Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Goldman Sachs profit halves on mounting loan loss provisions
(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc reported a 49% fall in quarterly profit on Wednesday, as the bank put aside nearly $1 billion to meet future loan defaults and booked heavy losses on its debt and e...
Apr 15, 2020
Mekong river groups urge China to show transparency after dam report
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Groups working to protect the Mekong River have called for greater transparency and cooperation from China after a report that Chinese dams held back water during a damaging drough...
Apr 15, 2020
Africa may rebound in 2021, but coronavirus impact to endure: IMF
By Joe Bavier JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Africa is expected to reverse an economic contraction linked to fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic next year, according to the International Monetary Fund, but t...
Apr 15, 2020
Greece transfers first group of young refugees to EU countries
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece transferred a dozen unaccompanied children from overcrowded migrant camps to Luxembourg on Wednesday, the first of more than 1,000 relocations that are being expedited amid c...
Apr 15, 2020
Honda deploys its minivans to transport virus patients
By Naomi Tajitsu TOKYO (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co said it has remodeled 50 of its minivans to transport COVID-19 patients to hospitals and quarantine facilities in Japan, sealing off the rear section ...
Apr 15, 2020
Crisis shows companies need social licence to operate, Federated Hermes says
LONDON (Reuters) - Federated Hermes has written an open letter to company executives and chairpersons setting out how COVID 19 has changed its engagement priorities and how the pandemic should change ...
Apr 15, 2020
Israeli drone targets Hezbollah near Syria-Lebanon border: sources
BEIRUT (Reuters) - An Israeli drone targeted a car carrying forces from Iran-backed Hezbollah in Syria near the Lebanese border, a commander in the pro-Damascus regional alliance and a security source...
Apr 15, 2020
Brazil airline Azul hires adviser to restructure debt: report
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian airline Azul SA has hired restructuring firm Galeazzi & Associados to renegotiate its financial and suppliers' debt, Brazilian newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo reported o...
Apr 15, 2020
Employees Needed Locally, Even During COVID-19 Crisis
by Kevin Zimmermann SHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) - It might seem that going without work during the coronavirus pandemic is a given, but the Executive Director of the Sheboygan County Economic Development Cor...
Apr 15, 2020
Geneva baby’s arrival shows life goes on amid coronavirus chaos
By Cecile Mantovani GENEVA (Reuters) - Her parents were infected with COVID-19 last month, the maternity unit was operating under lockdown and their relatives live across closed borders, yet like mill...
Apr 15, 2020
