Category Archives: Syndicated
Boston Fed publishes initial listing of lenders accepting new customers under Main Street loan program
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston published an initial listing of lenders accepting new business customers under the Main Street Lending Program. Read more here https://www.bosto...
Jul 08, 2020
France says creditor countries need to think about debt relief after 2020
PARIS (Reuters) - G20 countries and Paris Club creditor nations need to start thinking about debt relief for the poorest countries beyond a debt payment suspension deal this year, French Finance Minis...
Jul 08, 2020
Trump says ‘may cut off funding’ if U.S. schools do not open
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, who has been pushing states to open American schools in the fall, on Wednesday threatened to cut off federal funding to those that did not open. "Th...
Jul 08, 2020
Central Asia struggles with resurgent coronavirus after reopening
By Olga Dzyubenko BISHKEK (Reuters) - A man in his 60s, distraught and tearful, cries "I don't know what to do now" as medical staff in protective gear carry the body of his dead wife out of a former ...
Jul 08, 2020
Two dead after rockfall in Austrian gorge
VIENNA (Reuters) - Two people died on Wednesday after a rockfall in the Baerenschuetzklamm, a spectacular mountain gorge accessible to visitors in the Austrian province of Styria, the provincial head ...
Jul 08, 2020
EU investigates decision to hire BlackRock to advise on green rules for banks
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission's decision to hire BlackRock , the world's largest asset manager, to advise it on new environmental rules for banks, has triggered an inves...
Jul 08, 2020
Congo virus funds embezzled by ‘mafia network’, says deputy minister
By Stanis Bujakera and Hereward Holland KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congo's deputy health minister has accused cabinet members of receiving kickbacks on government contracts for the coronavirus response whil...
Jul 08, 2020
Greek government seeks curbs on right to protest, unions push back
ATHENS (Reuters) - Public sector workers walked off their jobs on Wednesday in defence of Greeks' right to protest, as lawmakers began debating a government bill to place restrictions on the country's...
Jul 08, 2020
Alphabet’s Loon launches balloon internet service in Kenya
By Duncan Miriri BARINGO, Kenya (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc began offering the world's first commercial high-speed internet using balloons to villagers in remote regions of Kenya's Rift Valley on Wednesd...
Jul 08, 2020
World Bank chief says some countries need permanent debt service reductions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World Bank President David Malpass on Wednesday called for the Group of 20 major economies to extend a freeze on official bilateral debt payments by the world's poorest countrie...
Jul 08, 2020
