Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan considering lifting ban on fully-online shareholder meetings in COVID-19 era
By Daniel Leussink and Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will consider allowing companies to hold annual general meetings completely online, a government panel tasked with drafting the country'...
Nov 19, 2020
Poland reports new daily high of 637 coronavirus-related deaths
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland reported a new daily high of 637 coronavirus-related deaths on Thursday, according to the health ministry's Twitter account. There were 23,975 new cases reported on Thursday,...
Nov 19, 2020
German health official optimistic COVID-19 downward trend to continue
BERLIN (Reuters) - A senior German health official said on Thursday the trend of a slowing spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany could continue. "I'm very optimistic that this will happen," said ...
Nov 19, 2020
Germany EU presidency looking for solution to EU budget row: minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German EU presidency is still seeking a solution to the row in the European Union over a budget and recovery fund that aim to unlock billions of euros to help economies hit by t...
Nov 19, 2020
ECB can’t go bankrupt even it suffers losses
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank could "neither go bankrupt nor run out of money" even if it were to suffer losses on the multi-trillion-euro pile of bonds it has bought under its stimu...
Nov 19, 2020
A group of villagers, a migrant boat and a deadly end in Senegal
By Edward McAllister MECKHE, Senegal (Reuters) - Seven neighbours from a village in western Senegal boarded a fishing boat crammed with migrants just after midnight on Oct. 26. Their destination: Euro...
Nov 19, 2020
Europe aims for cooperation with U.S. against pandemic under Biden: Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) - Europe hopes for a closer cooperation with the U.S. in tackling the coronavirus pandemic and the global distribution of a vaccine once U.S. President-elect Joe Biden takes office, G...
Nov 19, 2020
EU foreign ministers to discuss further measures against Belarus: Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) - European Union foreign ministers will discuss further sanctions against the Belarusian authorities at their meeting on Thursday, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said. "The Belaru...
Nov 19, 2020
COVID-19 crisis: a shot in the arm for Russian e-commerce
By Anna Rzhevkina and Alexander Marrow GDANSK/MOSCOW (Reuters) - The coronavirus crisis has helped fuel a surge in online shopping in Russia that has put even the remote icy expanse of Chukotka on the...
Nov 19, 2020
George Soros urges EU to stand up to Hungary and Poland on recovery fund
LONDON (Reuters) - Billionaire financier George Soros said the European Union must stand up to Hungary and Poland and cannot afford to compromise on the rule-of-law provisions it applies to the funds ...
Nov 19, 2020
