Category Archives: Syndicated
European stock index futures jump on plans to re-open U.S. economy
(Reuters) - European stock index futures surged more than 3% on Friday, as U.S. President Donald Trump rolled out plans for a gradual re-opening of the economy and on reports of a potential drug to tr...
Apr 17, 2020
Oh brother! Coronavirus calls split family fortunes on Wall Street
(This story contains language that some readers might find offensive in the 21st paragraph) By Lawrence Delevingne BOSTON (Reuters) - After a calamitous two week plunge in stocks as the coronavirus sp...
Apr 17, 2020
On this day… Born April 18, 1990, Dutch cyclist Anna van der Breggen
By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - It is hard to make a name for yourself when your Oranje team mate is Marianne Vos, yet Anna van der Breggen has been doing just that in an impressive career. The Dut...
Apr 17, 2020
Locked-down investors aim algorithms at chaotic currency markets
By Tommy Wilkes and Saikat Chatterjee LONDON (Reuters) - A new breed of trading algorithms has deftly navigated the turbulence in currency markets caused by the coronavirus pandemic, driving up demand...
Apr 17, 2020
Singapore mulls placing workers who recover from COVID-19 on cruise ships
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore is assessing whether migrant workers who have recovered from coronavirus might be safer on cruise ships than back in dormitories that have become infection hotbeds, des...
Apr 17, 2020
Pandemic to wipe out $17 billion in Japan firms’ sales: research
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's listed firms expect nearly $17 billion in sales to be wiped out from the coronavirus pandemic that has led to supply chain disruptions, travel bans and government requests to...
Apr 17, 2020
Former Canadiens All-Star Markov retires
Former NHL All-Star Andrei Markov announced his retirement from hockey on Thursday. Markov's agent, Sergey Isakov, told Montreal-based La Presse of Markov's decision. "Andrei will turn 42 this year an...
Apr 17, 2020
Tennis: Kokkinakis battling back to fitness after glandular fever bout
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis says he is just trying to stay in shape after coming through a bout of glandular fever that saw him shed 10kg and left him unable to breathe while slee...
Apr 17, 2020
In Modi’s India, virus fallout inflames divisions between Muslims and Hindus
By Alexandra Ulmer and Shilpa Jamkhandikar MUMBAI (Reuters) - The purple ink stamped on Iqbal Hussain Siddiqui's hand by Indian health workers was supposed to ensure he stayed home under quarantine. B...
Apr 17, 2020
More than a third of G7 citizens see virus hit to incomes: poll
LONDON (Reuters) - More than a third of people living in the Group of Seven rich nations say the novel coronavirus pandemic has already hurt their earnings, a poll showed on Friday. Market research fi...
Apr 17, 2020
