Category Archives: Syndicated
Portugal’s unemployment soars 9% in March, Algarve worst hit
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - Unemployment in Portugal rose almost 9% in March from the previous month, official data showed, as lockdown measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus pande...
Apr 20, 2020
Indian textile exporters seek government aid to pay wages
By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian textile exporters, which employ about five million workers, have sought government aid to pay wages after cancelling about $4 billion in overseas orders ami...
Apr 20, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court sides with BP unit to curtail Superfund site cleanup lawsuits
By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court ruling that had allowed litigation by Montana landowners to proceed against BP Plc unit Atlantic Richfield Co seeking a more ex...
Apr 20, 2020
British insurers negotiating government trade credit backstop
By Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) - British insurers are talking to the government about a backstop for trade credit insurance to support business supply chains hit by the coronavirus pandemic, an indu...
Apr 20, 2020
Industrial Bank of Korea to pay $35 million fine for violating anti-money laundering law: New York state
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Industrial Bank of Korea will pay $35 million in fines to settle charges it violated New York state laws designed to thwart money laundering, a regulator said on Monday. The payme...
Apr 20, 2020
U.S. restaurants on track to lose $240 billion by end of 2020: survey
(Reuters) - U.S. restaurants are on track to lose $50 billion in April, with losses mounting to an estimated $240 billion by the end of 2020, as the coronvirus crisis ravages the industry, according t...
Apr 20, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court rules that jury verdicts must be unanimous
By Lawrence Hurley The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of trial by jury requires a unanimous verdict in serious crimes, handing a victory to a Louisiana man convic...
Apr 20, 2020
Investors much less confident about market outlook, Trump re-election chance: survey
By Joice Alves LONDON (Reuters) - The markets are much less confident about Europe and the United States getting back to business ahead of the summer, a Deutsche Bank investor survey showed on Monday,...
Apr 20, 2020
Burkina security forces accused of killing 31 unarmed civilians: rights group
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - International advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday that it believed security forces in Burkina Faso had summarily executed 31 unarmed detainees earlier this m...
Apr 20, 2020
Standard Chartered, Astra International agree to reduced sale price for stake in Indonesian bank
(Reuters) - Standard Chartered said on Monday it had agreed with Indonesian conglomerate PT Astra International to sell their stake in Indonesia's PT Bank Permata to lender Bangkok Bank PCL at a reduc...
Apr 20, 2020
