Category Archives: Syndicated
U.S. guitar maker PRS resumes hand-building instruments – at a safe distance
By Andrea Shalal STEVENSVILLE, Md. (Reuters) - Maryland's decision to reopen non-essential businesses came just in time for high-end guitar maker PRS Guitars, which kept 374 workers on its payroll dur...
May 19, 2020
Sovereign wealth funds fly to relative safety of U.S. assets amid pandemic
By Tom Arnold LONDON (Reuters) - Sovereign wealth funds flocked to U.S. equities and bonds in the first quarter at the expense of riskier investments such as those in emerging markets as the coronavir...
May 19, 2020
Myanmar says eight coronavirus cases among returnees from Malaysia
By Thu Thu Aung YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar authorities said on Tuesday said they have found eight coronavirus cases among scores of people who returned from Malaysia, where the authorities have recent...
May 19, 2020
Home Depot misses profit estimates after handing out virus-related bonuses
(Reuters) - Home Depot Inc missed estimates for quarterly profit on Tuesday, as the home improvement chain spent heavily to compensate employees working at its stores during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sha...
May 19, 2020
Stepson of Malaysian ex-PM Najib could testify against him in 1MDB trial -prosecutors
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Riza Aziz, the stepson of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, has agreed to testify against the ex-premier in a trial linked to a multibillion-dollar fraud at state f...
May 19, 2020
Crowded field vies to replace Oregon’s only Republican congressman
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The only Republican member of the U.S. Congress from Oregon is retiring, setting off a mad scramble to replace him that may be largely resolved in a Tuesday pr...
May 19, 2020
JPMorgan hands out $30 billion in loans to small businesses: memo
(Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co has given out more than $30 billion in loans to over 250,000 businesses as part of the United States' coronavirus aid program for small businesses, Chief Executive Offi...
May 19, 2020
Japan to create scheme to inject capital into smaller firms hit by pandemic: Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government will create a pool of funds with private financial institutions to inject capital into small and mid-sized firms struggling from the hit to earnings from the coron...
May 19, 2020
Crucial Latino voters seek more attention from Biden
By Saundra Amrhein and Simon Lewis TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - Like many Puerto Ricans, Wilson Rivera holds President Donald Trump responsible for what he sees as the U.S. government's inadequate response...
May 19, 2020
Zoom suspends new free user registrations in China
(Reuters) - Video conferencing provider Zoom Video Communications Inc said on Tuesday it was limiting new user registrations in mainland China to enterprise customers only. Free users in mainland Chin...
May 19, 2020
