Category Archives: Syndicated
Coronavirus and COVID-19: Fact versus fiction
By Kate Kelland and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's musings about whether disinfectants and ultraviolet light can be inserted into patients' bodies to treat COVID-19 have a...
Apr 24, 2020
In coronavirus pandemic, do your part by staying healthy. Here’s what doctors recommend
(Reuters) - Americans can avoid burdening an already stressed healthcare system by staying healthy, and experts said some simple practices help during the novel coronavirus pandemic. For people isolat...
Apr 24, 2020
Pandemic could fuel demand for ‘diaspora bonds’, says World Bank
By Andrea Shalal and Tom Arnold WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic and its devastating economic impact on developing countries could fuel fresh interest in so-called diaspora bonds...
Apr 24, 2020
Quadriplegic ex rugby player raises money by climbing ‘Everest’ up stairs
BATH, England (Reuters) - Quadriplegic former professional rugby player Ed Jackson has scaled the height of Mount Everest by hauling himself up and down the stairs of his parents' house and raised mor...
Apr 24, 2020
Lufthansa seeking 290 million euro loan for Belgian airline: media
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - German airline Lufthansa is seeking a loan of 290 million euros ($313.08 million) loan from the Belgian government to avoid the bankruptcy of its Belgian subsidiary Brussels Airli...
Apr 24, 2020
Scaramucci’s SkyBridge hit with heavy redemption requests as fund fell: letter
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Investors in SkyBridge Capital asked for hundreds of millions of dollars back after the fund suffered a 23% loss in March when investments made by its debt-fo...
Apr 24, 2020
Polish health minister says presidential vote in two years would be safest
By Agnieszka Barteczko WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's health minister on Friday urged a delay of the presidential election scheduled for May 10, saying postponing it by two years would be the safest opti...
Apr 24, 2020
U.S. Navy recommends reinstating fired captain of coronavirus-hit ship, officials say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Navy leaders on Friday recommended that the reinstatement of the commander of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, who was fired after he pleaded for help with a corona...
Apr 24, 2020
Congressional estimators see major U.S. economic decline in mid-2020 as coronavirus stifles activity
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy faces a bleak immediate future with gross domestic product likely contracting 12% in the second quarter and the federal deficit growing to $3.7 trillion, while ...
Apr 24, 2020
Wall Street Week Ahead: Spotlight falls on ‘dividend aristocrats’ after market tumult
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - Companies across a range of industries are slashing or suspending dividends to cope with the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak, complicating the st...
Apr 24, 2020
