Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Microsoft to invest $1 billion in Polish cloud project
WARSAW (Reuters) - Microsoft will invest $1 billion in Poland as part of a plan that will involve opening a data centre in the country to provide cloud services to businesses and government institutio...
May 05, 2020
UK COVID-19 death toll rises above 32,000, highest in Europe: data
LONDON (Reuters) - More than 32,000 people in the United Kingdom have died with suspected COVID-19, the highest official toll yet reported in Europe, according to data published on Tuesday. The Office...
May 05, 2020
Malaysia reports 30 new coronavirus cases and one death
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian health authorities on Tuesday reported 30 new coronavirus cases, bringing the cumulative total to 6,383 cases as the country entered the second day of relaxed curbs ...
May 05, 2020
Hong Kong March retail sales plunge 42% year-on-year as coronavirus hurts economy
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's retail sales fell by 42% in March from a year earlier, as travel restrictions kept tourists away and most residents steered clear of shops and restaurants for fear of...
May 05, 2020
Lebanon to extend virus shutdown, fears second wave
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon is set to extend its lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus by two weeks until May 24 with the prime minister warning on Tuesday that a failure to comply with a gradual ...
May 05, 2020
UK economy set to shrink 7% or more, April PMIs dive: IHS Markit
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's economy is on course for an unprecedented 7% quarterly contraction after measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus forced business closures across t...
May 05, 2020
Quick economic bounce-back post-corona unlikely: ECB’s Weidmann
BERLIN (Reuters) - Measures to constrain and combat the coronavirus pandemic are likely to remain in place for a long time, meaning a rapid and strong economic recovery is relatively unlikely, German ...
May 05, 2020
Coronavirus reproduction rate in Germany at 0.71: RKI
BERLIN (Reuters) - The reproduction rate for the coronavirus pandemic in Germany is currently estimated at 0.71, the head of public health authority RKI said on Tuesday. That number indicates that 100...
May 05, 2020
Italy’s CNH Industrial aims for full production by end of May
MILAN (Reuters) - Vehicle and equipment maker CNH Industrial said on Tuesday it planned to return progressively to full operations at most of its facilities around the world by the end of May, in line...
May 05, 2020
Third of French aerospace sector on partial unemployment schemes
PARIS (Reuters) - About a third of the people employed by the French aerospace sector are out of action on government-backed partial unemployment schemes, the head of the country's aerospace industry ...
May 05, 2020
