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Georgia expects its economy to contract 4% in 2020: prime minister
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia expects its economy to contract 4% in 2020 due to the spread of the coronavirus, the ex-Soviet country's prime minister said on Friday. Giorgi Gakharia told the government ...
Apr 24, 2020
Transport for London to furlough 7,000 staff, access UK job retention scheme
LONDON (Reuters) - Transport for London (TFL) said on Friday it would place 7,000 staff on furlough and access the British government's job retention scheme, saving nearly 16 million pounds ($19.72 mi...
Apr 24, 2020
Here’s why you can’t find frozen fries, while U.S. farmers are sitting on tons of potatoes
By Lisa Baertlein (Reuters) - Shopper Lexie Mayewski is having a hard time finding frozen french fries in Washington, D.C.-area supermarkets in the wake of coronavirus-fueled stockpiling. On the other...
Apr 24, 2020
U.S. food banks run short on staples as hunger soars
By Michelle Conlin, Lisa Baertlein and Christopher Walljasper (Reuters) - It's pitch black in El Paso, Texas, when the minivans and pickups start lining up at 4 a.m., snaking for more than a mile down...
Apr 24, 2020
Land Bank debt default draws attention to South African state firms’ finances
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African state-owned bank which lends to the agricultural sector said on Friday it had defaulted on payments on two bond programmes worth a combined 50 billion rand ($2...
Apr 24, 2020
China’s economic and social development still faces significant uncertainties – premier
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's economic and social development still faces significant uncertainties amid the coronavirus pandemic, Premier Li Keqiang has said. The government will step up adjustment of ...
Apr 24, 2020
Slovenia business sentiment hits all-time low as crisis saps confidence
By Marja Novak LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Slovenian business sentiment fell to an all-time low in April as the coronavirus crisis drained confidence across all economic sectors and among the country's cons...
Apr 24, 2020
Moldovan leader says Russian loan row risks economic crisis
CHISINAU (Reuters) - Moldova's President on Friday accused the opposition of provoking an economic crisis in the tiny eastern European country by blocking the receipt of a Russian loan. The Moldovan c...
Apr 24, 2020
French court to rule on Amazon union spat as vendors struggle
By Sarah White and Gwnalle Barzic PARIS (Reuters) - A French court will on Friday decide whether to back Amazon's appeal against an order to restrict the goods it can deliver, which led it to close it...
Apr 24, 2020
Hungary, China sign loan deal for Budapest-Belgrade Chinese rail project
By Krisztina Than and Anita Komuves BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary and China have signed a loan agreement to finance the construction of a railway link between Budapest and Belgrade, Finance Minister Mi...
Apr 24, 2020
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