Category Archives: Syndicated
Mexico loses 12 million jobs, workers in informal sector grow
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Twelve million Mexicans have lost their jobs since March as part of the economic fallout from the coronavirus, and the number of people working in the informal sector shot up s...
Jun 30, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate Biden says he is targeting early August to announce his vice presidential pick
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Simon Lewis WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said on Tuesday he hoped to announce his choice of vice presidential candidate in early Aug...
Jun 30, 2020
Bulgaria expects budget surplus of 1.3% of GDP at end-June
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria expects to have a fiscal surplus equal to 1.3% of gross domestic product in the first half of the year, compared with a surplus of 2.7% over the same period a year ago, the ...
Jun 30, 2020
Global hedge fund liquidations surge as coronavirus hurts returns: data
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - More hedge funds went out of business during the first three months of 2020 than at any other time since 2015 as the coronavirus led to heavy losses and inves...
Jun 30, 2020
Biden says he will consider asking for a classified briefing on possible Russian bounties
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said on Tuesday he will consider asking for a classified briefing on allegations that Russia offered bounties for the killing o...
Jun 30, 2020
Philippines keeps partial restrictions in the capital to fight virus
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday kept partial restrictions in the capital for another two weeks as he tries to contain the spread of the new coronavirus while reducin...
Jun 30, 2020
Top U.S. House Republican resists extending coronavirus unemployment benefits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Tuesday it would not be productive to extend extra unemployment benefits that were included in coronavirus relief...
Jun 30, 2020
U.S. farmers cut back corn plantings on COVID fears, weather problems
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. corn acreage will be 5.4% smaller than initially forecast, the U.S. government said on Tuesday, with farmers in key production states cutting back on their plantings as the no...
Jun 30, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 2,581,229 coronavirus cases
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday reported 2,581,229 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 35,664 cases from its previous count, and said that the num...
Jun 30, 2020
Turkey’s Halkbank to seek removal of U.S. judge in Iran sanctions case
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Halkbank will ask the U.S. judge overseeing a criminal case accusing it of helping Iran evade American sanctions to recuse himself, a lawyer for the Turkish ba...
Jun 30, 2020
