Category Archives: Syndicated
StanChart profit falls 12% on coronavirus crisis
HONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) - Standard Chartered PLC said on Wednesday its first-quarter profit tumbled 12%, as the emerging markets-focused bank boosted provisions against bad loans as the coronavirus...
Apr 28, 2020
China embassy accuses Australia of petty tricks in coronavirus dispute
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - China accused Australia of "petty tricks" on Wednesday in an intensifying dispute over Canberra's push for an international inquiry into the coronavirus outbreak t...
Apr 28, 2020
Germany reports 1,304 more coronavirus cases, 202 more deaths
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany on Wednesday reported 1,304 more cases of the novel coronavirus while the number of deaths rose by 202 compared to the previous day, data from the Robert Koch Institute for ...
Apr 28, 2020
Coronavirus likely hammered U.S. economy in first quarter
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy likely contracted in the first quarter at its sharpest pace since the Great Recession as stringent measures to slow the spread of the novel co...
Apr 28, 2020
Coronavirus brews trouble for tea, disrupts supply as demand spikes
By Rajendra Jadhav and Polina Devitt MUMBAI/MOSCOW (Reuters) - The coronavirus outbreak is causing a rare stir in the usually staid global tea market, with labour lockdowns stifling supplies just as m...
Apr 28, 2020
Exclusive: Boeing eyes major bond issue to raise funds – sources
By Greg Roumeliotis and Mike Spector (Reuters) - Boeing Co is working with investment banks on a multibillion-dollar bond-fueled financing package, aiming to shore up its balance sheet amid a sharp tr...
Apr 28, 2020
China parliament to start key annual session on May 22
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's parliament will start its key annual session on May 22, more than two months later than originally planned due to the fallout from the coronavirus outbreak, the latest sign...
Apr 28, 2020
Singapore’s ‘hooligan cook’ offers free meals for needy during virus lockdown
By Joseph Campbell SINGAPORE (Reuters) - As food stalls around him have closed during the coronavirus outbreak in Singapore, 28-year-old cook Jason Chua has vowed to stay open for the many that now de...
Apr 28, 2020
Australia says COVID-19 inquiry is ‘reasonable’, not targeted at any country
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's calls for an independent inquiry into the origins of COVID-19 is "reasonable" and not targeted at any specific country, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday. ...
Apr 28, 2020
Australia’s first-quarter inflation hits 5-1/2-year high, prices to plunge in second quarter
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian inflation accelerated to its highest in over five years last quarter, data showed on Wednesday, but the long-desired pick-up is likely to be fleeting in the...
Apr 28, 2020
