Cargill bans international travel for staff amid coronavirus outbreak
International grains trader and processor Cargill Inc has banned all non-essential travel for its employees for the next two weeks due to the coronavirus outbreak, company...
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Op-Ed: This stock trade tax will not hurt the average investor
As talk increases of a financial transaction tax, some industry groups are raising the alarm that average Americans will be hurt by any such levy. Their...
Futures slump on alarm over fast-spreading virus
U.S. stock index futures dropped more than 1% on Thursday as investors stayed away from making riskier bets after the rapid spread of the coronavirus outside...
The global economy is heading for its worst year since the financial crisis, Bank of America says
GDP is projected to slow to 2.8% for 2020, which BofA Global Research said would be the first sub-3% reading since the recession.
If you live with your partner and are unmarried, this is what happens when you die
Couples who live together without getting married don't enjoy the same legal protections that married counterparts have, especially if one of you gets really sick or...
WPP shares slump to lowest since 2012 as sales slide
WPP shares plunged to their lowest level in nearly eight years on Thursday after a sharp slowdown in fourth-quarter trading derailed the latest recovery attempt at...
Nokia shares rise on report of possible mergers, assets sales
Shares in Nokia Oyj rose in a falling market on Thursday, after Bloomberg News reported that the Finnish telecom network equipment maker was considering asset sales...
Highlights: Fed policymakers on why diversity matters and how to get there
Several U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers told Reuters why increasing diversity within the U.S. central bank system matters. Here are some highlights:
Too white, too male: Fed takes on diversity one bank board member at a time
The Federal Reserve, long criticized for being too white and male, crossed a substantial milestone last year: for the first time in its 107-year history, white...
Taxi group wins right to join Uber's London license appeal case
A taxi trade association will be able to participate in Uber's appeal against the loss of its operating license in the British capital city set to...
Virus-hit stocks shed $3 trillion; safe havens thrive
Stocks resumed their plunge, wiping out more than $3 trillion in value this week alone, and U.S. Treasuries yields hit record lows on Thursday as the...
AB InBev sees 10% hit to first-quarter profit from coronavirus
The world's largest brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev forecast a 10% decline in first-quarter profit on Thursday after the coronavirus outbreak hit beer sales during the Chinese New...
Oil prices fall for fifth day to lowest in a year
Oil prices fell 2% on Thursday, plunging for fifth day to their lowest since January 2019 as a rise in new coronavirus cases outside China fuelled...
Banks must step up climate risk disclosures, Lagarde says
Banks must improve transparency on their exposure to climate- change risk and central banks need to pay closer attention as the entire financial sector is at...
Blackstone's Schwarzman says cannot buy Bloomberg while owning Refinitiv
Blackstone Group Inc Chief Executive Stephen Schwarzman said the world's biggest private equity firm cannot buy Bloomberg should it come up for sale as long as...