Category Archives: Syndicated
Apple loyalists prove physical stores not needed to drive iPhone sales: J.P. Morgan
(Reuters) - Apple customer loyalty and response to the COVID-19 pandemic have proven brick-and-mortar stores are not essential to drive sales of its products, J.P.Morgan said on Friday, as the iPhone ...
Jul 31, 2020
Canada GDP rises 4.5% in May on COVID-19 reopenings
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian economy expanded by 4.5% in May as businesses across the country began reopening from coronavirus shutdowns, Statistics Canada said on Friday. The goods-producing secto...
Jul 31, 2020
U.S. consumer spending rises for second straight month in June
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending increased for second straight month in June, setting up consumption for a rebound in the third quarter, though the recovery could be limited by a resurgen...
Jul 31, 2020
WTO fails to agree on interim leader before choosing new chief
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The World Trade Organization has failed to select a caretaker chief due to an impasse among members who must still agree by November on a replacement for outgoing Director-General...
Jul 31, 2020
Germany warns against travel to three virus-hit Spanish regions
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's foreign ministry warned against unnecessary tourist trips to the Spanish regions of Catalonia - home to Barcelona -, Aragon and Navarre on Friday. People returning to Germ...
Jul 31, 2020
Talks on U.S. COVID-19 aid bill continue, No. 2 House Democrat says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Negotiations over another coronavirus relief bill continue, the No. 2 Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives said as a federal jobless benefit was set to expire on Friday...
Jul 31, 2020
Congo soldier shoots dead 12 in drunken rampage
BUKAVU, Congo (Reuters) - A soldier shot dead 12 people and injured nine others during a drunken rampage in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday evening, regional authorities said. Securit...
Jul 31, 2020
Russia opens criminal case against Kremlin critic after planned anti-Putin protest
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian authorities said on Friday they had opened a criminal case against an opposition Moscow city councillor who had planned a rally against President Vladimir Putin because she ...
Jul 31, 2020
China says to penalise Luckin Coffee for accounting fraud
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese regulators said they would penalise Luckin Coffee after confirming accounting fraud that has already forced the company to delist from the U.S. Nasdaq exchange. The Ministr...
Jul 31, 2020
UK science advisers not confident English R rate is below 1
LONDON (Reuters) - UK scientists are no longer confident that the reproduction number of the coronavirus in England is below 1, the government said on Friday, even as latest estimates suggested it was...
Jul 31, 2020
