Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. tariffs weigh on Europe stocks; Airbus dips
(Reuters) - European stocks snapped a four-day winning run on Thursday as the U.S. government left tariffs on Airbus and a host of other European goods unchanged, while a clutch of blue-chip companies...
Aug 13, 2020
Russia’s coronavirus cases surpass 907,000
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia reported 5,057 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday, bringing its nationwide tally to 907,758, the fourth largest caseload in the world. Russia's coronavirus taskfo...
Aug 13, 2020
DoorDash faces injunction to reclassify some workers as employees
(Reuters) - San Francisco's district attorney on Wednesday filed a preliminary injunction against food delivery firm DoorDash to reclassify its contractors as employees, days after a judge granted a s...
Aug 13, 2020
China data mystery prompts talk of stealth PBOC bond buying
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - A mysterious increase in Chinese government bond (CGB) holdings by unknown investors has prompted speculation that China's central bank has bought the debt in recent month...
Aug 13, 2020
Airbus shares hit by U.S. tariff measures
PARIS (Reuters) - Shares in European planemaker Airbus fell on Thursday after the U.S. government said it would maintain 15% tariffs on the company's aircraft and 25% tariffs on other European goods. ...
Aug 13, 2020
BOJ paying banks to boost pandemic relief, compensates for negative interest rates
By Hideyuki Sano and Mariko Sakaguchi TOKYO (Reuters) - As the Bank of Japan tries to pump more funds to companies hit by the coronavirus pandemic, it is offering banks hundreds of millions of dollars...
Aug 13, 2020
Thai investor mood dips for first time in four months, politics weigh
By Satawasin Staporncharnchai and Orathai Sriring BANGKOK (Reuters) - Investor confidence in Thailand's capital markets over the next three months dropped for the first time in four months, unsettled ...
Aug 13, 2020
Does this village in Niger hold a key to defeating African jihad?
By Edward McAllister AGADEZ, Niger (Reuters) - A dispute between Fulani herders and their nomadic Tuareg neighbours over stolen cattle and motorbikes threatened to turn violent in the village of Amata...
Aug 13, 2020
Australian insurers ask courts to decide on pandemic payouts
By Paulina Duran SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Insurance Council of Australia began legal action on Thursday to seek formal clarification on whether they need to pay insurance claims to small businesses hit ...
Aug 13, 2020
Germany: Optimistic we’ll have a vaccine in coming months and certainly next year
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Health Minister Jens Spahn on Thursday told ZDF television that he expected there would be a COVID-19 vaccine in the coming months and definitely next year. "I'm optimistic t...
Aug 13, 2020
