Category Archives: Syndicated
Putin proposes additional coronavirus relief measures
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday proposed additional measures to support businesses and workers during the coronavirus crisis and said that Russia could not simply shut its eco...
Apr 08, 2020
McDonald’s quarterly same-store sales fall more than market expectations
(Reuters) - McDonald's Corp said first-quarter comparable sales declined 3.4%, as the world's largest burger chain had to shutter stores and stick to delivery or take-out due to the coronavirus outbre...
Apr 08, 2020
Constellation Brands cuts back Mexico operations to protect workers
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - U.S. brewer Constellation Brands has begun reducing operations at its breweries in Mexico to protect its workers in line with government directives to contain the spread of the...
Apr 08, 2020
WTO sees ‘ugly’ trade plunge, likely worse than financial crisis
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The World Trade Organization on Wednesday forecast that goods trade would shrink more steeply this year than in the global financial crisis a decade ago befor...
Apr 08, 2020
Netherlands blocking decision on ESM is incomprehensible: French presidency
PARIS (Reuters) - The blocking of a decision on the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) by the Netherlands at a Eurogroup meeting is incomprehensible, a French presidency official said on Wednesday. Th...
Apr 08, 2020
Indonesia police will not bring murder charges in case of transgender woman burned to death
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian police said on Wednesday they would not bring murder charges against suspects accused of killing a transgender woman by dousing her with petrol and setting her on fire. ...
Apr 08, 2020
Military landlord, under fire following Reuters reports, issues improvement plan
By M.B. Pell NEW YORK (Reuters) - Military housing landlord Balfour Beatty Communities, the focus of a Justice Department inquiry following Reuters reports it falsified maintenance logs, said it has t...
Apr 08, 2020
Zoom hires former Facebook security chief to beef up privacy, safety
(Reuters) - Zoom Video Communications Inc has hired former Facebook security chief Alex Stamos as an adviser and formed an advisory board to improve the video conferencing app's privacy and security i...
Apr 08, 2020
HSBC reports potential money laundering breaches in Australia
LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC has reported itself to Australia's financial regulator for possible breaches of anti-money laundering rules, the bank disclosed in a regulatory filing by its Australian subsidi...
Apr 08, 2020
Germany’s short-time work fix offers Europe a crisis model
By Edward Taylor and Jan Schwartz FRANKFURT/HAMBURG (Reuters) - A tried-and-tested German model of sending workers home in exchange for job guarantees during downturns could help the European Union li...
Apr 08, 2020
