Author Archives: Syndicated Content
German economy to shrink some 1.5% in early 2021: DIW
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's economy could shrink by around 1.5% in the beginning of the year, the DIW research institute said on Wednesday, as lockdown measures to restrict coronavirus infections tak...
Feb 24, 2021
Exhausted by COVID-19 fight, Portuguese nurses want pay not applause
By Catarina Demony and Pedro Nunes LISBON (Reuters) - At midnight nurse Ines Lopes and her colleagues are about to start the night shift taking care of patients in a COVID-19 intensive care unit in th...
Feb 24, 2021
Biden rushes to address global computer chip shortage via latest executive order
By Nandita Bose and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will sign an executive order on Wednesday aimed at addressing a global semiconductor chip shortage that has forced U.S. aut...
Feb 24, 2021
Indian central bank has “major concerns” over cryptocurrencies: Governor Das
By Swati Bhat and Nupur Anand MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's central bank has "major concerns" about cryptocurrencies, Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Wednesday, flagging potential risks to financial sta...
Feb 24, 2021
Kuroda says BOJ will seek ways to make ETF buying more effective
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said the central bank is already buying exchange-traded funds (ETF) flexibly, but will seek ways to make the programme more eff...
Feb 24, 2021
Deutsche Bank upgrades U.S. GDP forecast on stimulus push
(Reuters) - Deutsche Bank economists have upgraded their 2021/2022 forecasts for U.S. GDP growth on expectations of a bigger stimulus package in the world's largest economy, a strategist at the German...
Feb 24, 2021
Digital health checks vital to travel recovery, Heathrow says
By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) - Digital health checks will be vital to a recovery in foreign travel from the COVID-19 pandemic, Britain's Heathrow airport said on Wednesday, after a collapse in pass...
Feb 24, 2021
Malaysia urged to explain deportation of Myanmar detainees despite court order
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Several lawmakers and rights groups on Wednesday called on Malaysia's government to explain its deportation of more than 1,000 Myanmar nationals, despite a court-ordered stay,...
Feb 24, 2021
Deutsche Bank and Mastercard to deepen cooperation on payments
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank and Mastercard said on Wednesday they would deepen their collaboration as the German lender aims for a greater share of the payments business. The partnership will ...
Feb 24, 2021
U.S. seeks to return to U.N. human rights body
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States will seek election to the U.N. Human Rights Council later this year, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday, marking the Bid...
Feb 24, 2021
