Category Archives: Syndicated
Finland to grant almost one billion euros in support to companies
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's government will grant crisis support worth nearly a billion euros to companies hit by the economic blow from the coronavirus outbreak, Minister of Economic Affairs Mika ...
May 14, 2020
Teixeira batters Smith for TKO win in UFC Fight Night
(Reuters) - Glover Teixeira defeated Anthony Smith with a fifth-round TKO in a one-sided light heavyweight bout that headlined the Ultimate Fighting Championship's Fight Night in Jacksonville, Florida...
May 14, 2020
Malaysia drops 1MDB money laundering case against “Wolf of Wall Street” producer
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian prosecutors on Thursday dropped a $248-million money laundering case against a producer of Hollywood film "The Wolf of Wall Street" and the stepson of former Malaysi...
May 14, 2020
On this day: Born May 15, 1970 – Frank and Ronald de Boer, footballers
By Mark Gleeson (Reuters) - Football's most famous twins turn 50 on Friday but after successful playing careers together, Frank and Ronald de Boer mark the milestone at a time when their paths have fi...
May 14, 2020
Clariant sticks to extra $1 billion payout, scrubs dividend in crisis
ZURICH (Reuters) - Clariant is scrapping a regular dividend as it hunkers down to survive the COVID-19 crisis, the Swiss specialty chemicals maker said on Thursday, while still planning a special $1 b...
May 14, 2020
New Zealand leaps out of coronavirus lockdown with bungee jumps, midnight haircuts
SYDNEY/WELLINGTON (Reuters) - After seven weeks trussed up with some of the world's toughest coronavirus curbs, New Zealanders like Jim Boult leapt at the chance to cheer the end of the country's lock...
May 14, 2020
Digicel Group denies report of Pacific unit sale to China Mobile
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Jamaica-based mobile phone carrier Digicel Group denied an Australian newspaper report on Thursday and said there is "no basis whatsoever" that it would sell its P...
May 14, 2020
Truck bomb in eastern Afghan city kills five, 14 injured
By Ahmad Sultan and Abdul Qadir Sediqi JALALABAD/KABUL (Reuters) - A truck packed with explosives blew up near a court in the eastern Afghan city of Gardez on Thursday, killing at least five people, t...
May 14, 2020
U.S. Senator’s phone seized in probe of stock trades after virus briefings – LA Times
(Reuters) - U.S. Senator Richard Burr has had his cellphone seized by federal agents as part of the Justice Department's probe of stock transactions made by the lawmaker ahead of the sharp market down...
May 14, 2020
Lloyd’s of London to pay up to $4.3 billion in coronavirus claims
By Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyd's of London is likely to pay out $3.0-4.3 billion in claims related to the coronavirus pandemic and underwriting and investment losses for the global non-life ...
May 14, 2020
