Category Archives: Syndicated
U.S. private payrolls miss expectations; layoffs persist as demand weakens
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. private payrolls increased less than expected in June and employers announced more than 170,000 layoffs, strengthening views that the labor market and bro...
Jul 01, 2020
U.S. manufacturing activity hits 14-month high
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturing activity rebounded in June, hitting its highest level in more than a year as the broader economy reopened, but rising COVID-19 infections threaten the recover...
Jul 01, 2020
Myanmar to hold parliamentary election in November – state media
(Reuters) - Myanmar state media on Wednesday announced Nov. 8 as the date for a parliamentary general election set to serve as a test of the country's first democratic government in half a century. A ...
Jul 01, 2020
Irish ‘bad bank’ hopes to top projected four billion euro surplus
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's state-run "bad bank" hopes to deliver a total surplus to the government above its projected 4 billion euros, chief executive Brendan McDonagh said after paying over the fi...
Jul 01, 2020
Kissing off menu as lockdown ends for Dutch sex workers
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch sex workers welcomed customers back on Wednesday as the Netherlands further eased coronavirus measures, but they were advised to avoid heavy breathing and kissing to help r...
Jul 01, 2020
New normal: How far is safe enough?
(Reuters) - Among the many ways COVID-19 has reshaped people's lives, one of the most enduring may be how humans move through public spaces. Parks, restaurants, theatres and many other venues pose haz...
Jul 01, 2020
ECB’s communications chief to join Credit Suisse
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Credit Suisse hired European Central Bank communications chief Christine Graeff as its new Group Head Corporate Communications effective Jan 1, it said in a statement on Wednesda...
Jul 01, 2020
Immigration judges challenge Justice Dept over policy gagging them from public speech
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. immigration judges planned to ask a federal court on Wednesday to strike down a new Justice Department policy barring them from speaking publicly about im...
Jul 01, 2020
Rescue talks with the IMF ‘hit the rocks’ as Lebanese suffer
By Samia Nakhoul BEIRUT (Reuters) - As accelerating poverty fuels anger, despair and fear of a social explosion, efforts by Lebanon's ruling elite to salvage the country from a financial meltdown with...
Jul 01, 2020
ViacomCBS taps Amazon executive to replace CFO Spade
(Reuters) - ViacomCBS Inc said on Wednesday Amazon finance executive Naveen Chopra would replace Christina Spade as its chief financial officer, effective Aug. 10. Spade, who held the position since D...
Jul 01, 2020
