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The New York Federal Reserve continues to point a firehose of liquidity at clogged-up financial markets. The…

The COVID-19 pandemic will significantly increase global unemployment, leaving up to 25 million more people out of…

The price of Brent crude, the international benchmark, tumbled on Wednesday to the lowest level in 17 years as…

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he supports sending money directly to Americans as part of a $1tn…

The pound has fallen to its lowest level against the dollar since 1985, as the spread of the coronavirus pandemic…

The European Central Bank (ECB) has launched an emergency €750bn ($820bn; £700bn) package to ease the impact of the…

The United States could lose up to 1 million jobs in March because of the severe disruptions caused by the …

‘The outbreak has created the urgency to try out new ideas’ In Hong Kong, bankers have learned to win stock…

Oil’s plunge has stung currencies across emerging markets, and there’s probably worse to come. For oil and gas…

German sportswear maker Adidas (ADSGn.DE) on Tuesday joined rivals in announcing store closures in response to the…

The price of Brent crude oil, the international benchmark, further declined on Tuesday, trading around $28 per…

China has announced it will expel journalists from three US media outlets, in a major escalation of tensions with…

Spain announced a 200 billion euros ($220 billion) package on Tuesday to help companies and protect workers and…

UEFA has postponed the European Championship, due to take place across the continent in June and July this year,…

With many companies implementing a mandatory work-from-home policy as a precaution against coronavirus, widespread…

India closed the Taj Mahal, its principal tourist site, and the financial hub of Mumbai ordered offices providing…

As restaurants, shops, airlines and factories shut down around the world, from New York to Paris and Madrid,…

OPEC may not survive to celebrate its own 60th birthday later this year. Saudi Arabia’s decision to abandon output…

Oil prices have suffered their biggest fall since the day in 1991 when American forces launched air strikes on…

Major world airlines on Monday announced further deep cuts to service as the worsening coronavirus crisis ravages…

Amazon has said it will hire 100,000 warehouse and delivery workers in the US to deal with a surge in sales during…

China’s growth streak has lasted for decades, surviving the crackdown at Tiananmen Square, the global financial…

France’s antitrust regulator on Monday fined Apple 1.1 billion euros, or $1.2 billion, putting more pressure on…

Global stock markets have sunk again despite central banks around the world announcing a co-ordinated effort to…

Italy approved 25 billion euros ($28 billion) of spending measures on Monday to help the fragile economy survive…

Nike Inc’s (NKE.N) revenue could fall by a third in the fourth quarter, Cowen estimated, as the sportswear giant…

LVMH said it will use all the production facilities of its perfumes and cosmetics brands to produce large…

The Italian government ordered a nationwide lockdown last week. But supply chain problems have emerged to the…

The coordinated response from the Fed to the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) came amid a…

Gold jumped in early Asian trading after the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a full percentage…