Telecom Italia and Open Fiber crank up war of words over single network
A war of words between Telecom Italia (TIM) and Open Fiber over the creation of a single broadband network escalated on Tuesday as the phone incumbent...
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U.S. energy secretary to urge House lawmakers to buy oil for strategic reserve
The U.S. energy secretary said on Tuesday he would talk with leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives later in the day and urge them to...
What to do if you're struggling to pay child support or alimony during the coronavirus crisis
As U.S. household income takes a hit from the coronavirus-induced economic meltdown, family law attorneys are seeing an increase in people exploring their options for reducing...
Wall Street falls as U.S. crude collapse worsens pandemic woes
Wall Street retreated for a second straight day on Tuesday as a collapse in U.S. crude prices and glum annual forecasts by companies foreshadowed the biggest...
JPMorgan Chase developing plan to return employees to work in phases: memo
JPMorgan Chase & Co told employees on Tuesday that it is working to develop a strategy to have employees return to work in offices in phases,...
Oil crash pummels stocks and bond yields; dollar rises
Stock markets around the world fell on Tuesday, as oil prices hit a two-decade low a day after some U.S. crude oil futures turned negative for...
Brent oil drops to near two-decade lows on falling demand, storage woes
Oil futures for June plunged to near two-decade lows on Tuesday, as the panic that sent U.S. May futures to below minus $40 per barrel on...
Exclusive: Facebook agreed to censor posts after Vietnam slowed traffic - sources
Facebook's local servers in Vietnam were taken offline early this year, slowing local traffic to a crawl until it agreed to significantly increase the censorship of...
Your small business got a Paycheck Protection Program loan. Now what?
Small businesses that got a loan from the Paycheck Protection Program now have to decide how to spend that money. Their answers can differ greatly.
New York charges Mallinckrodt with insurance fraud related to opioids
New York state charged Mallinckrodt Plc on Tuesday with insurance fraud for misrepresenting the safety and efficacy of its opioid drugs, leading to medically unnecessary prescriptions.
Coca-Cola CEO warns that lifting coronavirus lockdowns on US businesses might not stick
"We shouldn't assume that each step forward is permanent necessarily," Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey told CNBC.
Air Canada to suspend flights to U.S. on coronavirus concerns
Air Canada said on Tuesday it would suspend flights between Canada and the United States after April 26 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
UK made a firm decision on Huawei in 5G: foreign ministry's top official
Britain's government made a firm decision to allow China's Huawei to have a role in building the country's 5G phone network and as far as the...
Germany's BaFin fines BlackRock for late filing of voting rights
The German financial markets watchdog BaFin said on Tuesday it had fined BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd 744,000 euros ($809,000) for failure to file voting rights...
U.S. existing home sales dive; prices still strong
U.S. home sales dropped by the most in nearly 4-1/2 years in March as extraordinary measures to control the spread of the novel coronavirus brought buyer...