Oil falls on concern over storage and earnings
Oil prices fell on Monday, with a U.S. crude futures contract hitting its lowest level since 1999, depressed by concern that U.S. crude storage will soon...
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Coronavirus pushes Latin America's budding startups into survival mode
The chief executive of Colombian food technology startup Muy had expected to spend the past few weeks gearing up to raise a dollop of fresh funds...
Exclusive: India foreign investment rules aimed at China to include Hong Kong - sources
New Indian rules to ensure scrutiny of investments from companies based in neighbouring countries, especially during the coronavirus outbreak, will also apply to Hong Kong, two...
KFC to sell plant-based fried chicken made by Cargill in China
Yum China's KFC fast food chain will begin selling plant-based fried chicken for the first time in China over a limited time period, it said on...
Four staffing units of Norwegian Air file for bankruptcy
Four Swedish and Danish subsidiaries of Norwegian Air have filed for bankruptcy due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis which has grounded most of the company's fleet,...
Halliburton sees bleak North America activity, joins rivals in spending cuts
Halliburton Co on Monday joined its bigger rival Schlumberger in taking impairment hits in the first quarter and issued a bleak outlook for North America as...
Brazil set to start QE cautiously but may need to bring out 'bazooka'
Brazil appears set to embark cautiously on unconventional monetary policy using small interventions to tackle dysfunction in bond markets, as it does with foreign exchange, but...
Bridgestone to suspend 11 Japanese plants during late April-early May
Japanese tyremaker Bridgestone Corp said on Monday it will suspend operations at its 11 domestic plants, including 8 tyre factories, from late April to early May...
IMF's Georgieva says coronavirus crisis is worst since Great Depression
The crisis sparked by the spread of the novel coronavirus is the worst since the Great Depression, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Monday.
Chicago Fed economic index takes recessionary plunge in March
A Chicago Federal Reserve measure of the national economy plunged to recessionary levels in March as the country responded to the coronavirus pandemic, a broad and...
Oil falls on concerns over storage, weakening economies
Oil prices fell on Monday, with a U.S. crude futures contract hitting its lowest level since 1998, as concerns that U.S. crude storage will soon be...
House Republican leader: still no deal on more coronavirus money for small U.S. businesses
U.S. House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy said on Monday there was still no deal on a funding measure that would provide more relief for small businesses...
Halliburton books $1.1 billion charge in low price outlook
Leading fracking firm Halliburton reported a $1 billion first quarter loss and $1.1 billion in impairment charges on Monday as it gave a bleak outlook for...
Futures pinned as oil price slump hammers energy stocks
U.S. stock index futures fell on Monday as a slump in oil prices pounded energy stocks, with investors also bracing for another batch of dour first-quarter...
United Airlines sees first-quarter loss of $2.1 billion
United Airlines said on Monday it expects to report a pretax loss of about $2.1 billion in the first quarter, hurt by a sharp drop in...