Author Archives: Syndicated Content
“Pandemic mindset” persists among global consumers – survey
By Mark John LONDON (Reuters) - People in the world's leading economies remain overwhelmingly nervous about returning to life as normal, even after having being vaccinated against COVID-19, a survey r...
May 20, 2021
Malaysia sees another record in COVID-19 infections, deaths
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia reported a new daily record in coronavirus infections and deaths on Thursday, as the country deals with spike in the number and severity of new cases. It announced 59...
May 20, 2021
Governor Whitmer tweaks Michigan’s “Vacc To Normal” plan, eases more restrictions
MIDLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Governor Gretchen Whitmer gave an update on the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the latest in vaccination efforts. Instead of tying four phases of ...
May 20, 2021
Deutsche Bank hires top Credit Suisse ECM banker Gruffat
By Abhinav Ramnarayan LONDON (Reuters) -Deutsche Bank has hired Credit Suisse's Stephane Gruffat as co-head of equity capital markets for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, according to an int...
May 20, 2021
Trust in EU governments falls amid pandemic, steady in EU as a bloc
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union citizens' support for their national governments has fallen sharply since the COVID-19 pandemic began, although the supranational bloc itself has ma...
May 20, 2021
Pound faces tough battle to reclaim pre-Brexit levels vs dollar
By Joice Alves and Saikat Chatterjee LONDON (Reuters) - Five years after the 2016 referendum that dealt it a heavy blow, the pound is less than ten cents below its pre-Brexit exchange rate against the...
May 20, 2021
Lithuanian parliament latest to call China’s treatment of Uyghurs ‘genocide’
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - The parliament in Lithuania on Thursday became the latest to describe China's treatment of its Uyghur minority as "genocide", voting to call for a U.N. investigati...
May 20, 2021
Indonesian govt agency to scrutinise Gojek-Tokopedia merger to avoid tech monopoly
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's anti-trust agency (KPPU) on Thursday said it would scrutinise the multi-billion dollar merger of the country's startups Gojek and Tokopedia to check for potential monop...
May 20, 2021
Boxing-AIBA launches independent probe into Jordanian boxer’s death
(Reuters) - The International Boxing Association has initiated an independent investigation into the death of teenage Jordanian boxer Rashed Al-Swaisat, who died last month after sustaining a head inj...
May 20, 2021
JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley bet on Colombia sinking further into junk after S&P move
LONDON (Reuters) - Wall Street banks JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley predicted on Thursday that Fitch would downgrade Colombia's credit rating to junk before the year is out and spark forced selling after...
May 20, 2021
