Category Archives: Syndicated
Pan-European response needed in Coronavirus crisis: ECB’s Knot
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A pan-European response is needed to help euro zone members hit hardest in a coronavirus crisis that is likely to last and end only gradually, European Central Bank policymaker K...
Apr 21, 2020
Factbox: German companies seek state aid to cope with coronavirus
(Reuters) - A number of German companies, including Adidas and Lufthansa , have taken out government-guaranteed loans as part of the Germany's federal government's aid package to deal with the coronav...
Apr 21, 2020
Weary Algerians fear fresh economic turmoil as oil prices dive
By Lamine Chikhi and Hamid Ould Ahmed ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerians are watching the collapse of oil prices with alarm as the energy markets on which the North African nation relies for most of its ex...
Apr 21, 2020
Italy PM says EU summit unlikely to reach final deal on stimulus
ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said he did not believe European Union leaders will reach a final solution over how to help the bloc's economies recover from the coronavirus cri...
Apr 21, 2020
U.S. existing home sales tumble in March
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. home sales dropped by the most in nearly 4-1/2 years in March as extraordinary measures to control the spread of the novel coronavirus brought buyer traffic to a virtual st...
Apr 21, 2020
Specter of hunger rises in Brazil as coronavirus wrecks incomes
By Gram Slattery and Anthony Boadle RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - In a brick warehouse on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, dozens of charity workers filled trucks with bags of beans, rice, flour...
Apr 21, 2020
Britons holed up in Kosovo due to coronavirus lockdown
PRIZREN, Kosovo (Reuters) - Scotsman Mike Elm and his partner Rosie Watson, who are travelling from Europe to Asia to raise awareness of climate change, have been trapped in Kosovo for more than a mon...
Apr 21, 2020
Pirates seize Portugal-flagged ship off Benin, kidnap crew: Bulgaria
SOFIA (Reuters) - Pirates attacked a Portugal-flagged ship and kidnapped its Bulgarian captain and seven sailors off the coast of Benin, Bulgaria's foreign ministry said on Tuesday. A ministry stateme...
Apr 21, 2020
Protests reignite in Chile amid coronavirus outbreak, 14 arrested
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Police in Chile broke up a fresh round of anti-government protests in one of Santiagos central squares late on Monday, arresting 14 and citing rules against congregations intended...
Apr 21, 2020
SoftBank shares attractive near-term as buyback eyed: UK’s AVI
By Sam Nussey and Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group's planned $22.5 billion share buyback presents an attractive buying opportunity but it is not a clear longterm investment, said a Lon...
Apr 21, 2020
