Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Factbox: High-frequency data sources for tracking the U.S. pandemic economy
(Reuters) - Policymakers, economists and investors are turning increasingly to so-called high-frequency data to get a more timely snapshot of the U.S. economy during the fast-moving coronavirus pandem...
Aug 20, 2020
Italy sees 845 new COVID-19 cases, highest since end of lockdown in May
ROME (Reuters) - Italy reported 845 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Thursday, marking the highest daily increase since May, when the government eased its r...
Aug 20, 2020
NYC mayor doubles down on September school reopening after teacher pushback
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday doubled down on his commitment to reopen schools for in-person learning next month, a day after the city's teachers union...
Aug 20, 2020
Britain removes Portugal from quarantine list, adds Austria and Croatia
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain removed Portugal from its COVID-19 quarantine list on Thursday, but said rising infections elsewhere meant travellers arriving from Croatia, Austria and Trinidad and Tobago ...
Aug 20, 2020
Dubai’s highest court rejects superyacht seizure appeal in mammoth divorce battle
By Lisa Barrington DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai's highest court has rejected an appeal by the ex-wife of a Russian billionaire to seize a 350 million ($460 million)superyacht in one of the world's costlies...
Aug 20, 2020
China’s budget EV maker Kandi eyes setting up North American manufacturing plant
(Reuters) - Chinese battery and electric car maker Kandi Technologies Group Inc said on Thursday it is actively exploring setting up an electric and off-road vehicle manufacturing plant in North Ameri...
Aug 20, 2020
Report: Canadiens’ Gallagher to have CT scan on jaw
Montreal Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher will undergo a CT scan on his jaw on Thursday afternoon, TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun reported. Gallagher, 28, was injured after being cross-checked by...
Aug 20, 2020
Poll shows Swiss back $6.6 billion plan to buy new fighter jets
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss voters are set to approve a 6 billion Swiss franc ($6.6 billion) purchase of new fighter jets in a referendum next month, a poll for broadcaster SRF showed on Thursday. The su...
Aug 20, 2020
U.S. infectious diseases expert Fauci had vocal cord polyp surgery: NIAID
(Reuters) - Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious diseases expert, had surgery on Thursday to remove a polyp on his vocal cord, according to a spokeswoman from the National Institute of Allergy a...
Aug 20, 2020
Northern Ireland reduces number of people allowed to meet in new COVID-19 restrictions
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Northern Ireland tightened restrictions on the number of people allowed to meet indoors and outdoors on Thursday, as it struggles to rein in a surge in new cases of COVID-19, the di...
Aug 20, 2020
