Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Trump says close to plan to reopen economy possibly, in part, before May 1
By Jeff Mason and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is close to completing a plan to end the coronavirus shutdown and reopen the battered U.S. economy wi...
Apr 14, 2020
China central bank will conduct medium-term lending facility operation on Wednesday: sources
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's central bank will conduct medium-term lending facility (MLF) operations on Wednesday, traders with direct knowledge of the matter said. There is no MLF loans due to expire...
Apr 14, 2020
New Zealand’s Ardern, ministers take 20% pay cut for six months due to coronavirus impact
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, ministers in her government and public service chief executives will take a 20% pay cut for the next six months given the economic imp...
Apr 14, 2020
Arizona to test 250,000 first responders, healthcare workers for COVID-19
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - Arizona on Tuesday said it would provide coronavirus antibody tests for 250,000 health-care workers and first responders in the largest such testing in the United States to d...
Apr 14, 2020
Glade Brook pitches ‘extraordinary opportunity’ in tech debt amid coronavirus
By Lawrence Delevingne and Joshua Franklin BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Glade Brook Capital Partners LLC, the venture capital firm led by Paul Hudson, is pitching a new fund to investors targeting the ...
Apr 14, 2020
Oil rallies on hopes for unprecedented stockpile purchases
TOKYO (Reuters) - Benchmark U.S. crude rose more than 3% in early trade on Wednesday, recovering from a 10% slump the previous session on hopes for purchases by consumer countries for their strategic ...
Apr 14, 2020
South Korea holds parliamentary election under strict safety measures amid pandemic
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Koreans began going to the polls on Wednesday to elect members of parliament under strict safety guidance in one of the first national elections held amid the c...
Apr 14, 2020
China launches coronavirus survey in nine regions: state media
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has launched an epidemiological survey in nine regions in an effort to determine the full scale of asymptomatic infections and overall immunity levels, the official China Da...
Apr 14, 2020
Dollar nurses losses as hopes of pandemic peak support risk appetite
By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar nursed losses on Wednesday as investors cautiously returned to riskier currencies after U.S. President Donald Trump edged toward rolling back some restric...
Apr 14, 2020
U.S. self-driving car startup Zoox agrees to settle lawsuit with Tesla
(Reuters) - Zoox Inc said on Tuesday it had settled a lawsuit with Tesla Inc after admitting that some new hires from the electric carmaker were in possession of certain Tesla documents when they join...
Apr 14, 2020
