Category Archives: Syndicated
U.S. employers announced more job cuts in June: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers announced an additional 170,219 job cuts in June as the recession caused by the COVID-19 depresses demand and pushes companies into bankruptcy, a report showed on...
Jul 01, 2020
Merkel says EU must be prepared if Brexit talks fail
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday the European Union must prepare for a possible failure of talks with Britain over a new trading relationship. She said talks were t...
Jul 01, 2020
Futures retreat as virus surge threatens recovery
By Pawel Goraj (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures fell on Wednesday as a record single-day spike in coronavirus cases in the country heightened fears of another lockdown and threatened to derail a n...
Jul 01, 2020
Game over for sports betting on coronavirus insurance
By Carolyn Cohn and Noor Zainab Hussain LONDON (Reuters) - Major sports events working to get back up and running after the coronavirus crisis are likely to have to do so without cancellation insuranc...
Jul 01, 2020
UK says China’s security law is serious violation of Hong Kong treaty
By William James LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom said on Wednesday that China's imposition of a security law on Hong Kong was a "clear and serious" violation of the 1984 Joint Declaration and ca...
Jul 01, 2020
UK competition regulator calls for new rules to check Google, Facebook
(Reuters) - The UK government should introduce new measures to check the dominance of tech giants Google and Facebook in digital advertising, Britain's competition watchdog said on Wednesday. The UK's...
Jul 01, 2020
BoE’s Haskel says risks to the economy are on the downside
LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England interest rate-setter Jonathan Haskel said there was a risk that Britain's economy would be harder hit by the coronavirus crisis than the central bank has predicted. ...
Jul 01, 2020
Portugal’s employed population shrinks further in May amid COVID-19
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's active workforce diminished by 3.1% in May from April to 4.91 million as fewer Portuguese sought jobs amid the coronavirus pandemic, and the number of those employed shra...
Jul 01, 2020
U.S. tells Japan it hopes for in-person G7 summit in late August, Japanese sources say
By Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States has told Japan that it wants to organize an in-person Group of Seven leaders' summit in late August, two Japanese government sources with dire...
Jul 01, 2020
Allianz to end Wirecard cooperation amid accounting scandal
MUNICH (Reuters) - Allianz said on Wednesday that it was ending its relationship with Wirecard Bank and removing from the market a mobile payment app that the two companies had developed. The move is ...
Jul 01, 2020
