Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pelosi, Schumer back emergency business funds amid coronavirus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic leaders in Congress on Wednesday threw their support behind interim emergency funding a day after the Trump administration asked U.S. lawmakers for another $250 billi...
Apr 08, 2020
Factbox: EU push for more coronavirus economic rescue hits the rocks
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union finance ministers failed to break a deadlock in all-night talks on more support for their coronavirus-hit economies, with north-south divisions flaring and strainin...
Apr 08, 2020
Croatia says it needs $10 billion to combat coronavirus crisis
ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia will need about 70 billion kuna ($10 billion) in the next few months to finance the measures it undertakes to combat the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Finance Mini...
Apr 08, 2020
Ex-Kazakh president’s grandson wins UK case over purchase of London mansion
LONDON (Reuters) - London's High Court removed anti-graft orders against the grandson of the former president of Kazakhstan on Wednesday, dealing a blow to powers that British crime fighters use to ta...
Apr 08, 2020
Finland adds 1 billion euros to crisis funding for companies
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's government will add another 1 billion euros ($1.09 billion) to this year's budget of funding to help companies survive the economic blow of the coronavirus pandemic, Pri...
Apr 08, 2020
Highway 23 Construction to Resume Next Week
by Kevin Zimmermann SHEBOYGAN COUNTY, WI (WHBL) - Construction on the expansion of Highway 23 in Sheboygan County will resume this coming Monday. The project to expand the highway to...
Apr 08, 2020
Explainer: Do men fare worse with COVID-19?
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Death and infection tolls from the COVID-19 pandemic spreading around the world point to men being more likely than women to contract the disease and to suffer sever...
Apr 08, 2020
Pan-Pan! Facebook plea gets Sri Lankan chef off Italy-bound cruise
By Waruna Karunatilake COLOMBO (Reuters) - A Sri Lankan chef stuck aboard a cruise ship headed to Europe managed to get ashore in Colombo this week after issuing a social media plea for help from his ...
Apr 08, 2020
Israelis mark Passover, a celebration of freedom, in virtual isolation
By Rami Ayyub JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Jewish Passover holiday typically draws crowds of Israelis outside to burn heaps of leavened bread, commemorating the Biblical exodus from slavery in Egypt. But...
Apr 08, 2020
H&M borrows 980 million euros to boost liquidity buffer amid pandemic
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - H&M , the world's second-biggest fashion retailer, said on Wednesday it had signed a 980 million euro ($1.1 billion) revolving credit facility to strengthen its liquidity buf...
Apr 08, 2020
