Category Archives: Syndicated
Crisis-hit Wall Street checks in to Zandi’s ‘impairment studio’
By David Henry NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Wall Street doesn't know where the world economy is heading, it books a session at Mark Zandi's "impairment studio". Faced with a pandemic-fueled recession wit...
May 29, 2020
Go-go bars gone as coronavirus hits Bangkok’s sex district
By Jiraporn Kuhakan and Matthew Tostevin BANGKOK (Reuters) - The black leather party masks that performers May and Som wear for their fetish shows in Bangkok are definitely not the sort to stop the co...
May 29, 2020
UK business confidence matches 2008 low in May: Lloyds Bank
LONDON (Reuters) - British business confidence fell to its lowest since the 2008 financial crisis in May, according to a survey for Lloyds Bank which contrasts with other surveys which have shown a sm...
May 29, 2020
Japan April household spending seen due to coronavirus emergency: Reuters poll
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's April household spending likely tumbled at the fastest pace in decades, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, as the nation's state of emergency to fight the spread of the coronav...
May 29, 2020
Tokyo to further relax coronavirus curbs on Monday, governor says
TOKYO (Reuters) - Curbs in Japan's capital of Tokyo to contain the coronavirus are to be eased further from Monday, Governor Yuriko Koike said, citing the recommendation of an advisory panel. Cram sch...
May 29, 2020
Renault to restructure French factories in high-stakes reboot plan
PARIS (Reuters) - French carmaker Renault said on Friday it was launching talks with unions to reorganise and cease assembling vehicles at several plants in France as it cuts some 15,000 jobs worldwid...
May 29, 2020
Japan’s consumer mood higher in May but still ‘extremely severe’: government
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's consumer confidence index rose slightly in May but stayed near a record low as the new coronavirus pandemic took a heavy toll on the economy, a Cabinet Office survey showed o...
May 29, 2020
Thailand reports 11 new coronavirus cases, no new deaths
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand confirmed 11 new coronavirus cases on Friday and no new deaths, taking the number of infections to 3,076. The new cases were all patients who had arrived from Kuwait and w...
May 29, 2020
With ‘Main Street’ in view, Fed weighs risks of job, productivity shocks
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve officials have talked broadly about helping households and firms through the current economic crisis and quickly unleashed trillions of ...
May 29, 2020
Some sectors of Australian economy will need additional support – PM Morrison
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Some sectors of Australia's economy will require additional stimulus, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday. To prevent a prolonged economic depression triggered by COVID-19,...
May 29, 2020
