Asian shares rise as investors pin hopes on pandemic peaking
Asian shares rose on Thursday on hopes the COVID-19 pandemic is nearing a peak and that governments would roll out more stimulus measures to support their...
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Nissan seeks $4.6 billion credit line after coronavirus hit: sources
Nissan Motor has requested a 500 billion yen ($4.6 billion) commitment line from major lenders after sales were battered by the coronavirus outbreak, two people with...
U.S. weekly jobless claims seen hovering near record highs
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits in the last three weeks likely totaled a staggering 15 million as tough measures to control the novel coronavirus...
California developer says virus an act of God, sues Exxon over stalled deal
A California retail developer claims the state's coronavirus lockdown was an act of God that prevented it from completing a $4.2 million property acquisition, asking a...
Oil prices rise on optimism OPEC+ meeting will result in supply cut
Oil prices rose on Thursday on expectations the world's largest oil producers would agree to cut production at a meeting later in the day as the...
Advertisers shun coronavirus coverage, hastening news media battle for survival
From Rupert Murdoch's News UK to McClatchy's chain of local newspapers across the United States, news publishers are attracting record numbers of readers as people in...
Nissan seeks $4.6 billion credit line after coronavirus hit: Nikkei
Nissan Motor has requested a 500 billion yen ($4.6 billion) commitment line from major lenders after sales were battered by the coronavirus outbreak, the Nikkei business...
Swiss financial watchdog welcomes UBS' and Credit Suisse's dividend decisions
Swiss financial watchdog Finma said on Thursday it welcomed a decision by UBS and Credit Suisse to pay out half of their dividends for 2019 in...
Centerview turns to Matthieu Pigasse to lead new Paris hub
U.S. investment bank Centerview has hired Lazard's former France boss, Matthieu Pigasse, to lead its newly-launched Paris office and win business from European companies grappling with...
Asian shares turn mixed, oil rebounds in choppy trade
Asian stocks were mixed on Wednesday after two sessions of sharp gains as investors tempered their optimism about the coronavirus while death tolls were still mounting...
Pulp friction: Border jams delay supply of toilet paper's only ingredient
As several European borders limit travel to stop the spread of COVID-19, two of the world's biggest pulp makers say transportation logjams are delaying shipments of...
Wobbly U.S. fiscal response could deepen coronavirus recession
The U.S. government's massive effort to nurse the economy through the coronavirus crisis was billed as a send-money-and-don't-sweat-the-details flood of cash to people and businesses in...
Tesla to furlough workers, cut employee salaries due to coronavirus
Tesla Inc told employees on Tuesday it would furlough all non-essential workers and implement salary cuts during a shut down of its U.S. production facilities because...
Oil rises as markets eye OPEC, Russia meeting on output cuts
Oil rebounded on Wednesday after a two-day fall, lifted by hopes that a meeting between OPEC members and allied producers on Thursday will trigger output cuts...
Britain's Tesco says coronavirus costs could reach $1.1 billion
Britain's biggest retailer Tesco expects to take a hit of up to 925 million pounds ($1.1 billion) from the costs of dealing with the coronavirus pandemic...