Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pandemic could make U.S. less sceptical of big government, Nobel winner says
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic could make voters in the United States less sceptical of the role of the public sector in providing healthcare and social assistance, Nobel prize-winning...
Dec 09, 2020
EU looks to Wall Street to solve fragmented share trading puzzle
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Stock exchanges in the European Union could back each other up to avoid platform outages leading to extended market freezes for investors, a senior European Union offic...
Dec 09, 2020
Iran blacklists U.S. envoy in Yemen, reciprocating U.S. move
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has blacklisted the U.S. ambassador in Yemen, the Iranian foreign ministry said on Wednesday, a day after Washington imposed terrorism-related sanctions on Tehran's envoy to the...
Dec 09, 2020
Exclusive: India antitrust body raids cement giants UltraTech, LafargeHolcim units, sources say
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's antitrust body on Wednesday conducted raids at offices of UltraTech Cement and two subsidiaries of the world's largest cement maker LafargeHolcim, two sou...
Dec 09, 2020
Slovakia orders schools, most shops to shut from Dec 21 as COVID-19 cases rise
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovakia on Wednesday ordered schools and most shops closed for at least three weeks from Dec. 21 as the number of COVID-19 cases continued to rise. The central European country als...
Dec 09, 2020
Brazil still weighing priority vaccination of pregnant women
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil is still weighing whether to include pregnant women among the priority groups for early vaccination against COVID-19, the Ministry of Health's Secretary of Health Surveilla...
Dec 09, 2020
Treasury: Businesses affected by COVID-19 epidemic orders provided tax assistance
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Businesses that require social gatherings for customers and have experienced disrupted operations due to COVID-19 epidemic orders now have additional time to make thei...
Dec 09, 2020
Turkey says ready to procure Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine if it meets criteria
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey is ready to procure Russia's coronavirus vaccine if it meets Ankara's criteria, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Wednesday, after an earlier report cited him as ruling ...
Dec 09, 2020
IMF’s Georgieva says sees Fund debt freeze for poor countries extended through 2021.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Wednesday that she expects an IMF program that freezes payments on IMF debt from the poorest countries...
Dec 09, 2020
Kenyan doctors mourn death of young colleague from COVID-19
By Edwin Waita NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan doctors on Wednesday decried the death of a 28-year-old physician from COVID-19 as the latest example of dangerous and unjust working conditions in government...
Dec 09, 2020
