Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Abenomics fails to deliver as Japan braces for Abe resignation
By Leika Kihara and Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's signature shock-and-awe 'Abenomics' stimulus strategy was already faltering even before Friday's news that h...
Aug 28, 2020
Amazon orders 1,800 Mercedes-Benz electric vans for European deliveries
By Nick Carey and Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Friday it had ordered 1,800 electric vans from Mercedes-Benz for its European delivery fleet, as part of the online retailer's plans...
Aug 28, 2020
Top Philippine diplomat recommends scrapping deals with blacklisted China firms
By Karen Lema and Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' foreign minister said on Friday he would recommend the government terminates deals with Chinese firms blacklisted by the Unite...
Aug 28, 2020
Taiwan’s Mediatek pushes for permission to supply Huawei after U.S. curbs
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwanese chip designer Mediatek Inc said on Friday it had applied to the U.S. government for permission to continue supplying China's Huawei after new U.S. curbs take effect in mid...
Aug 28, 2020
UK transport minister: ‘It is now safe to return to work’
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government will urge people to return to offices and other workplaces where it is safe to do so to help the economy recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, transport minister ...
Aug 28, 2020
Wearing masks is not compulsory for cyclists in Paris, police say
PARIS (Reuters) - Paris police department said on Friday that people doing outdoors exercise and cyclists will not have to wear face masks outdoors after authorities made masks mandatory everywhere in...
Aug 28, 2020
Arizona’s Hall of Fame coach Olson dies aged 85
(Reuters) - Hall of Fame basketball coach Lute Olson, who guided the Arizona Wildcats to their only NCAA championship in 1997, has died aged 85, the university confirmed on Thursday. Olson was hospita...
Aug 28, 2020
French savings surged, profits plunge in record second-quarter GDP slump: INSEE
PARIS (Reuters) - French household savings skyrocketed while businesses' profits plunged in the second quarter amid a coronavirus lockdown, the INSEE stats agency said on Friday, confirming the econom...
Aug 28, 2020
Church protests, COVID-19 test Montenegro’s long-ruling party in Sunday vote
PODGORICA (Reuters) - The tiny Adriatic republic of Montenegro goes to the polls on Sunday riven by tensions over a religious communities law resisted by the powerful Orthodox Church and grappling wit...
Aug 28, 2020
SoftBank to slash holding in wireless carrier; could raise $14 billion
TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp said on Friday it planned to slash its exposure to wireless carrier SoftBank Corp to 40.4% from 62.1% now, in a sale worth 1.47 trillion yen ($13.8 billion) at Fr...
Aug 28, 2020
