Category Archives: Syndicated
Wirecard administrator says received inbound interest for assets
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Wirecard's administrator said he has received strong inbound interest for the payment firm's assets and will shortly mandate banks for the sale of individual parts of the company...
Jul 01, 2020
Diagnostics firm Eurofins launches new coronavirus test devices
PARIS (Reuters) - French diagnostics company Eurofins Technologies announced on Wednesday the launch of new devices aimed at testing for the presence of COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the...
Jul 01, 2020
Facebook frustrates advertisers as boycott over hate speech kicks off
By Sheila Dang and Katie Paul NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Advertisements for more than 400 brands including Coca-Cola and Starbucks are due to vanish from Facebook on Wednesday, after the failu...
Jul 01, 2020
MLB won’t name players who test positive for COVID-19
When Major League Baseball players land on the injured list this summer, fans will be left to speculate whether the cause was a positive test for the coronavirus. The Health Insurance Portability and ...
Jul 01, 2020
Japan’s new auto sales skid 23% year-on-year in June: industry data
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese new auto sales dropped by nearly a quarter in June from a year earlier as consumers continued to hit the brakes on car purchases in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, ind...
Jul 01, 2020
Israeli foreign minister says annexation move unlikely on Wednesday
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's foreign minister said an announcement on the proposed annexation of occupied West Bank land was unlikely on Wednesday, the start-date set by Prime Minister Benjamin Neta...
Jul 01, 2020
New North American trade deal launches under growing threat of disputes
By David Lawder, Dave Graham and David Ljunggren WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY/OTTAWA (Reuters) - The revamped trade pact between the United States, Canada and Mexico taking effect on Wednesday was meant to ...
Jul 01, 2020
Thailand reports two new imported coronavirus cases in quarantine
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Wednesday confirmed two new coronavirus cases, both of which were imported from abroad, marking 37 successive days without domestic transmission. The new cases were Tha...
Jun 30, 2020
Australia to lock down 300,000 in Melbourne suburbs after coronavirus spike
By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Authorities will lock down around 300,000 people in suburbs north of Melbourne for a month from late on Wednesday to contain the risk of infection after two wee...
Jun 30, 2020
New York City Council passes 2021 budget, including some police cuts
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A majority of New York City Council members voted to pass the 2021 fiscal year budget on Tuesday that seeks to close a $9 billion revenue shortfall caused by the coronavirus pande...
Jun 30, 2020
