The Federal Communications Commission said Friday that major internet providers - including Comcast Corp, AT&T Inc and Verizon Communications Inc - agreed not to terminate service for subscribers for the next 60 days if they are unable to pay their bills due to disruptions caused by the coronavirus.
Security forces will empty the streets of cities across Iran in the next 24 hours in a drive to fight the spread of the new coronavirus, state television reported on Friday.
French auto maker Renault's two Spanish plants, in Valladolid and in Palencia, will cease production for two days next week due to a lack of components amid a coronavirus epidemic, a company spokesman said on Friday.
British Airways warned that its survival was at stake on Friday as its CEO told staff of plans to cut jobs and ground aircraft to tackle the "worsening situation" caused by coronavirus.
A rebound on Wall Street on Friday fizzled out following reports that President Donald Trump was set to declare a national emergency to tackle the rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak.
U.S. automakers General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co said on Friday they will have most of their white-collar workforce working remotely as of Monday to protect against the spread of the coronavirus.
Activist investor Elliott Management said on Friday it supports SoftBank Group Corp's latest move to buy back up to $4.8 billion of its shares.
Airlines are arguably the hardest hit industry due to the travel restrictions to slow down the spreading of the coronavirus.
Apple Inc on Friday called off the in-person portion of its annual developers conference scheduled to be held in San Jose and said it would run the program entirely online in June because of coronavirus fears.
Stocks across the globe bounced back on Friday after historic drops, but hopes of more central bank stimulus and government spending went only so far and the comeback lost steam in a week of pandemic panic-selling across markets.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has cautioned that more families will lose their loved ones to the coronavirus but has taken a distinctly different approach to tackling the outbreak.
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn told CNBC's Halftime Report on Friday that his largest short position is in commercial real estate.
The main plant of Volkswagen AG's Spanish unit Seat in Martorell near Barcelona will stop output on Monday for an unspecified time due to logistical problems linked to the coronavirus epidemic, a company spokesman said on Friday.
U.S. carrier AT&T Inc on Friday asked its employees to work from home amid rising fears of the coronavirus, joining a list of tech majors working to curb the spread.
FintechFutures | Ruby Hinchliffe | March 11, 2020 UK banks are taking a number of measures to help prop up the country’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as the coronavirus continues to spread and impact businesses globally. NatWest has committed a £5 billion fund, whilst Lloyds Banking Group has committed £2 billion in fee-free finance