Companies are desperate because of the slow payout of corona aid

By Christian Krämer, Andreas Rinke – Berlin (Reuters) – Well meant, but badly implemented: More and more companies are in urgent need of help because of the government-imposed restrictions in the coronavirus crisis, but they cannot get the money. 50 and 20 Euro banknotes are displayed in this picture illustration taken November 14, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit … Read more

VDL – New deadline for Brexit decision until “the end of the weekend”

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen welcomes British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Brussels, Belgium December 9, 2020. Olivier Hoslet / Pool via REUTERS Brussels / London (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have agreed a deadline of Sunday evening in the Brexit negotiations on … Read more

Brexit talks until Sunday – “Will be an important moment”

FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Foreign Affairs Secretary Dominic Raab arrives at Downing Street, in London, Britain, November 26, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/File Photo London (Reuters) – After the summit meeting on Brexit in Brussels, the British government is pushing for concessions from the European Union. Foreign Minister Dominic Raab told the BBC on Thursday that there are … Read more

US Supreme Court dismisses case against election result in Pennsylvania

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S. November 10, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo Washington (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump’s allies have suffered Supreme Court defeat in an attempt to invalidate millions of Pennsylvania votes. The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a motion by several Republicans to prohibit … Read more

Ifo – Corona loans highest in NRW and Bavaria – “Understandable”

Euro currency bills are pictured at the Croatian National Bank in Zagreb, Croatia, May 21, 2019. Picture taken May 21, 2019. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic Berlin (Reuters) – According to a study by the Ifo Institute, North Rhine-Westphalia has the highest corona-related loans of all federal states. The most populous federal state has approved credit authorizations in … Read more

ECB supervision wants to relieve banks with a proposal for wobbly loans

The European Central Bank (ECB) logo is pictured before a news conference on the outcome of the meeting of the Governing Council in Frankfurt, Germany, January 23, 2020. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski Frankfurt (Reuters) – In view of the expected credit defaults as a result of the Corona crisis, the ECB banking supervisory authority is pushing ahead … Read more

US Republicans limit attendance at party conference in Florida

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives from his travel to Atlanta, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 15, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (Reuters) – The US Republicans are restricting attendance at their nomination party conference for President Donald Trump in Florida. The US state has recently seen significantly more coronavirus cases. … Read more

Florida reports 10,000 new infections in one day

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the South Beach as beaches are reopened with restrictions to limit the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Miami Beach, Florida, U.S., June 10, 2020. REUTERS/Marco Bello Washington (Reuters) – The coronavirus is still on the rise in the US. In Florida alone, more than 10,000 new cases … Read more