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As U.S. coronavirus death toll nears 50,000, Georgia forges ahead with reopening
By Rich McKay and Susan Heavey ATLANTA (Reuters) - With the U.S. coronavirus death toll nearing 50,000, Georgia pushed ahead with its plan to become the first state to allow an array of small business...
Apr 24, 2020
Insurers feel the heat as chefs, Trump join calls for payouts
By Carolyn Cohn, Suzanne Barlyn and Noor Zainab Hussain LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Daniel Duckett, owner of the Lazy Claire patisserie in Belfast, was hoping for an insurance payout of up to 100,000 ...
Apr 24, 2020
Tech & healthcare tighten grip on world stock markets
By Thyagaraju Adinarayan and Julien Ponthus LONDON (Reuters) - The technology and healthcare sectors have tightened their grip on global stock markets since the coronavirus shock knocked world shares ...
Apr 24, 2020
Federal Reserve scraps transfer limits on bank savings accounts
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve announced Friday that banks can now allow account holders to make an unlimited number of withdrawals and transfers from their savings ...
Apr 24, 2020
Explainer: What we know of EU Commission’s post-coronavirus economic recovery plan
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A huge stimulus package to kick-start the EU economy once the coronavirus pandemic ends is likely to feature a mix of loans and grants and be underpinned by pr...
Apr 24, 2020
UK says limited progress made with EU in round two of Brexit talks
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and the European Union have held a construtive second round of negotiations on their future relationship but limited progress was made in bridging the gaps between the two s...
Apr 24, 2020
Hungry Venezuela’s crops rot in fields for lack of fuel
By Anggy Polanco LA GRITA, Venezuela (Reuters) - With millions of people hungry in Venezuela, acute fuel shortages are forcing farmers to let crops rot in fields or feed them to livestock since they c...
Apr 24, 2020
Lebanon edges further from dollar peg with wire transfer rate
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon edged further away from its long-held dollar currency peg on Friday as the central bank set an exchange rate for wire transfers that was 58% below the battered Lebanese poun...
Apr 24, 2020
Senator Rubio: new small business aid program to launch Monday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Small Business Admininstration will make additional coronavirus-related financial assistance available to small businesses beginning on Monday, a top Republican senator...
Apr 24, 2020
U.S. requires equity stakes from national security firms seeking COVID aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Treasury Department will ask for an equity stake in publicly traded national security contractors, including some defense firms, that seek part of $17 billion set aside for ...
Apr 24, 2020
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