Category Archives: Syndicated
Brazil to end 2020 with debt at 94% of GDP, treasury secretary says
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil will end 2020 with debt equal to 94% of the nation's gross domestic product, Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida said on Monday, adding that Brazil needs to show it is comm...
Jun 01, 2020
ANZ to sell NZ asset finance unit to Shinsei Bank for $479 million
(Reuters) - Australia and New Zealand Banking Group on Tuesday agreed to sell its New Zealand based asset finance unit for NZ$762 million ($479 million) to Japanese financial institution Shinsei Bank ...
Jun 01, 2020
South Korea to stabilise financial markets if U.S.-China tension spurs volatility
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will take action to stabilise financial markets if U.S.-China tensions over Hong Kong spark more volatility, the vice finance minister said on Tuesday. "Since the volatil...
Jun 01, 2020
UK’s Sunak considers national insurance holidays as part of stimulus: Telegraph
(Reuters) - British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak is considering national insurance holidays for companies as part of a coronavirus stimulus package that will be announced in July, The Daily Telegraph ...
Jun 01, 2020
Frequent testing, less contact recommended to get Hollywood cameras rolling again
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood studios and labor unions on Monday proposed extensive coronavirus testing and other safeguards to allow actors and crew members to resume movie and TV show production...
Jun 01, 2020
Trump administration shelves more oil and gas lease sales
By Nichola Groom (Reuters) - The Trump administration has backed off its regular oil and gas lease sale schedule, postponing at least two auctions that had been set for later this month after delaying...
Jun 01, 2020
Brazil registers 11,598 additional cases of coronavirus, 623 new deaths on Monday
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil registered 11,598 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus and 623 additional deaths in the last 24 hours, the nation's Health Ministry said on Monday evening. Br...
Jun 01, 2020
South Korea May consumer prices fall for first time in eight months
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's annual inflation rate in May fell below zero for the first time since September 2019, data showed on Tuesday, as the coronvirus pandemic continued to weigh on domestic ...
Jun 01, 2020
Boeing takes Embraer to arbitration over failed aviation deal
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Boeing Co has taken former partner Embraer SA to arbitration over a failed $4.2 billion deal, the Brazilian planemaker said in a securities filing on Monday night. So far, it has...
Jun 01, 2020
‘Carmen’ and coronavirus don’t match: NYC’s Met Opera closed till December 31
(Reuters) - New York's Metropolitan Opera will keep its curtains closed until a New Year's Eve opening gala, it said on Monday, as it announced a season shortened by the coronavirus epidemic. "Social ...
Jun 01, 2020
