Author Archives: Syndicated Content
IMF says U.S. has room for more stimulus, would aid long-term growth
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has room to provide further fiscal support to its economy, which would have a positive impact on its long-term growth prospects, International Monetary Fund Fi...
Oct 14, 2020
Fed’s Clarida says U.S. data ‘surprisingly strong,’ but deep hole remains
By Howard Schneider (Reuters) - U.S. economic data since May has been "surprisingly strong," though it will still take perhaps another year for output to claw back to its pre-pandemic peak, Federal Re...
Oct 14, 2020
Nokia moves to Google Cloud, signs five-year deal
(Reuters) - Finland's Nokia has signed a 5-year deal with Google to replace its IT infrastructure, including data centers, with Google's Cloud offering as the network equipment maker seeks to cut cost...
Oct 14, 2020
Thousands more underfed children may die due to COVID
LONDON (Reuters) - An extra 10,000 children per month may die this year from malnutrition due to the COVID-19 crisis, the head of the World Health Organisation warned on Wednesday. Tedros Adhanom Gheb...
Oct 14, 2020
Pandemic puts global progress against tuberculosis at risk: WHO
LONDON (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic is derailing global efforts to tackle tuberculosis (TB), the world's deadliest infectious disease, with cases likely to rise without urgent action and investme...
Oct 14, 2020
U.S. producer prices accelerate, but overall inflation trending softer
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. producer prices increased more than expected in September amid a surge in the cost of hotel and motel accommodation, leading to the first year-on-year gai...
Oct 14, 2020
UK’s Sunak says new national lockdown would have ‘stark’ costs
LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday that he believed a second national lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus would carry heavy economic and social costs....
Oct 14, 2020
Sanitising-gel poisoning cases soar among Spanish children amid pandemic
MADRID (Reuters) - The number of Spanish children treated for poisoning after ingesting hand-sanitising gels has rocketed as the product has become ubiquitous during the coronavirus pandemic. The Span...
Oct 14, 2020
Britain’s spies defending COVID-19 vaccine work, MI5 chief says
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) - British spies are trying to defend COVID-19 vaccine work against hostile powers that seek to either steal or sabotage research data in the race for the global p...
Oct 14, 2020
Kremlin says no deal yet with U.S. on arms pact despite U.S. assertions
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Russia had not clinched a deal with the United States to extend the New START arms pact, the last major nuclear treaty between the two countries, ...
Oct 14, 2020
