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Comcast first-quarter broadband growth tops views, coronavirus hurts advertising
By Helen Coster (Reuters) - Comcast Corp on Thursday reported its best quarter of broadband net additions in 12 years, but revenue fell shy of Wall Street's estimate as the coronavirus pandemic hurt a...
Apr 30, 2020
Twitter sales top estimates, sees rebound from Asia’s eased coronavirus rules
By Paresh Dave and Elizabeth Culliford OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Twitter Inc on Thursday said its ads sales slightly rebounded in Asia after a plunge due to the coronavirus outbreak and it had accel...
Apr 30, 2020
Europe flooded with cocaine despite coronavirus trade disruptions
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Latin American drug lords have sent bumper shipments of cocaine to Europe in recent weeks, including one in a cargo of squid, even though the coronavirus ep...
Apr 30, 2020
As pandemic empties traditional Uzbek bazaars, supermarkets step in
By Mukhammadsharif Mamatkulov TASHKENT (Reuters) - As the coronavirus pandemic empties the bustling bazaars that have long dominated Uzbekistan's food trade, supermarkets are driving into the vacuum, ...
Apr 30, 2020
China’s central bank approves business operations of newly revamped Baoshang Bank
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's central bank said on Thursday it had approved business operations of Mengshang Bank to take over the assets and operations of Baoshang Bank. China's financial regulators to...
Apr 30, 2020
Nigerian funds switch to stocks, hoping for rebound as foreigners exit
By Chijioke Ohuocha ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian funds are switching back to equities from fixed-income securities, hoping for a stock market rebound later this year after a coronavirus-induced rout in ...
Apr 30, 2020
Irish monthly retail sales fall 12.7% on motor trade collapse
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish retail sales fell 12.7% month-on-month in March to stand 11.1% lower year-on-year, according to data on Thursday that captured the gradual shut down of most traders last month...
Apr 30, 2020
Lufthansa, unions: we want to keep as many jobs as possible
BERLIN (Reuters) - Lufthansa and unions representing much of its staff told the German government that their joint top priorities were to maintain the airline's competitiveness after the coronavirus c...
Apr 30, 2020
Trump’s tariffs add to pandemic-induced turmoil of U.S. manufacturers
By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO (Reuters) - Dan Digre, head of MISCO Speakers, was on edge before the coronavirus outbreak hit the global economy. Payment of hundreds of thousands of dollars in Chinese ...
Apr 30, 2020
‘W-shaped’ recovery may be too optimistic, Fed’s Powell suggests
By Lindsay Dunsmuir WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has sketched out an altogether bumpier ride for the U.S. economy than many are predicting - one that sees business activi...
Apr 30, 2020
