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...
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Ryanair may cut 10-20% of jobs in winter season, CEO tells German paper
Ryanair may have to lay off 10-20% of staff in the winter season as it will operate fewer flights due to the coronavirus crisis, Chief Executive...
The growing worry for bondholders: Getting 'primed'
Bondholders in particularly hard-hit sectors like energy, travel and leisure have another issue to watch for as companies struggle to survive the economic shutdown - getting...
Swatch CEO says China sales rise but global situation still grim
Swatch Group's sales at its own stores in China are up by almost a quarter during April, the watchmaker's Chief Executive Nick Hayek told Blick newspaper,...
Nestle posts better than expected first-quarter sales as customers stockpile food
Nestle reported a 4.3% rise in organic sales growth for the first quarter, the food giant said on Friday, as consumers filled cupboards with Purina pet...
Virgin Australia owes $4.4 billion, to seek aircraft lease waivers -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...
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...
Main Street's mainstays: How some U.S. states tapped crisis loans
As the coronavirus crisis gripped the U.S. economy and Congress approved hundreds of billions of dollars in emergency small business loans, Utah builder Clark Ivory knew...
Brokerages restrict clients on positions they can take in oil
Several brokerages, including discount giant TD Ameritrade Corp are restricting customers from buying new positions in certain crude oil contracts after an unprecedented sell-off that sent...
Oil prices rise more than $1 after week of turmoil amid viral outbreak
Oil prices jumped again on Friday, gaining more ground as producers like Kuwait said they would move to cut output and as the United States approved...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...