The world's biggest asset manager BlackRock has pumped about 16 billion euros ($18 billion) into 810 European companies since the end of January, more than half of them in distress due to the coronavirus pandemic, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
Planemaker Embraer SA said on Monday that the head of its commercial aviation unit, John Slattery, was leaving the company to become chief executive of aircraft engine-maker GE Aviation , weeks after a $4.2 billion deal with Boeing collapsed.
Oil prices fell on Monday as new coronavirus infections hit the United States and China, feeding worries that renewed lockdowns could hamper economic recovery and dent fuel demand.
The Trump administration doesn't want to extend a federal enhancement to unemployment benefits, which is scheduled to end July 31, according to a senior aide. Instead, it wants to offer a cash bonus for those who return to work.
The United States will amend its prohibitions on U.S. companies doing business with China's Huawei to allow them to work together in standards setting for next-generation 5G networks, according to people familiar with the matter.
Oil prices rose on Monday as signs fuel demand was recovering while OPEC+ members were complying with a production cut deal outweighed fears that new coronavirus infections could further slow the global economy.
If the pandemic has taught investors anything it's that they can't predict what's going to happen next to their portfolio. Their best bet is to hope that what's been true over the last century hasn't changed: over the long-term, stocks go up in value.
Italian Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri said on Monday the government is closely watching the merger between the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and Refinitiv, and its implications for the Italian bourse owned by LSE.
Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab voiced a thinly veiled criticism of HSBC on Monday after the bank backed China's national security law for Hong Kong, contradicting the British government's opposition to it.
The U.S. economy will experience a "significant, historic" contraction in the second quarter before it starts to rebound, and unemployment will remain elevated at the end of 2020, Dallas Federal Reserve President Robert Kaplan said on Monday.
Ruling against environmentalists, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday decided that the federal government has the authority to allow a proposed $7.5 billion natural gas pipeline to cross under the popular Appalachian Trail in rural Virginia.
Amazon.com Inc said on Monday its founder and Chief Executive Jeff Bezos is willing to testify to a congressional panel investigating potential violations of U.S. antitrust law by big technology companies.
Wall Street jumped on Monday following an announcement by the U.S. Federal Reserve regarding its corporate bond purchasing program that boosted investor confidence, which had been wavering amid a spike in new COVID-19 cases.
Six former eBay Inc employees have been criminally charged with cyberstalking a Massachusetts couple who published an online newsletter viewed as critical of the e-commerce company, federal prosecutors in Boston said on Monday.
Electric carmaker Tesla Inc is negotiating possible incentives with a Texas county that could bring a new auto assembly plant to the area near Austin, the state capital, the Austin American-Statesman reported on Monday.