Author Archives: Syndicated Content
No funds available: Depositors at India’s PMC Bank survive on loans, charity
By Abhirup Roy and Aditya Kalra MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - In February, 82-year-old Kishan Lal appealed to India's finance minister for help, saying in a Twitter message he was ready to donate his k...
Aug 25, 2020
Hong Kong’s new security law inhibits anxious artists
By Pak Yiu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Fearing their work may violate a national security law recently imposed by Beijing, some Hong Kong artists are turning to self-censorship while others are moving their...
Aug 25, 2020
BOJ to stand pat even as Japan set to slump into deflationL ex-central banker
By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will slide into mild deflation for the next three years as the coronavirus crisis crushes demand and leads to more job losses, but the Bank of...
Aug 25, 2020
Australia’s Zip teams up with eBay for flexible credit to businesses; shares soar
(Reuters) - Australia's Zip Co Ltd on Wednesday said it had partnered with eBay Inc to offer flexible credit to small- and medium-sized businesses on the e-commerce platform, sending its shares to a r...
Aug 25, 2020
How India’s Silicon Valley saw its COVID-19 success come undone
By Sachin Ravikumar, Derek Francis and Nivedita Bhattacharjee BENGALURU, India (Reuters) - On June 9, an Indian health education minister posted an infographic on Twitter showing COVID-19 infections a...
Aug 25, 2020
Dollar stutters before Powell’s speech as economic concerns mount
By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar nursed losses against most currencies on Wednesday as traders braced for U.S. data expected to show a slowdown in durable goods orders and a key speech by...
Aug 25, 2020
Mexico’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise to 568,621, deaths reach 61,450
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry on Tuesday reported 4,916 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 650 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 568,621 case...
Aug 25, 2020
China reports 15 new COVID-19 cases in mainland vs 14 a day earlier
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China reported 15 new COVID-19 cases in the mainland as of Aug. 25, compared with 14 cases reported a day earlier, the country's health authority reported on Wednesday. All of the...
Aug 25, 2020
Asian stocks set for cautious gains on Sino-U.S. trade hopes
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Asian stock were set for a choppy session on Wednesday, following a mixed Wall Street lead as markets cheered signs of progress in U.S.-Sino trade negotiation...
Aug 25, 2020
Thiel-backed Palantir to go public via direct listing, reveals 2019 loss of $580 million
By Anirban Sen and Joshua Franklin (Reuters) - Palantir Technologies on Tuesday filed to go public through a direct listing, as the data analytics company known for working with the Central Intelligen...
Aug 25, 2020
