charges of driving with a ...
May 22, 2020
UK’s Blair: Patchy data means Africa could use antibody tests to track COVID-19
By Katharine Houreld NAIROBI (Reuters) - African nations should use antibody tests to find out whether the slower spread and lower mortality rate of the new coronavirus on the continent is due to patc...
May 22, 2020
Surge in UK debt-to-GDP ratio driven by fall in output: OBR
LONDON (Reuters) - A jump in Britain's debt-to-GDP ratio in April to its highest since 1963 largely reflects the big fall in output that the coronavirus is expected to have caused, rather than last mo...
May 22, 2020
U.S. urges WHO to start review of pandemic response, seeks reforms
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States called on the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday to begin work immediately on investigating the source of the novel coronavirus, as well as its own handling...
May 22, 2020
Chechen leader Kadyrov in Moscow hospital with suspected coronavirus: Russian news agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Russia's southern region of Chechnya, is suspected of having contracted the new coronavirus and is receiving treatment in a Moscow hospital, three Russ...
May 22, 2020
