Category Archives: Syndicated
Indians venture into U.S. stocks as markets slump at home
By Abhirup Roy MUMBAI (Reuters) - More Indian investors are turning to U.S. stocks to escape tumbling markets at home and pick up exposure to global technology giants that are rising through the coron...
Apr 29, 2020
Worried China bondholders call for protection as restructuring wave looms
By Samuel Shen and Andrew Galbraith SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's bondholders are increasingly worried that there is little to protect them from being railroaded into bad deals by troubled borrowers am...
Apr 29, 2020
IOC’s Coates says Tokyo Games not contingent on COVID-19 vaccine
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The Tokyo Olympics are not contingent on the development of a vaccine for the coronavirus, International Olympic Committee member John Coates said on Wednesday. His comments come...
Apr 29, 2020
Knights of Malta Grand Master who healed rift with Vatican dies
By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Giacomo Dalla Torre, the Grand Master of the Knights of Malta who steered the global Catholic chivalric order and charity to reconciliation with the Vatican after a...
Apr 29, 2020
Indian actor Irrfan Khan dies after long battle with cancer
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Irrfan Khan, an Indian filmstar who brought a modern sensibility to recent hit movies and featured in several Hollywood films such as "Life of Pi" and "The Namesake", died on Wednes...
Apr 29, 2020
Kyrgyzstan in talks to restructure $1.8 billion in debt to China
BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan is in talks with the Export-Import Bank of China to restructure its debt, Deputy Prime Minister Erkin Asrandiyev said on Wednesday. The Central Asian nation, which owes ...
Apr 29, 2020
FIFA says 2006 World Cup fraud trial expiry “worrying” for Swiss justice system
ZURICH (Reuters) - World soccer body FIFA said the expiry without a verdict of a fraud trial in Switzerland over a payment linked to the 2006 World Cup was worrying for the sport and the Swiss justice...
Apr 29, 2020
Fevertree Drinks co-founder to step down as non-executive deputy chairman
(Reuters) - Britain's Fevertree Drinks said on Wednesday co-founder Charles Rolls plans to step down from his role as non-executive deputy chairman at the company's annual general meeting in June. Rol...
Apr 29, 2020
New Zealand’s Ardern spoke to Queen on pandemic response
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Wednesday that she spoke to Queen Elizabeth II after the country emerged out a strict lockdown that helped contain the spread...
Apr 29, 2020
Electric vehicle maker Nio says new China entity to draw investment of 7 billion yuan
BEIJING (Reuters) - Strategic investors will inject 7 billion yuan ($989 million) into Nio China, a new entity controlled by Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio Inc, the firm said on Wednesday. In a st...
Apr 29, 2020
