Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ferrari to pilot employee screening for coronavirus: Elkann
MILAN (Reuters) - Luxury group Ferrari will pilot a project to conduct voluntary screening of employees and their families to better fight the novel coronavirus outbreak, the head of holding group Exo...
Apr 08, 2020
Irish coronavirus-hit firms can tap extra 1 billion euros of liquidity
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland has made an additional 1 billion euros in liquidity support available to firms reeling from the coronavirus lockdown of the economy, Business Minister Heather Humphreys said...
Apr 08, 2020
Northern Irish driver pleads guilty over 39 Vietnamese truck deaths
LONDON (Reuters) - Northern Irish truck driver Maurice Robinson has pleaded guilty to 39 counts of manslaughter related to the deaths of Vietnamese people found in a shipping container in southeast En...
Apr 08, 2020
Exclusive: Venezuela gasoline shortages worsen as U.S. tells firms to avoid supply – sources
By Marianna Parraga, Luc Cohen and Matt Spetalnick (Reuters) - Gasoline shortages in Venezuela are worsening after U.S. officials have told foreign firms to refrain from supplying the fuel to the sanc...
Apr 08, 2020
U.S. crude and fuel stocks soar as demand craters due to pandemic: EIA
By David Gaffen (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil stockpiles soared while fuel demand slumped last week, each by their most in one week ever, government data showed on Wednesday, as the U.S. oil industry fel...
Apr 08, 2020
Britain says aiming to roll-out millions of coronavirus tests in months
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Wednesday it aimed to roll-out millions of coronavirus tests in months after criticism that it had moved too slowly on the issue, adding that a partnership with priv...
Apr 08, 2020
Exclusive: Second India coronavirus stimulus to focus on aid to small business
By Manoj Kumar and Aftab Ahmed NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A second stimulus package India is poised to announce in coming days will be worth around 1 trillion rupees ($13 billion) and focus on help for sma...
Apr 08, 2020
Switzerland extends anti-virus measures to April 26, sees phased-in loosening this month
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's government extended the nation's anti-coronavirus restrictions for another week to April 26, but said a gradual loosening of measures that now include border controls,...
Apr 08, 2020
Factbox: Europe eyes world’s biggest fiscal support package against coronavirus
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union governments and institutions are likely to agree on Thursday on steps that could boost the EU's fiscal response to the coronavirus pandemic to 3.2 trillion euros, t...
Apr 08, 2020
U.S. companies criticized for cutting jobs rather than investor payouts
By Alwyn Scott, Ross Kerber, Jessica DiNapoli and Rebecca Spalding NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. companies laying off workers in response to the coronavirus pandemic but still paying dividends and ...
Apr 08, 2020
