Category Archives: Syndicated
Global economic contraction to be steepest on record, recovery U-shaped: Reuters poll
By Shrutee Sarkar BENGALURU (Reuters) - Pummeled into recession by the coronavirus pandemic, the global economy will suffer its steepest contraction on record this year, with a longer, U-shaped recove...
Apr 23, 2020
Asian stocks poised to rise after Wall Street gains slip away
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Asia equities face a bumpy session on Friday after Wall Street pared early gains as optimism over a rebound in oil prices and prospects for further government...
Apr 23, 2020
Cruise ship linked to Australia’s biggest virus outbreak sets sail
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A cruise ship linked to a third of Australia's coronavirus deaths has left the country after a month docked in local waters, the authorities said on Friday, as an emergency cabinet ...
Apr 23, 2020
Japan’s March consumer inflation slows as pandemic hit deepens
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - The rate of growth in Japan's annual core consumer inflation slowed for the second straight month, data showed on Friday, underscoring fears that slumping oil costs a...
Apr 23, 2020
J&J strikes deal with Emergent BioSolutions on coronavirus vaccine manufacturing
(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson said on Thursday it had struck a deal with Emergent BioSolutions Inc to use its manufacturing facilities to help in an effort to make more than 1 billion doses of a vacci...
Apr 23, 2020
Proxy adviser ISS backs three of six MG Capital nominees at HC2: report
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services Inc (ISS) said on Thursday that HC2 Holdings Inc shareholders should vote for the election of three of activi...
Apr 23, 2020
U.S. agency ICE to test some immigrants for coronavirus before deportation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to begin testing some migrants in detention for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, before deporting them t...
Apr 23, 2020
Sunlight, heat and humidity weaken coronavirus, U.S. official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The coronavirus appears to weaken more quickly when exposed to sunlight, heat and humidity, a U.S. official said on Thursday in a potential sign that the pandemic could become l...
Apr 23, 2020
Exclusive: Hertz taps debt restructuring advisers as car rental demand evaporates, sources say
By Jessica DiNapoli and Mike Spector NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hertz Global Holdings Inc is working with debt restructuring advisers to explore options for shoring up its finances after the coronavirus pan...
Apr 23, 2020
Trump thinks report on Kim Jong Un illness was incorrect
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday threw more cold water on reports earlier this week that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was gravely ill, but declined to say if he had be...
Apr 23, 2020
