Category Archives: Syndicated
Petropavlovsk moves to defend itself with interim board, calls second AGM
LONDON (Reuters) - Russian gold miner Petropavlovsk appointed four new directors and asked British regulators to look into possible breach of the takeover code by a major shareholder, as it battles to...
Jun 30, 2020
Thailand to regulate online and food delivery services
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's cabinet on Tuesday approved measures to regulate food and online delivery services after customer complaints during the country's coronavirus lockdown, a senior governme...
Jun 30, 2020
With eyes on Indo-Pacific, Australia to rapidly increase defence spending
By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will boost defence spending by nearly 40% over the next 10 years as Canberra shifts its military assets to focus on the Indo-Pacific region, Prime Ministe...
Jun 30, 2020
Italian whole-town study finds 40% of coronavirus cases had no symptoms
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - A study of coronavirus infections that covered almost everyone in the quarantined north Italian town of V found that 40% of cases showed no symptoms - suggesting tha...
Jun 30, 2020
Greece’s NBG hires Morgan Stanley to advise on six billion euro bad debt sale
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's National Bank (NBG) has hired Morgan Stanley as an adviser ahead of a planned sale of more than 6.0 billion euros ($6.73 billion) of non-performing credit, part of its bala...
Jun 30, 2020
Saudi central bank governor calls for more lending from commercial banks
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's central bank governor said it was encouraging commercial banks to lend more to sustain businesses during the coronavirus crisis. Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA...
Jun 30, 2020
Tokyo’s new coronavirus steps aim to balance economy and health
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo on Tuesday said it will move away from numerical targets to contain COVID-19 and rely more on the advice of a committee of experts, to try to control the novel coronavirus and ...
Jun 30, 2020
Wirecard’s former boss faces criminal complaint in Austria
VIENNA (Reuters) - An Austrian lawyer has filed a criminal complaint against Wirecard's former Chief Executive Markus Braun and Chief Operating Officer Jan Marsalek at a court in Vienna, accusing them...
Jun 30, 2020
Turkish lawyers protest against government plan to reform bar associations
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Thousands of Turkish lawyers protested outside Istanbul's main courthouse on Tuesday against a government plan to reform bar associations, saying it aims to silence dissent and wi...
Jun 30, 2020
Motor racing: McLaren’s Formula One future was never a doubt, says Seidl
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - McLaren's Formula One future was never in doubt despite a cash crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and now resolved by a fresh injection of funds, team princi...
Jun 30, 2020
