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Amazon To Stop Shipping Non-Essentials To Consumers In France And Italy
An Amazon spokesman said the company made the decision due to a spike in orders and the need to respect…
Google Launches Coronavirus Website In The U.S,
Alphabet Inc’, Google’s parent company said on Saturday it launched a new United States-focused website…
2.25m Americans Filed For Unemployment Claims This Year, The Highest In History
Americans are starting to lose their jobs in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and economists expect…
UK Governments To Pay 80% Of Wages After Closing All Pubs To Curb Spread Of…
The UK government said Friday that it will subsidize the wages of any worker facing unemployment because of the…
U.S. To Send Envoy To Saudi Arabia; Texas Suggests Oil Output Cuts
The Trump administration plans to send a special energy envoy to Saudi Arabia to work with the kingdom on…
Italy Calls In Military To Enforce Coronavirus Lockdown As 627 People Die In 24…
Soldiers were being drafted in to help enforce the lockdown in Italy on Friday as officials announced 627 new…
Germany Prepares 150 Billion Euro Emergency Budget In Coronavirus Package
Germany is readying an emergency budget worth more than 150 billion euros ($160 billion) to shore up jobs and…
U.S. Coronavirus Stimulus To Be Worth ‘North Of $2 Trillion’ -White…
The White House expects the impact of economic stimulus to counter the effects of coronavirus to be more than $2…
How Sham Trades Tricked Germany Out Of Billions
Two British bankers were handed suspended jail sentences on Wednesday and one told to pay a 14 million euro penalty…
British Banker Hit With 14 Million Euro Penalty In German Fraud Trial
Two British bankers were handed suspended jail terms on Wednesday and one a 14 million euro penalty in Germany’s…
Wall Street Weekahead: Coronavirus Uncertainty Muddies Views On Buying…
U.S. stock valuations are tumbling in the wake of the coronavirus-fueled market rout, but determining when…
Coronavirus Stay-At-Home Directives Multiply In Major U.S. States
New Jersey’s governor was expected on Saturday to follow four other states - California, New York, Illinois and…
Exclusive: Amazon Raises Overtime Pay For Warehouse Workers
Amazon.com Inc said on Saturday it is raising overtime pay for associates working in its U.S. warehouses, as the…
LVMH Orders 40 Million Masks From China For France
LVMH (LVMH.PA), the world’s biggest luxury goods group, is ordering 40 million health masks from a Chinese…
Boeing Suspends Dividend Payment
Boeing Co (BA.N) will cancel CEO pay, suspend its dividend and extend a pause on share buybacks, the U.S.…
Coronavirus Deaths In Italy Overtake China As Economic Damage Mounts
The world’s richest nations poured unprecedented aid into the global economy on Thursday as coronavirus cases…
Emirates Airline Suspends Flights To Nigeria, New York, France, Germany
Emirates, one of the world’s biggest international airlines, is suspending all flights to Nigeria, France, Germany,…
Saudi Arabia just won control of the oil market
When Saudi Arabia, OPEC's de facto leader and most influential member, decided at its latest meeting in Vienna to…
Fashion Labels Turn to Making Face Masks to Fill Health Care Shortages
New York fashion designers are offering to produce masks and gowns to help fill the shortage of protective…
New York City Has One-Third of U.S. Virus Cases, Mayor Says
New York City now has roughly a third of all confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the U.S. and half of all cases in New…
Yes, Young People Are Falling Seriously Ill from Covid-19
In the U.S., 705 of first 2,500 cases range in age from 20 to 44.
We’re tracking the latest on the…
Bank of England cancels stress tests for UK’s biggest lenders
The Bank of England will postpone all non-critical supervisory work in the City and review plans to run the banking…
Why the U.K. and U.S. Have Been Slow to Lock Down the Coronavirus Threat
On Friday evening, hours after a London hospitaldeclared they had run out of intensive care beds, Boris Johnson…
Uganda Cuts Growth Outlook as Coronavirus Outbreak Hurts Tourism
Uganda sees economic growth slowing to 5.2% to 5.7% in 2019-20 from an earlier forecast of 6% depending on the…
Coronavirus: Government to pay up to 80% of workers’ wages
The UK government will pay the wages of employees unable to work due to the coronavirus pandemic, in a…
Oil rises to $28, halting losing streak
The international oil benchmark, Brent crude, halted its losing streak on Thursday, trading around $28 per barrel…
Two generic drugs being tested in U.S. in race to find coronavirus treatments
U.S. researchers, following the lead of scientists in other countries, have launched studies to see whether…
Amazon halts grocery orders to restock amid increasing demand
Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) has said it is halting its Prime Pantry delivery service in the United States to restock…
U.S. jobless claims could top record 1.5 million next week: economists
A wave of layoffs at restaurants, bars and hotels, as efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic bring much of…
BREAKING: US Approves Chloroquine to treat CoronaVirus
President Trump said in a Thursday press briefing that chloroquine, a drug used to treat malaria and severe…