Category Archives: Syndicated
It’s a boy: British PM Johnson and fiancee ‘thrilled’ by birth of a son
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's fiancee, Carrie Symonds, gave birth to a baby boy on Wednesday at a London hospital, slightly earlier than had been expected. Both mother and ...
Apr 29, 2020
Beiersdorf top managers to waive 20% of fixed pay until December
BERLIN (Reuters) - Top managers at Nivea-maker Beiersdorf are waiving 20% of their fixed compensation between April and December, Chief Executive Stefan De Loecker said on Wednesday, adding that the l...
Apr 29, 2020
Hong Kong court rejects appeal by protest leader Edward Leung
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by pro-democracy activist Edward Leung against a six-year jail term for his part in demonstrations in the Chinese...
Apr 29, 2020
Poland plans revenue surcharge on Netflix and others
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland plans to introduce a 1.5% surcharge on the revenue of video-on-demand platforms such as Netflix, Finance Minister Tadeusz Koscinski said on Wednesday. "This will not be a tax...
Apr 29, 2020
German inflation to slow further in April, regional data suggests
BERLIN (Reuters) - Inflation slowed further in several German states in April, data showed on Wednesday, suggesting the national reading will stay well below the European Central Bank's target and pos...
Apr 29, 2020
Uganda restricts truckers on busy trade route to curb coronavirus
By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda has stepped up restrictions on trucks passing through its territory - limiting them to one driver and banning them from stopping over in hotels - in a b...
Apr 29, 2020
Indonesia announces 260 coronavirus cases, 11 deaths
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia confirmed 260 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, taking the total in the Southeast Asian nation to 9,771, said health ministry official Achmad Yurianto. Yurianto re...
Apr 29, 2020
John Lewis Partnership names former Sainsbury’s director James Bailey as new Waitrose boss
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's John Lewis Partnership [JLPLC.UL] has appointed James Bailey, a former director of Sainsbury's , to be the new boss of its upmarket supermarket chain Waitrose, it said on ...
Apr 29, 2020
Malaysia reports 94 new coronavirus cases, no new deaths
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia reported 94 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday with no new deaths, the health ministry said. The country has so far recorded a total of 5,945 infections, with 100 fat...
Apr 29, 2020
Headset, webcam sales boom at GN Store Nord, but profits drop
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Sales at GN Store Nord's audio business jumped in the first quarter as demand for headsets and webcams from locked down workers soared, and the Danish company said the boom woul...
Apr 29, 2020
