Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China pushes forward launching east-bound leg of Shanghai-London Stock Connect in 2020
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The Shanghai Stock Exchange said it will push forward with launching the east-bound leg of the Shanghai-London Stock Connect this year. The bourse's annual plan, published on its ...
Apr 23, 2020
Hungary central bank to hold fire after surprise rate rise, QE in focus: Reuters poll
By Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The National Bank of Hungary (NBH) will leave its key interest rates unchanged next Tuesday after an unexpected increase in lending rates early this month to ha...
Apr 23, 2020
Norway faces biggest decline in mortgage demand in over a decade: central bank survey
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway could see its biggest decline in mortgage demand this quarter since the financial crisis more than a decade ago, a central bank survey of the banking industry showed on Thursda...
Apr 23, 2020
Serbia reopens border crossings for Hungarian commuters
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Serbia and Hungary have agreed to reopen three checkpoints on their border from Thursday morning to allow access for commuter workers, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto s...
Apr 23, 2020
Philippines nears 7,000 coronavirus cases, reports 16 new deaths
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' health ministry on Thursday reported 16 new coronavirus deaths and 271 confirmed infections, ahead of President Rodrigo Duterte's decision whether to lift or extend...
Apr 23, 2020
Silence shrouds London’s deserted midnight party land
By Guy Faulconbridge and Dylan Martinez LONDON (Reuters) - At midnight, silence shrouds London's party land. The packed streets and teeming bars that have tended to the nocturnal needs of drunken poet...
Apr 23, 2020
Euro zone business activity ground to a halt in April: PMI
LONDON (Reuters) - Economic activity in the euro zone all but ground to a halt this month as the new coronavirus sweeping across the world forced governments to impose lockdowns and firms to down tool...
Apr 23, 2020
Russia’s new coronavirus cases fall for third day running as total passes 62,000
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia recorded 4,774 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, a fall in the number of daily new cases for the third day running, bringing its nationwide tally to 62,773, the Rus...
Apr 23, 2020
South Asia coronavirus cases top 37,000, headache for govts eyeing lockdown end
By Sanjeev Miglani and Asif Shahzad NEW DELHI (Reuters) - South Asia's coronavirus infections have crossed 37,000, with more than half in India, official data showed on Thursday, complicating the task...
Apr 23, 2020
Singapore confirms 1,037 new COVID-19 cases
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's health ministry said it had preliminarily confirmed 1,037 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, taking the Southeast Asian city-state's total infections to 11,178. The h...
Apr 23, 2020
