Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Workers from state factories join mass protests against Belarus president
By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) - Workers from state-run industrial plants joined tens of thousands of people on a fifth day of protests against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, despite ...
Aug 13, 2020
AIG appoints David McElroy CEO for general insurance business
(Reuters) - American International Group Inc on Thursday promoted David McElroy to the post of chief executive officer of general insurance and executive vice president with immediate effect. McElroy,...
Aug 13, 2020
Chinese firms flood into U.S. IPOs despite delisting threat
By Scott Murdoch, Kane Wu and Julie Zhu HONG KONG (Reuters) - The U.S. government is threatening to delist Chinese companies that do not meet U.S. accounting standards, but mainland firms are rushing ...
Aug 13, 2020
Portugal keeps Lisbon under stricter COVID curbs until end-August
LISBON (Reuters) - The Portuguese capital and its surrounds will remain under tougher anti-coronavirus restrictions than the rest of the country until at least the end of August, the government said o...
Aug 13, 2020
Protesters freed in Belarus speak of prison beatings
By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters freed from a detention centre in the Belarusian capital Minsk spoke on Thursday of having suffered beatings, cramped conditions and sta...
Aug 13, 2020
Singapore court appoints supervisor for Lim family’s Xihe Holdings: source
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The Singapore High Court has appointed Grant Thornton Singapore as the supervisor of Xihe Holdings Pte Ltd and four of its subsidiaries, a source with knowledge of the matter sai...
Aug 13, 2020
Payroll tax holiday will cover the self-employed: Kudlow
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to give workers a break on payroll taxes will apply to self-employed individuals, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Thursda...
Aug 13, 2020
Israeli hospital trials super-quick saliva test for COVID-19
RAMAT GAN, Israel (Reuters) - A newly developed saliva test aims to determine in less than a second whether or not you are infected with the novel coronavirus, Israel's largest medical center said on ...
Aug 13, 2020
Brazil’s Aurora produced chicken that tested positive for coronavirus, Chinese local government says
BRASILIA/BEIJING (Reuters) - The local government in the Chinese city of Shenzhen on Thursday identified a Brazilian meat plant owned by Aurora, the country's third largest processor of chicken and po...
Aug 13, 2020
Irish PM sees ‘landing zone’ for Brexit deal after meeting UK’s Johnson
BELFAST (Reuters) - Ireland's Prime Minister Michel Martin said on Thursday he believes there is a "landing zone" to reach a post-Brexit trade deal between the United Kingdom and the European Union. M...
Aug 13, 2020
