Category Archives: Syndicated
EU to adopt pan-European approach on mobile apps to fight coronavirus
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will on Wednesday adopt a pan-European approach on the use of mobile applications to track the spread of the coronavirus, according to a European Commission doc...
Apr 08, 2020
Exclusive: BOJ to project economic contraction as pandemic damage deepens – sources
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is likely to make a rare projection this month that the world's third-largest economy will shrink this year, as the coronavirus pandemic threatens t...
Apr 08, 2020
Malaysia reports 156 new coronavirus cases with two new deaths
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian health authorities on Wednesday reported 156 new cases of coronavirus infection, pushing the cumulative total to 4,119 cases as Southeast Asia's third-largest econom...
Apr 08, 2020
India’s financial hub Mumbai set to extend coronavirus lockdown: sources
By Rajendra Jadhav and Rupam Jain MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's financial hub Mumbai is set to extend lockdown measures until at least April 30 as authorities race to expand testing to stem the spread of...
Apr 08, 2020
Indonesia reports 218 new coronavirus infections, taking total to 2,956
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia confirmed on Wednesday 218 new coronavirus infections, taking the total in the Southeast Asian country to 2,956, health ministry official Achmad Yurianto said. He reporte...
Apr 08, 2020
Australian regulators, central bank tell firms to prep more for end of LIBOR
(Reuters) - Australia's central bank and regulators urged financial firms on Wednesday to double down on their plans for the phasing out of the Libor benchmark, as some still showed substantial exposu...
Apr 08, 2020
China investors flock to money market funds despite record low yield
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese investors have poured cash into money market funds despite falling yields on the low-risk instruments as authorities enact powerful monetary easing to combat the impact of...
Apr 08, 2020
Head of EU’s top science body quits over coronavirus response
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The president of the European Union's main science organisation has quit the post he took up only in January, the European Commission said, over frustration at the EU response to ...
Apr 08, 2020
ECB urges measures worth 1.5 trillion euros this year to tackle virus crisis: sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Central Bank told euro zone finance ministers that the bloc may need fiscal measures worth up to 1.5 trillion euros ($1.6 trillion) this year to tackle the economic c...
Apr 08, 2020
Italy closes ports to migrant ships because of coronavirus
ROME (Reuters) - Italian ports cannot be considered safe because of the coronavirus epidemic and will not let charity migrant boats dock, the government has ruled. The decision was taken late on Tuesd...
Apr 08, 2020
