Category Archives: Syndicated
Germany sees debt ratio rising to 75.25% of GDP this year
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany expects its debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio to rise to 75.25% this year, up from 60%, due to new borrowing and a range of measures aimed at cushioning the economi...
Apr 22, 2020
Fast Retailing CEO criticises Japan’s lack of virus tests: report
TOKYO (Reuters) - The head of Fast Retailing Co , owner of fashion chain Uniqlo, criticised Japan's lack of coronavirus testing in a media interview, joining a chorus of executives questioning Prime M...
Apr 22, 2020
Safe as houses? Trading from home tests bank defences during crisis
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Trading worth billions of dollars has shifted to kitchen tables or bedrooms as traders work through the coronavirus crisis from home, testing patchy fixes to make sure ...
Apr 22, 2020
‘A disaster’: Roche CEO’s verdict on some COVID-19 antibody tests
By John Miller ZURICH (Reuters) - Some blood tests being marketed to tell people if they have had the new coronavirus are a "disaster", Roche Chief Executive Severin Schwan said on Wednesday as he pre...
Apr 22, 2020
Kremlin says groundless allegations about coronavirus’ artificial origin are unacceptable
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Scientists and experts still lack necessary data to determine the nature of the novel coronavirus, and any groundless allegations about its artificial origin are unacceptable, Kreml...
Apr 22, 2020
Germany approves first trial of COVID-19 vaccine candidate
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's vaccines regulator approved live human testing of a potential vaccine against the Covid-19 virus developed by German biotech company BioNTech, the regulator said in a stat...
Apr 22, 2020
Exxon Mobil starts building $10 billion China petrochemical complex: Xinhua
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp kicked off construction on Wednesday of its $10 billion petrochemical complex in south Chinese city Huizhou, state news agency Xinhua reported. The complex, whic...
Apr 22, 2020
Hong Kong Monetary Authority sells HK$1.55 billion as HKD hits strong end of trading range
HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) sold HK$1.55 billion ($200.01 million) into the market as the Hong Kong Dollar strengthened to its trading limit. The aggregate balance - ...
Apr 22, 2020
Toyota’s South African unit sees 15-20% hit to production due to virus
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The South African unit of Toyota could see its production drop by around 15-20% in 2020, its president and CEO Andrew Kirby said on Wednesday. The division had already lost pr...
Apr 22, 2020
Masks reused and bodies mount as Peru strains under coronavirus
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's hospitals are straining to deal with a rapid rise in the number of COVID-19 infections, with bodies being kept in hallways, masks being repeatedly reused, and p...
Apr 22, 2020
