Author Archives: Syndicated Content
ECB to give banks ample time to resume pre-crisis capital rules: press
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank will give banks ample time to return to normal capital and liquidity levels after the coronavirus crisis passes, the ECB's chief supervisor told Spanish...
Apr 20, 2020
Picking for Britain – coronavirus crisis draws workers to farms
By Natalie Thomas and James Davey BRAUNTON, England (Reuters) - Thousands of Britons have answered the call for backbreaking work on the country's fruit and vegetable farms this summer as the coronavi...
Apr 20, 2020
Ghana turns to drones to enable faster coronavirus testing
LAGOS (Reuters) - Ghana is using delivery drones from U.S.-based startup Zipline to enable it to test people more quickly outside major cities for the novel coronavirus, the company said on Monday. Gh...
Apr 20, 2020
Mind the gap: Rising Italy yield premia put bond markets back on ECB watch
By Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) - Bond markets are again testing the ECB's resolve to contain a rise in Italian borrowing costs, betting the central bank will have no choice but to unleash greate...
Apr 20, 2020
Thailand reports 27 new coronavirus cases, no new deaths
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Monday reported 27 new coronavirus cases, bringing the nation's total to 2,792 cases, a senior health official said. Of the new cases, 16 had come into contact with a p...
Apr 20, 2020
Latest on the spread of the coronavirus around the world
(Reuters) - Reported cases of the coronavirus have crossed 2.38 million globally and 164,918 people have died, according to a Reuters tally as of 0200 GMT on Monday. DEATHS AND INFECTIONS * For an int...
Apr 20, 2020
South Koreans return to work, crowd parks, malls as social distancing rules ease
By Hyonhee Shin and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) - South Koreans are returning to work and crowding shopping malls, parks, golf courses and some restaurants as South Korea relaxes social distancing r...
Apr 20, 2020
Novartis, U.S. regulators agree to malaria drug trial against COVID-19
ZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis has reached an agreement with U.S. regulators to hold a randomized trial of generic malaria drug hydroxychloroquine against COVID-19 disease in 440 hospitalised patients, t...
Apr 20, 2020
EU economics chief: 1.5 trillion euros in aid could be needed to tackle coronavirus
BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Union's Economics Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni told German magazine Der Spiegel that aid worth around 1.5 trillion euros ($1.63 trillion) could be needed to tackle the ...
Apr 20, 2020
Spectacles group EssilorLuxottica to scrap dividend, cut costs
PARIS (Reuters) - EssilorLuxottica , the spectacles company whose brands include Oakley and Ray-Ban, said on Monday that it would scrap its dividend and would look to cut costs, in order to cope with ...
Apr 20, 2020
