Author Archives: Syndicated Content
MUFG trims U.S. sell-side team to expand capital markets business – source
By Kate Duguid NEW YORK (Reuters) - Japanese mega-bank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has cut six members of its U.S. team, four in sell-side markets research, sales and trading, and two investment-ba...
Apr 23, 2021
India’s posts world record daily COVID cases for second straight day
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India recorded the world's highest daily tally of coronavirus cases for a second day in a row on Friday, while daily deaths from COVID-19 also jumped by a record. With 332,730 ne...
Apr 23, 2021
Fears of Biden tax blow leave cryptocurrencies Ether, Bitcoin on the ropes
By Stanley White and Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency Ether pulled back sharply from a record high and rival Bitcoin also fell on Friday amid speculation that U.S. President Joe Biden's...
Apr 23, 2021
China, North Korea poised to resume freight rail links as trade revives
By Yew Lun Tian DANDONG, China (Reuters) - China is set to resume cargo train service with North Korea, people familiar with the matter said, following a 15-month border closure due to COVID-19, as tr...
Apr 23, 2021
South Korea widens public access to virus self-test kits amid surge
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea granted conditional approval on Friday that will allow the public to use two coronavirus self-test kits for the first time, as a surge in infections has r...
Apr 22, 2021
Fire in COVID-19 hospital kills 12 as India struggles with huge second wave
By Shilpa Jamkhandikar and Neha Arora MUMBAI, (Reuters) - A fire in a hospital treating COVID-19 patients in India killed a dozen people on Friday, a fire official said, as the country struggles to co...
Apr 22, 2021
Desperate hunt for missing Indonesian submarine as oxygen set to run out
By Yuddy Cahya Budiman and Sultan Anshori BANYUWANGI/DENPASAR, Indonesia (Reuters) - Rescue aircraft and ships scoured the sea north of Bali on Friday as the hunt for a missing Indonesian submarine wi...
Apr 22, 2021
Australia man contracts COVID-19 after finishing two-week quarantine
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A man in Australia tested positive for COVID-19 after finishing his hotel quarantine, authorities said on Friday, raising concerns about community transmission as more virulent viru...
Apr 22, 2021
Thailand reports daily record of over 2,000 COVID-19 cases, 4 new deaths
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand reported 2,070 new coronavirus cases on Friday, the highest number of daily cases since the pandemic started, as the country struggles with a third wave of infections, the...
Apr 22, 2021
Eerily empty, Thai tourist island Phuket desperate to reopen
By Jorge Silva PHUKET, Thailand (Reuters) - A year after one of Southeast Asia's most popular fun-and-sun destinations became an eerily quiet shell of empty resorts, shops and nightclubs, residents of...
Apr 22, 2021
