BlackRock, Schroders suspend UK real estate funds
Investment managers BlackRock and Schroders said they have suspended trading in UK real estate funds aimed at institutional investors, citing difficulty in getting an accurate price...
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Lights, camera, audit: accountants grapple with remote company check-ups
As audit season begins for British companies, some auditors stuck at home in coronavirus lockdown are turning to cameras to check clients' inventories, plant and equipment...
Aerospace suppliers face bailout dilemma over job cuts
Aerospace suppliers are drawing up plans to lay off workers as coronavirus quarantines cripple their cash balances - but bailout conditions and fears of losing critical...
Paying down debt may not be the best way to use your coronavirus stimulus check
Whether you've got debt or other bills to pay, ask these questions to help you make the right decision.
'Dear Elon': Ukraine takes up Tesla's ventilator offer via Twitter
Ukraine has taken to Twitter to ask Elon Musk to send it ventilators after the billionaire chief executive of Tesla Inc offered to ship them across...
U.S. weekly jobless claims hit record once again
The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits last week shot to a record high for a second week in a row - topping 6...
Southwest Airlines to seek aid from U.S. Treasury as demand craters
Southwest Airlines Co said on Thursday it intends to file an application with the U.S. Treasury department for aid to help it ride out the sharp...
GM rolls out safety protocols for ventilator-making workers
General Motors Co on Thursday rolled out a series of safety measures for workers in Indiana who will make ventilators, outlining what could be a blueprint...
Futures pare gains as U.S. weekly jobless claims top 6 million
U.S. stocks index futures gave up early gains on Thursday after the number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits topped a whopping 6 million as...
Pigs fly in as China replenishes world's biggest hog herd
Six planes carrying more than 4,000 high-quality French breeding pigs have arrived in China so far this year, the first of an expected dozens of plane-loads...
British Airways in union talks to suspend around 32,000 staff: source
British Airways is in talks with its union about a plan to suspend around 32,000 staff, a person familiar with the situation said, marking one of...
German carmakers had crisis call with Merkel: Handelsblatt
The bosses of Volkswagen , BMW and Daimler held a crisis call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday to discuss how to get production restarted,...
H&M in talks with tens of thousands of staff to cut working hours due to pandemic
Sweden's H&M said on Thursday it was in talks with tens of thousands of its staff about shortening working hours with the firm among many retailers...
Chipotle under pressure in New York over coronavirus sick leave
Less than two months after settling with New York City regulators over paid sick leave, Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc is under pressure for its policies amid...
Futures rise after selloff, weekly jobless number awaited
U.S. stock index futures climbed on Thursday, a day after Wall Street recorded its steepest fall in two weeks on intensifying coronavirus fears, with investors on...