JPMorgan Chase to pay 'front-line' workers $1,000 bonus: memo
JPMorgan Chase & Co said Friday it would give "front line employees," workers who are staffing branches and call centers through the coronavirus pandemic, a sweetener...
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BOJ says enhanced dollar swap lines will ease strains in funding markets
A decision by the world's major central banks to enhance their dollar swap lines will serve as an important backstop to ease strains in global funding...
Divided G20 faces pressure to lead global response to coronavirus
The Group of 20 major economies faces mounting pressure to bridge internal divisions and unite against the coronavirus, just as it coalesced to address the 2008-09...
U.S. moves tax day to July 15 -Treasury's Mnuchin
The U.S. government is moving its tax filing day from April 15 to July 15, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday amid the coronavirus crisis...
'Demand destruction' - analysts race to lower outlooks for oil
Traders and analysts are struggling to revise down their forecasts for oil demand fast enough, as government lockdowns to contain the coronavirus outbreak have rapidly cut...
Fed increases frequency of swap line operations with other major central banks
The U.S. Federal Reserve said on Friday that it would enhance the U.S. dollar liquidity swap line arrangements it has with several major central banks.
Bank of America adds 1,700 support staff in March
Bank of America Corp said on Friday it has hired 1,700 people in the consumer bank so far this month as banks faced a surge in...
Airlines face reckoning as government help comes with strings attached
Shattered airlines were left counting the cost of government support as countries from the United States to New Zealand set out conditions for bailouts needed to...
U.S. home sales hit 13-year high; coronavirus disruption looms
U.S. home sales surged to a 13-year high in February, but the housing market recovery is likely to be derailed by the coronavirus pandemic, which has...
Ford to bring forward UK summer shutdown due to coronavirus
Ford will bring forward part of the summer shutdown for its British engine plants to Easter due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Wall Street advances at end of blistering week
Wall Street's main stock indexes rose more than 1% on Friday, as dramatic intervention by U.S. policymakers halted the worst monthly selloff in U.S. equities in...
Bayer mediator says glyphosate settlement talks slowed by coronavirus
Negotiations between Bayer AG and plaintiff lawyers to settle claims its glyphosate-based weedkillers cause cancer have been slowed by the coronavirus outbreak, according to the mediator...
Sri Lanka imposes curfew as South Asia steps up coronavirus battle
Sri Lanka imposed a nationwide weekend curfew on Friday as South Asian countries escalated efforts to check the spread of coronavirus across the densely populated region...
Coronavirus death toll in Italy's Lombardy jumps some 380 in a day -source
The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in the northern Italian region of Lombardy, which has borne the brunt of a nationwide contagion, has risen...
Thyssenkrupp's Merz stays on as CEO to handle overhaul
Martina Merz, who took over as interim chief executive of Thyssenkrupp , will remain in the job until 2023 after successfully selling the group's elevator unit...