Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Have job, but no hours: Some employed Canadians not working at all
By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian service workers are faring even worse during the pandemic than previously thought with hundreds of thousands of those who still have jobs not actually putti...
Nov 25, 2020
Americas region sees record 1.5 million COVID-19 cases in 7 days – WHO regional branch
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Americas reported more than 1.5 million cases of COVID-19 in the last 7 days, the highest weekly number since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organizat...
Nov 25, 2020
Boston Fed issues guidance for lenders on end of Main Street program
(Reuters) - The Boston Federal Reserve released fresh guidance Wednesday about how it plans to wind down the Main Street lending program, which is set to expire at year end after Treasury Secretary St...
Nov 25, 2020
Failure to get Brexit trade deal would wipe extra 2% off UK output: OBR
By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - Failure by Britain and the European Union to agree a free trade deal would wipe an extra 2% off the United Kingdom's economic output while driving up inflation, unemp...
Nov 25, 2020
Biden to unveil economic team next week -transition official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will announce his economic team and other key nominees next week, officials for his transition team told reporters on Wednesday. Biden transition ...
Nov 25, 2020
IKEA investment arm in talks to buy city-centre retail property in big European cities
By Anna Ringstrom STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - IKEA's Ingka Investments is in talks to buy commercial property in prime locations in several big European cities after it finalised its first-ever such acquisi...
Nov 25, 2020
Egyptian inventor trials robot that can test for COVID-19
TANTA, Egypt (Reuters) - With Egypt facing a second coronavirus wave, an inventor is trialing a remote-control robot which can test for COVID-19, take the temperature of patients, and warn them if the...
Nov 25, 2020
Malaysia’s PM Muhyiddin faces bellwether vote on 2021 budget
By Joseph Sipalan KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's parliament will on Thursday decide whether to approve the government's 2021 budget, in a vote that could decide Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin's ...
Nov 25, 2020
At least 40 killed in Brazil after bus and truck collide
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - At least 40 people died in Brazil on Wednesday after a crash between a bus and a truck in the state of Sao Paulo, the fire service said. Local TV images showed an eviscerated bus...
Nov 25, 2020
Venezuelan migrant women’s rights at risk due to informal jobs – report
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - The majority of migrant Venezuelan women living in Colombia work informally in unstable jobs which risk their fundamental rights such as access to healthcare, e...
Nov 25, 2020
