GE enters into $15 billion loan agreement
General Electric Co entered into a revolving credit agreement for $15 billion, according to a regulatory filing on Monday.
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Halliburton books $1.1 billion charge, slashes spending by 50%
U.S. oilfield services giant Halliburton on Monday reported a $1 billion first-quarter loss on charges and outlined the largest budget cut yet among top energy companies...
NatWest presses ahead with more job cuts in face of coronavirus crisis
British state-backed lender NatWest is pressing ahead with further job cuts, axing more than 30 jobs in its digital ventures arm despite rivals halting redundancies during...
UK Government Adds COVID-19 Program to Support Early State Ventures. Is it Enough?
Crowdfund Insider JD Alois Apr 20, 2020 In a widely anticipated move, HM Treasury announced a new package of bailout programs for early-stage ventures that did...
Congress feuds as deal still elusive on small business coronavirus aid
U.S. Democrats and Republicans feuded on Monday over who was responsible for delay even as they worked on details of a possible $450 billion-plus deal to...
IMF may need 'exceptional measures' to facilitate pandemic response: Georgieva
The IMF may need to step outside its comfort zone and consider "exceptional measures" to help countries deal with the coronavirus pandemic and mitigate its economic...
U.S. crude futures plunge to 1986 low on scant storage, weak demand
Oil prices tumbled on Monday, with the U.S. crude futures contract plunging more than 40% to its lowest level since 1986, as investors worried about lack...
Investor groups call for UK firms to provide a virtual AGM
Britain's biggest listed companies have been urged to hold 'virtual' annual general meetings after two-thirds of the firms to announce meetings so far opted to hold...
Vivendi shareholders approve dividend of 0.60 euro per share
Vivendi's shareholders approved on Monday the payment of a dividend of 0.60 euro per share for the fiscal year 2019, with 99.52% of shareholder votes supporting...
HSBC cuts top investment bank jobs despite wider firing freeze
HSBC has cut a number of top management roles in its investment bank, memos seen by Reuters showed, as Chief Executive Noel Quinn presses on with...
Atlantia unit eyes govt guarantee scheme to fight virus impact - sources
The motorway unit of Italian infrastructure group Atlantia is considering tapping government-backed liquidity to temper the impact of coronavirus on its business, two sources with knowledge...
U.S. restaurants seek more aid, on track to lose $240 billion by end of 2020
U.S. restaurants asked Congress for more financial aid on Monday to help weather the coronavirus crisis ravaging the industry, saying they are on track to lose...
U.S. House Republican leader: still no deal on more coronavirus money for small businesses
U.S. Democrats and Republicans were near agreement on Monday for extra money to help small businesses hurt by the coronavirus pandemic, a top Republican lawmaker said,...
Volkswagen in Brazil to keep factories closed through April
Volkswagen AG said on Monday it will keep its factories in Brazil, South America's top auto producer, shut through the end of the month, but that...
IMF's Georgieva says most worried about crisis impact on developing countries
Developing countries may be the hardest hit economically by the fallout from the spread of the new coronavirus, IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva said on Monday.