Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Bank of Canada holds rate steady at 0.25% as expected
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Bank of Canada on Wednesday held its key overnight interest rate steady at 0.25%, as expected, and said both the global and Canadian economies are evolving broadly in line with ...
Sep 09, 2020
Australian business leaders respond to corporate scandals, #MeToo movement
By Paulina Duran SYDNEY (Reuters) - A group of mostly male executives from Australia's top companies said in a report on Thursday that boards should be tougher in tackling sexual harassment at a time ...
Sep 09, 2020
IMF says coronavirus crisis ‘far from over’, more support needed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday warned that the coronavirus crisis was "far from over" and underscored the need for multilateral cooperation to ensure adequate supp...
Sep 09, 2020
Portugal reports 646 new coronavirus cases, record since April 20
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal reported 646 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the highest daily toll since April 20, with transmission primarily occurring in family households, health secretary of stat...
Sep 09, 2020
Madrid bar and restaurants call for help as COVID crisis hits
MADRID (Reuters) - Holding banners reading "Help!" and "We are not the problem", Spanish bar, restaurant and nightclub owners gathered in central Madrid on Wednesday to ask the government for tax cuts...
Sep 09, 2020
Spanish government plans bill to ban Francoist foundation
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's government is preparing a bill that will ban the Francisco Franco foundation, which works to defend the image of the late dictator, Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez sa...
Sep 09, 2020
Norway arrests suspect in 1982 attack on Jewish restaurant in Paris
OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian police have arrested a man sought by French prosecutors on suspicion that he took part in a fatal attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris 38 years ago, the man's lawyer and p...
Sep 09, 2020
Trump administration rolls back U.S. inspection rules for egg products
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Trump administration said on Wednesday it will stop requiring U.S. plants that produce egg products to have full-time government inspectors, in the first update...
Sep 09, 2020
Exclusive: Russian government tells state banks to ensure liquidity flow to Belarus lenders
By Tatiana Voronova MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's prime minister and finance minister have told the country's biggest state lenders to ensure liquidity continues to flow to banks in Belarus, where a pol...
Sep 09, 2020
ECB to make only slight changes to projections: Bloomberg
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank's growth and inflation projections to be published on Thursday will only show slight changes compared with the bank's June forecasts, Bloomberg reported...
Sep 09, 2020
