Twitter Suspends Chinese Operation Pushing Pro-Beijing Coronavirus Messages
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter (TWTR.N) on Thursday said it was removing hundreds of thousands of accounts tied…
Manhattan’s Empty Apartments: New Leases Fall 62%
Manhattan had its worst May in a decade for new rental leases, as residents leave the city and the real estate…
Democratic Candidate Biden Calls On Facebook To Fact-Check Political Ads
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s campaign published an open letter to Facebook (FB.O) Chief Executive…
Adesina Reacts To AfDB Vice President’s Resignation
President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina has reacted to the resignation of Jennifer…
Coronavirus: IMF Says $10 trillion Has Been Spent To Combat Pandemic
Governments around the world have spent $10 trillion in fiscal actions to respond to the novel coronavirus pandemic…
British Airways To Sell Art Collection To Raise Cash
British Airways is selling some of its multi-million-pound art collection to raise cash to help it through the…
German Airline Lufthansa To Cut 22,000 Jobs
German airline Lufthansa has said it will cut 22,000 jobs as it struggles to deal with the slump in air travel…
Elon Musk Tweets ‘Lol’ At Stock Market
Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Thursday morning tweeted "lol", a reference he later clarified to apply to "stonks,"…
Coronavirus: Germany’s Carmakers Face A ‘Toxic Mix’ Of…
Germany's economically-essential car manufacturing industry is emerging from a scathing period of lockdown,…
Nigeria: MTN Completes N100bn Commercial Paper Issuance
MTN Nigeria has completed the issuance of its series I and II notes, under its N100bn commercial paper debt…
Nigeria’s 5-Year Naira Futures Sink To 578 On Dollar Shortage
ABUJA, June 10 (Reuters) - The Nigerian naira for five-year settlement was quoted at 578.37 to the U.S. dollar on…
Coronavirus May Lead To Loss Of 13Million Jobs In Nigeria – UN
The COVID-19 pandemic may lead to the loss of 13 million jobs in Nigeria, the World Food Programme of the United…
Finland Lifts Travel Restrictions On Neighbours Except Sweden
Finland’s government said on Thursday it will lift coronavirus-related restrictions on leisure travelling to and…
Dow Futures Drop 500 Points On Virus Second Wave Concern, Airline And Retail…
Stock futures fell sharply in early trading Thursday as coronavirus cases increased in some states that are…
European Markets Tumble After Fed Outlook
European stocks fell sharply Thursday as investors digested the latest comments from the U.S. Federal Reserve.…
Johnson & Johnson To Begin Human Trials For Coronavirus Vaccine In Late July
Johnson & Johnson announced Wednesday its early-stage human trial for a potential coronavirus vaccine will…
Canada, U.S. Set To Extend Border Closure To End Of July
Canada and the United States are set to extend a ban on non-essential travel to late July as both countries seek to…
U.S. Coronavirus Cases Now Over 2 Million
Total U.S. coronavirus cases surpassed 2 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as health officials…
Amazon Bans Police Use Of Facial Recognition Technology For One Ye
Amazon said on Wednesday that it's banning use of its facial recognition software by police for one year, as…
U.S. Protesters Topple Columbus Statue And Throw It In A Lake
Anti-racism protesters in Virginia tore down a statue of Christopher Columbus on Tuesday night in Byrd park in…
Nascar Bans Display Of Confederate Flag At All Events And Properties
Nascar has banned the Confederate flag from its races and properties.
Nascar says Wednesday the Confederate flag…
Tesla Soars Past $1,000 After Musk Seizes Spotlight From Nikola
Elon Musk wasn’t about to let a revenue-less manufacturer of zero-emission semi trucks steal the spotlight from…
Ford-Volkswagen Alliance To Include Shared Production Of 8 Million Commercial…
Ford Motor and Volkswagen plan to share production of 8 million commercial vehicles as part of an expanded…
AfDB Vice-President, Blanke, Resigns
The Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development at the African Development Bank, Dr Jennifer…
Goldman Sachs’ Digital Bank Pauses Application For Savings Account After…
Goldman Sachs' digital bank Marcus has paused applications for its easy-access savings account in the U.K. because…
S&P 500, Dow Finish Lower In Volatile Trade On Dour Fed Forecasts
The Dow and S&P 500 ended a choppy session lower on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve reassured investors of…
HBO Max Temporarily Removes ‘Gone With The Wind,’ Says It Shows…
New streaming service HBO Max has removed the epic 1939 movie "Gone With the Wind" from its schedule, saying it…
Nigeria Vows To End Piracy In Gulf Of Guinea
The Federal Government has promised to employ all machinery to eliminate the act of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.…
Coronavirus: World’s Largest Fashion Group Reports First Loss
The world's largest fashion group, Inditex, reported its first quarterly loss Wednesday, as it described being…
Sudan Committee Seizes Bashir’s Bank Account, Closes FX Bureaus
A Sudanese anti-corruption committee said on Tuesday it had confiscated a bank account belonging to ousted…