Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Toshiba to temporarily close factories, offices in Japan
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp on Wednesday said it will temporarily close factories and offices in Japan from May 6 to May 15, allowing as many as 76,000 to stay at home as the coronavirus spreads, K...
Apr 15, 2020
Britain was too slow to act on COVID-19, opposition Labour leader says
By Kylie MacLellan and Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) - The leader of Britain's main opposition party on Wednesday accused the government of being too slow to impose a lockdown when the novel coro...
Apr 15, 2020
Citigroup profit nearly halves as loan defaults loom
(Reuters) - Citigroup Inc reported a 46% plunge in quarterly profit on Wednesday as the bank set aside nearly $5 billion to prepare for an expected flood of defaults on loans due to a virtual halt in ...
Apr 15, 2020
CDC director says some U.S. states may be ready to reopen May 1
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday he believes 19 or 20 U.S. states have had limited impact from the new coronavirus and th...
Apr 15, 2020
Uber targets older Americans with phone-based food ordering during coronavirus crisis
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc on Wednesday said customers in New York City and the Miami area could now order restaurant meal deliveries over the phone, instead of through its app, ...
Apr 15, 2020
Wider Image: A day fighting COVID-19: U.S. hospital staff share hardest moments on shift
BALTIMORE, Md. (Reuters) - The shifts are long and the scenes are heartbreaking inside a Maryland hospital where nurses and doctors have been treating coronavirus patients for weeks, unable to let fam...
Apr 15, 2020
Dutch coronavirus cases rise by 734 to 28,153: authorities
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Netherlands rose by 734 to 28,153, health authorities said on Wednesday, with 189 new deaths. The total death toll in the country...
Apr 15, 2020
Austria to allow tennis, golf and other social-distancing-friendly sports
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria, which has started loosening its coronavirus lockdown, said on Wednesday it would allow some sports compatible with social distancing like tennis and golf to resume from May...
Apr 15, 2020
Coronavirus crimps LSE Group’s first-quarter debt issuance volumes
(Reuters) - London Stock Exchange Group posted a "marginal decline" in year-on-year debt issuance volumes in the first quarter on Wednesday, despite a flurry of public sector and investment grade acti...
Apr 15, 2020
Vietnam to extend coronavirus lockdown in 12 provinces for seven days
By Khanh Vu HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam will extend its coronavirus lockdown in 12 provinces, including Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, for seven days, although restrictions will be lifted in some areas out...
Apr 15, 2020
