Category Archives: Syndicated
Racing Point confident they can see off Renault protest
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Racing Point accused Formula One rivals Renault on Monday of making a "misconceived and poorly informed" protest against them at the Styrian Grand Prix and said they...
Jul 13, 2020
Brazil’s offshore oil workers chilled by coronavirus outbreaks
By Gram Slattery RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - On Friday, May 1, two workers on the PXA-1 offshore platform owned by Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras checked into the facility's infirmary complai...
Jul 13, 2020
U.S. set to carry out first federal execution of prisoner in 17 years
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - The first execution of a federal prisoner in more than 17 years was due to take place later on Monday, the culmination of an effort by the Trump administration to revive ...
Jul 13, 2020
Did Uncle Sam’s virus aid help your credit score? Don’t count on a loan
By Anna Irrera NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rachel Levine, a New York-based office furniture saleswoman, lost her job in late March without any notice or severance pay when the coronavirus outbreak shut down ...
Jul 13, 2020
Thailand tightens borders over fears of second wave of coronavirus
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand ordered security stepped up at its land borders on Monday after concerns surged over a possible second wave of coronavirus infections, following the arrests of thousands o...
Jul 13, 2020
IMF slashes Middle East and Central Asia growth forecasts
By Davide Barbuscia DUBAI (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised downwards its growth projections for the Middle East and Central Asia as economies were hurt worse than expected...
Jul 13, 2020
Futures rise on Pepsi’s revenue beat, M&A cheer
By Medha Singh and Devik Jain (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Monday as Pepsi kicked off the second-quarter earnings season on a bright note, with a multi-billion dollar semiconductor dea...
Jul 13, 2020
Tunisia raises 2020 budget deficit estimate to 7% of GDP from 3%
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's budget deficit in 2020 will be about 7% of GDP compared with 3% expected previously, finance minister Nizar Yaich said on Monday. In a joint press conference, investment mi...
Jul 13, 2020
Pfizer, BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccines get FDA’s ‘fast track’ status
(Reuters) - Two experimental coronavirus vaccines by German biotech firm BioNTech and U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer have received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's 'fast track' designation, t...
Jul 13, 2020
Germany extends fencing along Polish border to keep out swine fever
HAMBURG (Reuters) - Fencing along the German-Polish border is being extended in stepped-up efforts to prevent African swine fever being spread to Germany by wild boars, German authorities said on Mond...
Jul 13, 2020
