Author Archives: Syndicated Content
World Bank’s IFC warns of Asia-Pacific ‘financial crisis’
By Tom Allard JAKARTA (Reuters) - The Asia-Pacific region risks a damaging financial crisis from a surge of non-performing loans caused by rising insolvencies, a senior official from the World Bank Gr...
Sep 17, 2020
Hurricane Sally weakens to tropical storm, leaves massive floods on U.S. Gulf Coast
By Devika Krishna Kumar and Catherine Koppel PENSACOLA, Fla. (Reuters) - Hurricane Sally moved northeast Thursday, where it was expected to bring more than a foot of rain to some areas, one day after ...
Sep 17, 2020
U.S. oil producers, exporters tally damages from Hurricane Sally, begin restarts
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - Storm-tossed U.S. offshore energy producers and exporters began clearing debris on Thursday from Hurricane Sally and booting up idle Gulf of Mexico operations after h...
Sep 17, 2020
Explainer: Why Singapore’s COVID-19 death rate is the world’s lowest
By John Geddie and Aradhana Aravindan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore has the lowest coronavirus case fatality count globally, with just 27 deaths among the more than 57,000 people who have been infec...
Sep 17, 2020
Deloitte hit with record 15 million pound fine for Autonomy audit
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's accounting regulator said on Thursday it has fined Deloitte a record 15 million pounds ($19.4 million) for its audit of software firm Autonomy that contained ...
Sep 17, 2020
France’s Le Maire: We will fight Bridgestone’s plan to close Bethune factory
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government is looking into options to try to save jobs and prevent the closure of the Bethune tyre plant in northern France that Japan's Bridgestone plans to shut. "We are...
Sep 17, 2020
Spain’s COVID tracing app tries to balance public health with privacy
By Isla Binnie MADRID (Reuters) - "What does RadarCOVID not do?" a promotional video for Spain's contact-tracing app asks. The answer: while navigating the country's decentralised healthcare system, i...
Sep 17, 2020
UK faces bottleneck on COVID-19 testing due to lab capacity: minister
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain faces difficulties in carrying out COVID-19 tests due to shortages of lab capacity, said junior health minister Edward Argar. "Lab capacity is one of the bottlenecks, or one...
Sep 17, 2020
Eneos says likely to extend Tokyo Olympics sponsorship deal at year-end
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Eneos Holdings Inc is likely to extend at the end of the year its sponsorship deal for the Tokyo Olympics, which has been delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, the firm's chai...
Sep 17, 2020
Biden warns UK on Brexit: No trade deal unless you respect Northern Irish peace deal
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has warned the United Kingdom that it must honour the Northern Irish peace deal as it extracts itself from the European Union or the...
Sep 17, 2020
