Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Czech PM Babis: new Kurzarbeit law should take effect from November
PRAGUE (Reuters) - A new law that would partially subsidise salaries of employees on reduced work schedules, a version of the German "Kurzarbeit" scheme, should take effect ideally in November to repl...
Sep 07, 2020
All Tour de France participants await COVID-19 test results on Tuesday
LA ROCHELLE, France (Reuters) - All team members, riders and staff have undergone a coronavirus test and further participation in the Tour de France depends on the results that will be announced hours...
Sep 07, 2020
England adds seven Greek islands to coronavirus quarantine list
LONDON (Reuters) - Seven Greek islands have been added to the list of countries from which travellers must quarantine when entering England to try to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, British tr...
Sep 07, 2020
Exclusive: Worldline $9.2 billion Ingenico deal may need EU concessions – sources
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - French payments company Worldline's 7.8 billion euro ($9.23 billion) bid for Ingenico may require concessions to gain European Union antitrust regulator approval, ...
Sep 07, 2020
From Target to Twitter, U.S. companies urge workers to vote
By Richa Naidu (Reuters) - From Georgia to Wisconsin to Ohio earlier this year, voters in primary elections were stuck for hours in lines from sharply reduced polling locations. And the surge in absen...
Sep 07, 2020
WHO says working with China on requirements for COVID vaccine approval
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization is working with China on requirements for international approval of any Chinese COVID-19 vaccine, a senior official said on Monday. "WHO's office in Ch...
Sep 07, 2020
IAEA providing support for Saudi Arabia as it plans to adopt nuclear energy: Saudi TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Rafael Grossi was quoted on Monday as saying that Saudi Arabia was preparing to adopt nuclear energy and the agency was...
Sep 07, 2020
Economists stick to Brexit forecasts despite no-deal rhetoric
By Julien Ponthus and Olga Cotaga LONDON (Reuters) - Economists stuck to their forecasts on Monday that Britain and the European Union would agree some sort of post-Brexit trade deal, taking the view ...
Sep 07, 2020
Luxembourg raises 1.5 billion euros in Europe’s first ‘sustainability’ government bond
By Yoruk Bahceli AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Luxembourg became the first European government to sell a "sustainability" bond on Monday, raising 1.5 billion euros ($1.77 billion). Its choice of a 'sustainabi...
Sep 07, 2020
UK records 2,948 daily confirmed cases of COVID-19
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom recorded 2,948 daily confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to government data published on Monday, down slightly from 2,988 a day earlier. Daily case numbers had...
Sep 07, 2020
