Category Archives: Syndicated
Indigo Partners ties up with Oaktree for Virgin Australia bid: executive
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Indigo Partners is teaming up with Oaktree Capital Management in its offer for Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd and will consider adding an Australian partner as the bidding process pr...
May 19, 2020
Eastern Libyan forces say to move 2-3 km back from Tripoli front
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Eastern Libyan forces have decided to move back 2-3 kilometers (1.24 miles-1.86 miles) from all front lines in Tripoli to allow people in the city to move more freely durin...
May 19, 2020
Colombia coronavirus quarantine extended until end of May
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's mandatory quarantine has been extended by a further week until May 31, President Ivan Duque said on Tuesday, the fourth extension to a lockdown meant to curb the spread o...
May 19, 2020
Venezuela files claim to force Bank of England to hand over gold
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's central bank has made a legal claim to try to force the Bank of England to hand over 930 million ($1.02 billion) of gold so President Nicolas Maduro's government can fu...
May 19, 2020
Irish consumer sentiment posts partial rebound from COVID collapse
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish consumer sentiment rebounded in May to recover almost a third of the record loss it suffered in April on the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, but remained close to historic lows,...
May 19, 2020
One in three UK firms can reopen fully following COVID rules: BCC
LONDON (Reuters) - Just over a third of companies in Britain believe they can fully restart operations while implementing the government's coronavirus workplace guidance, a survey showed on Wednesday....
May 19, 2020
British supermarkets threaten Brazil boycott over proposed forest law
By Matthew Green and Jake Spring LONDON/BRASILIA (Reuters) - British supermarkets have warned Brazil they might have to boycott its products if lawmakers there pass a contentious bill that could enabl...
May 19, 2020
Dutch farm worker contracted coronavirus from mink: agriculture minister
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A person who worked on a farm where mink are bred to export their fur contracted the coronavirus from the animals, the Dutch Agriculture Minister said in a letter to parliament o...
May 19, 2020
Bolsonaro says Brazil to issue new chloroquine protocol on Wednesday
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's Health Ministry will issue new guidelines on Wednesday expanding the recommended use of chloroquine for treating the novel coronavirus, President Jair Bolsonaro sai...
May 19, 2020
Pandemic sinks Japan business mood to decade low, outlook even bleaker: Reuters Tankan
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - The slump in Japanese business confidence deepened in May, hitting decade lows as firms braced for a protracted period of coronavirus-driven economic weakness, the...
May 19, 2020
