Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Uruguay to repatriate Australians and New Zealanders from coronavirus-hit cruise ship
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Uruguay on Saturday will repatriate 112 Australians and New Zealanders from a cruise ship that has been stranded in the La Plata River near capital Montevideo since March 27, ...
Apr 10, 2020
Fed policymakers working to limit damage as pandemic puts U.S. economy on pause
By Jonnelle Marte and Howard Schneider (Reuters) - The U.S. economy was on a strong footing before the coronavirus pandemic and Federal Reserve officials are working to help the economy rebound quickl...
Apr 10, 2020
Portugal’s Costa criticises Netherlands over commitment to EU
LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Friday that the Netherlands' attempt to block economic support to fight the coronavirus raised questions about the future of the Euro...
Apr 10, 2020
Boeing hires Lazard, Evercore to assess government aid, private sector loans: source
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing Co has hired investment banks Lazard and Evercore Inc to assess potential U.S. government assistance or private sector loans, a person briefed on the ...
Apr 10, 2020
Trump to unveil council to re-open the country after coronavirus pandemic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he will soon be announcing a second coronavirus task force, creating a council to focus on re-opening the country after the worst...
Apr 10, 2020
How COVID-19 affected U.S. consumer prices in March
By Dan Burns (Reuters) - Coast-to-coast shutdowns of businesses and stay-at-home orders from the effort to contain the new coronavirus pandemic took their toll on U.S. consumer prices in March, sendin...
Apr 10, 2020
Outbid and left hanging, U.S. states scramble for ventilators
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - On the final Thursday in March the Arkansas team in charge of procuring ventilators thought they had scored a coup: a vendor had agreed to sell them 500 of the breathing ma...
Apr 10, 2020
Lebanon’s Hariri attacks government over draft economic plan
By Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) - Former Lebanese prime minister Saad al-Hariri on Friday criticised the government over a draft programme for tackling a major financial crisis, saying it appeared on co...
Apr 10, 2020
Fire breaks out at Siberian prison after violence
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A fire broke out at a prison in the Siberian region of Irkutsk after a riot by inmates late on Thursday, the Interfax news agency reported. A prison guard was attacked during the in...
Apr 10, 2020
Turkey imposes two-day lockdown in all major cities
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey is imposing a two-day lockdown in 31 provinces, including Istanbul, Ankara and other major cities, in response to the spread of COVID-19, the Interior Ministry said on Frid...
Apr 10, 2020
