A staggering 16.8 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits in the last three weeks, with weekly new claims topping 6 million for the second straight time last week as the novel coronavirus outbreak relentlessly savages the economy.
Excelso Sabulao delivers groceries for Amazon.com Inc in California so he can help provide his parents an income. Now, with endless interactions at stores and at homes during a pandemic, he worries his work will kill them.
Fiat Chrysler reached a deal with unions on Thursday over measures to adopt in its Italian plants once the government eases restrictions on business activity put in place to contain the coronavirus outbreak.
Unemployment insurance varies dramatically from state to state in many respects, such as the amount and duration of benefits.
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The Federal Reserve may expand a program to back Small Business Administration loans to include non-bank lenders as a way to help speed distribution of $350 billion in loans considered critical to helping the smallest firms through the coronavirus crisis.
Railroads are clamping down on rising demand from oil companies to store crude in rail cars due to safety concerns, sources said, even as the number of places available to stockpile oil is rapidly dwindling.
Oil prices gained nearly 4% on Thursday, but pulled back from an earlier surge as investors waited for details on negotiations between top producers hammering out an agreement for record supply cuts in response to the global fuel demand collapse due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The makers of specialized cameras to quickly scan for fevers as people enter crowded workplaces are grappling with soaring demand while confronting supply disruptions, forcing some to prioritize customers such as hospitals, executives told Reuters.
Global equity benchmarks moved higher on Thursday following signs of some success by governments and central banks which have taken additional steps to bolster their economies during the COVID-19 pandemic, while oil prices pulled back from an earlier surge.
Oil prices dipped on Thursday, giving back an earlier 10% surge as investors awaited details on a massive OPEC supply-cut agreement in response to the global fuel demand collapse due to the coronavirus pandemic.
British airline easyJet on Thursday said it would defer the delivery of 24 Airbus jets and hold a shareholder meeting after the airline's founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou stepped up a disagreement over the airline's expansion plans.
Uber Technologies Inc on Thursday said it plans to ship millions of face masks to its active drivers and food delivery people around the world to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
A staggering 16.8 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits in the last three weeks, with weekly new claims topping 6 million for the second straight time last week as the novel coronavirus outbreak relentlessly savages the economy.
Airbus's decision to cut output of its best-selling jet by a third amid coronavirus marks a huge shift for the European planemaker, which has enjoyed virtually unbroken growth since it began competing toe-to-toe with Boeing almost 20 years ago.