Category Archives: Syndicated
Asian stocks set to track U.S. gains as virus treatment hopes lift confidence
By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian equity markets were poised to gain on Thursday, tracking Wall Street's rally after positive trial results of an experimental COVID-19 treatment, a U.S. Fede...
Apr 29, 2020
Irish government talks may drift into June: Fianna Fail leader
DUBLIN (Reuters) - The leader of one of the parties negotiating to form a new Irish government raised the prospect on Wednesday of talks drifting well into June, extending a months-long deadlock that ...
Apr 29, 2020
Hall of Fame postpones July induction ceremony a year due to COVID-19
By Frank Pingue (Reuters) - The Baseball Hall of Fame said on Wednesday that the Class of 2020, a group that includes longtime New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, will have to wait another year fo...
Apr 29, 2020
UK to test 100,000 people for COVID-19 to check spread
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain plans to test a randomly chosen group of 100,000 people for COVID-19 as part of its efforts to understand infection rates better before loosening restrictions on the public,...
Apr 29, 2020
Bad and going viral: UK charity highlights COVID-19 misinformation
LONDON (Reuters) - Internet and media companies should do more to tackle the spread of misinformation in Britain, independent fact-checking charity Full Fact said in a report on Thursday highlighting ...
Apr 29, 2020
Flypast and promotion for UK fund-raising hero ‘Colonel’ Tom as he turns 100
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - British World War Two veteran Captain Tom Moore, who has become a national hero after raising almost 30 million pounds for the health service, celebrates his 100th...
Apr 29, 2020
Coronavirus slashes UK car output as industry warns of big hit
By Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - The British car industry faces losing output worth more than 8 billion pounds ($10 billion) due to the coronavirus outbreak, which cut production in March by a third...
Apr 29, 2020
Coronavirus U.S. job losses hitting minorities the hardest, Fed’s Powell says
By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic ravaged the U.S. labor market just as it was starting to benefit disadvantaged communities, and if the job losses last, some workers could face a...
Apr 29, 2020
Proxy advisory firms urge Dine Brands investors to reject activist’s IHOP plan
BOSTON (Reuters) - Two influential proxy advisory firms said Dine Brands Global Inc shareholders should reject a proposal to spin off its IHOP pancake house chain in a rebuke to activist investment fi...
Apr 29, 2020
U.S. could store another ‘several hundred million’ barrels of oil: Mnuchin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday said his administration will soon release a plan to help U.S. oil companies, which Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said could include addin...
Apr 29, 2020
