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Federal business disaster loans now capped at $150,000 and limited to agriculture
The Small Business Administration has sharply curtailed the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program, limiting new applicants to only agricultural businesses and capping max loan amounts at...
Planemakers delay deliveries as crisis hits manufacturing: Air France-KLM CEO
Planemakers Airbus and Boeing have asked Air France to delay taking some wide-body jets after a manufacturing slowdown caused by the coronavirus crisis, the head of...
Liberty Global, Telefonica agree $38 billion merger of UK businesses
The British businesses of Liberty Global Plc and Telefonica SA will merge to create a major new player in UK mobile and broadband communications in a...
Shopify displaces RBC to become Canada’s most valuable company
BNN Bloomberg Ian Vandaelle May 6, 2020 Shopify Inc. has displaced Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) as the nation’s largest public company. The ecommerce platform provider’s...
Norwegian Air's April passenger count falls 99%
Norwegian Air's passenger volume fell by 98.7% in April from a year earlier as most of its fleet was grounded due to the coronavirus pandemic, the...
Virgin Atlantic job cuts will help win new investment -internal memo
Virgin Atlantic's planned 3,150 job cuts will show the airline is taking "self-help" measures and help it to win financial support from either the British government...
'Bubble' stocks like Beyond Meat and Peloton were supposed to blow up, but the opposite happened
Bubble-like tech stocks remain among the biggest winners this year, and their strength has pushed the Nasdaq Composite into positive territory on Thursday.
British Airways parent IAG says CEO Willie Walsh to stay until September
British Airways-owner IAG said that chief executive Willie Walsh would stay on until September to steer it through the coronavirus crisis, and that it was planning...
Luxury department store chain Neiman Marcus files for bankruptcy
Neiman Marcus Group filed for bankruptcy protection on Thursday, marking one of the highest-profile collapses yet among retailers forced to temporarily close stores in response to...
Bottler Coca Cola HBC's April sales lose fizz as lockdowns weigh
Soft drinks bottler Coca Cola HBC AG on Thursday said sales in April fell by more than a third as fast-food chains, theatres and other public...
AB InBev sees worse ahead, with some light in China
Anheuser-Busch InBev , the world's largest beer maker, forecast a "materially worse" second quarter as coronavirus restrictions curb drinking across the globe, while noting some improvement...
Rolls-Royce eyes job cuts this month as aerospace market shrinks
British aero-engine maker Rolls-Royce signalled on Thursday it expects to cut some of its workforce to respond to the slump in the global aerospace market, saying...
Harley appoints turnaround specialist Jochen Zeitz to revive sales
Harley-Davidson Inc on Thursday appointed board member and turnaround specialist Jochen Zeitz to the role of chief executive officer, as the struggling motorcycle maker looks to...
Britain's Next expands beauty business with former Debenhams stores
British clothing retailer Next said on Thursday it will expand its beauty business by taking on five former Debenhams beauty departments and rebranding them as "The...