Oil heads for steep weekly slide after coronavirus turmoil
Oil prices were broadly steady on Friday but headed for their third weekly loss as production shutdowns failed to keep pace with sliding demand due to...
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Explainer: How China's retail investor army got burned by the shock oil collapse
China's retail investors take punts on everything from mainstream stocks to niche commodities and derivatives, and many were badly burned this week by exposure to U.S....
French court rules against CGT union in row with retailer Carrefour
A French court on Friday rejected a request from the CGT union that a Carrefour hypermarket near Lille be forced to close aisles selling non-esssential products...
Global stocks fall on worries over EU stimulus details, coronavirus drug
Global shares fell on Friday, hit by delays to an agreement on divisive details of the European Union's stimulus package and doubts about progress in the...
Facebook's big India deal portends a bruising time for SoftBank-backed Paytm
Facebook's $5.7 billion investment in Reliance promises to be the biggest headache yet for Paytm, a SoftBank-backed pioneer in India's digital payments market but which has...
Verizon loses 68,000 wireless subscribers as coronavirus takes toll
Verizon Communications Inc lost 68,000 phone subscribers who pay a monthly bill in the first quarter, as people stayed indoors due to lockdowns to halt the...
HSBC to push on with overhaul 'wherever possible' despite crisis
HSBC will press ahead with plans to reallocate capital from underperforming businesses, cut costs and strip out layers of management, despite problems caused by the coronavirus...
Here's why you can't find frozen fries, while U.S. farmers are sitting on tons of potatoes
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.
Futures rise at the end of stormy week
U.S. stock index futures gained on Friday with bargain hunters returning at the end of a tumultuous week marked by a record collapse in oil prices...
Big Oil investors to look past earnings pain and focus on dividends
Investors already braced for poor first-quarter earnings from major oil and gas companies next week will focus on how executives plan to save cash and whether...
Oil on course for steep slide in week of historic turmoil
Oil prices fell on Friday and headed for their third weekly loss running as production shutdowns failed to keep pace with sliding demand due to the...
French court to rule on Amazon union spat as vendors struggle
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...
Virgin Australia seeks aircraft waivers, owes $4.4 billion: administrator
Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd owes A$6.9 billion ($4.39 billion) to more than 10,000 creditors based on an initial review and will seek a three-month payment waiver...
Coronavirus stockpiling drives best Nestle sales growth in years
Swiss food giant Nestle reported its best quarterly sales growth in nearly five years on Friday as consumers stockpiled everything from Purina pet food to Nescafe...
Stocks fall on worries over EU stimulus details, coronavirus drug
Global shares fell on Friday, spurred by delays to an agreement on divisive details of the European Union's stimulus package and doubts about progress in the...