Author Archives: Syndicated Content
French coronavirus cases jump above China’s after including nursing home tally
By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) - The number of people who have died from the COVID-19 illness in France jumped by 61% to 6,507 over two days after data from nursing homes were included, and confir...
Apr 03, 2020
Over 120,000 sign online petition to reinstate U.S. Navy carrier commander
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 120,000 people have signed a petition calling on the U.S. Navy to reinstate the captain of a coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier a day after he was relieved of his c...
Apr 03, 2020
Soaring unemployment increases odds U.S. banks will cut dividends
By David Henry NEW YORK (Reuters) - Questions are building about whether big U.S. banks will have to cut dividends later this year as the coronavirus crisis puts a record portion of Americans out of w...
Apr 03, 2020
Scared, tired New York doctor: ‘It’s going to get tougher’
(Reuters) - A doctor at a New York City hospital had to make a difficult decision last weekend to send his wife and 17-month-old daughter away while he remained on the front lines of the U.S. coronavi...
Apr 03, 2020
Connecticut coronavirus cases spike, governor calls it a hot spot
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - A total of 64 percent of the people tested for the novel coronavirus in Connecticut in the past 24 hours came back positive, a spike that underscored the state's status as ...
Apr 03, 2020
Explainer: Antitrust law won’t get in the way of U.S. acting to raise oil prices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It is illegal for oil producers to meet to discuss pushing up oil prices under U.S. antitrust law, but perfectly legal if state regulators or the federal government set lower pr...
Apr 03, 2020
Kennedy granddaughter, great-grandson missing in Chesapeake Bay
By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - The granddaughter of the late Robert F. Kennedy and her young son were missing on Friday after drifting out into the Chesapeake Bay on a canoe, Maryland Governor Larry ...
Apr 03, 2020
Trump promotes voluntary use of cloth masks against coronavirus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that the U.S. government is now recommending Americans wear cloth face coverings on a voluntary basis to stem the spread of the deadly...
Apr 03, 2020
Falkland Islands reports first case of the coronavirus
(Reuters) - Falkland Islands has confirmed the island territory's first case of the coronavirus, the government said in a statement https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1246169936105541632 on Friday. The ...
Apr 03, 2020
Large U.S. banks to take small business loan applications next week: Mnuchin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday he expects all large U.S. banks to be participating in a newly launched, $350 billion small business coronavirus rescue loa...
Apr 03, 2020
