Category Archives: Syndicated
Forget 2020, stock market optimists look at 2021 for buy signals
LONDON (Reuters) - Shrugging off reams of terrible economic data, plunging oil prices and dire corporate profits, world stocks have recouped around half of this year's coronavirus-linked losses as inv...
Apr 28, 2020
Italy’s tops 200,000 coronavirus cases, daily death toll rises
ROME (Reuters) - Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 382 on Tuesday, against 333 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said, while the total of people infected since the start ...
Apr 28, 2020
Tour de France may have to limit number of spectators at start: ministry
PARIS (Reuters) - The Tour de France may have to make arrangements for limiting the number of spectators in order to comply with a ban on major events gathering more than 5,000 people before September...
Apr 28, 2020
Oil fund’s forced sales send WTI prices plunging again: Kemp
By John Kemp LONDON (Reuters) - Front-month U.S. light crude oil futures prices slumped almost 25% yesterday, the second sharp tumble in a week, after the exchange operator ordered a major commodity f...
Apr 28, 2020
Romanian 2020 parliament election might be delayed: president
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - A parliament election in Romania scheduled for late November or early December might not take place this year unless the new coronavirus spread is contained, President Klaus Ioha...
Apr 28, 2020
Fast food sector hopes stimulus checks boost sales after tough quarter
By Hilary Russ and Nivedita Balu (Reuters) - Slumping sales at big fast food chains could get a boost as hungry and restless customers spend stimulus checks after long lockdowns, analysts and some ope...
Apr 28, 2020
Stripping naked for masks: German doctors protest lack of protective gear
BERLIN (Reuters) - German doctors have posed naked online to protest a shortage of protective masks and gowns, which they say puts them at greater risk of catching the coronavirus. The health workers'...
Apr 28, 2020
U.S. banks battle technology issues in race for $310 billion in new small-business aid
By Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. bankers racing to grab $310 billion in fresh small-business aid worked through the night on Tuesday, with many battling ongoing technology problems create...
Apr 28, 2020
Public suicide bid as millions of Thais wait for virus aid
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Orathai Sriring BANGKOK (Reuters) - A woman who took rat poison this week outside Thailand's finance ministry over the slow rollout of aid during the coronavirus lockdow...
Apr 28, 2020
Turkey aims to reopen economy starting late May: senior official
By Orhan Coskun and Ceyda Caglayan ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's government aims to begin reviving the economy in late May after a sharp slowdown due to measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak, whi...
Apr 28, 2020
