Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Full disclosure? Hedge funds navigate COVID health questions
By Maiya Keidan and Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) - As the hedge funds once clustered in London's Mayfair negotiate gyrating markets, they are facing a new line of investor questioning: who has cont...
May 22, 2020
On this day: Born May 23, 1944: John Newcombe, Australian tennis player
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Three of John Newcombe's countrymen have won more Grand Slam singles titles but any doubts about his standing in Australian tennis are put to rest at the sport's an...
May 22, 2020
FC Cincinnati botch announcement of new coach Stam
FC Cincinnati hired former Manchester United defender Jaap Stam as its head coach on Thursday, although the Major League Soccer team bungled the online announcement. The club sent out a tweet welcomin...
May 22, 2020
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: No target for economic growth China's parliament meeting, delayed from March due to the coronavirus pandemic, opened on a somb...
May 22, 2020
India plans scrutiny of new portfolio investors from China, Hong Kong: sources
By Aftab Ahmed and Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has drafted rules proposing tighter scrutiny of new Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) from China and Hong Kong, three government sources to...
May 22, 2020
China defence spending rise at three-decade low, still to grow 6.6%
By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) - China's defence spending this year will rise at the slowest rate in three decades but will still increase by an impressive 6.6% from 2019, as the country grapples w...
May 22, 2020
Delegates at China’s virus-delayed congress tested and masked
By Cate Cadell BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top leaders took the stage in front of a sea of masked delegates for the opening of parliament on Friday, the culmination of intensive planning at a time whe...
May 22, 2020
Taiwan urges China to start dialogue with Hong Kong people
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan urged China on Friday to "sincerely start a dialogue" with people in Hong Kong after China proposed new national security legislation for the former British colony. Taiwan wi...
May 22, 2020
Roche buys U.S. gene sequencing tech company Stratos Genomics
ZURICH (Reuters) - Pharmaceutical group Roche has acquired U.S.-based Stratos Genomics to further develop DNA-based sequencing for diagnostic use, it said on Friday. "The acquisition provides Roche ac...
May 22, 2020
Final round of French local elections due on June 28: BFM TV
PARIS (Reuters) - The final round of France's local mayoral elections will be scheduled for June 28, BFM TV reported on Friday. French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe had said earlier this month the e...
May 22, 2020
