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UK to allow company meetings online or on the phone in pandemic
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Companies will be able to hold their annual shareholders' meeting over the phone or online during the coronavirus pandemic under a promised new law, Britain's business ...
Apr 17, 2020
Futures jump on Trump’s restart plan, coronavirus drug hopes
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures jumped on Friday as President Donald Trump laid out plans to re-open the economy from coronavirus-induced lockdowns and on reports of encouraging da...
Apr 17, 2020
Wary of public transport, coronavirus-hit Americans turn to bikes
By Timothy Aeppel (Reuters) - Add fear to the list of reasons people ride bikes. "I'm 51 and healthy, but I don't want to get on the subway," said John Donohue, a Brooklyn-based artist who bought a bi...
Apr 17, 2020
Venture-backed startups line up for U.S. government stimulus loans after weighing risks
By Jane Lanhee Lee and Krystal Hu (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic arrived just as Respond Software CEO and co-founder Mike Armistead was trying to sell automated cyber security software to new clien...
Apr 17, 2020
Ukraine court rejects Chinese appeal in aerospace deal opposed by Washington
By Natalia Zinets KIEV (Reuters) - A Kiev court has rejected an appeal by Chinese investors to unfreeze the shares of a Ukrainian aircraft engine maker, a setback for the Chinese company that has soug...
Apr 17, 2020
Spain to pay basic income to help poorest weather coronavirus
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain is planning to pay a basic monthly income to about a million of the country's poorest households to help them weather the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, Social Security M...
Apr 17, 2020
Unclear if measures to tackle coronavirus sufficient: ECB’s Weidmann to Bloomberg
BERLIN (Reuters) - It is not yet possible to say whether measures designed to support the euro zone economy through the coronavirus pandemic will be sufficient, German Bundesbank head Jens Weidmann to...
Apr 17, 2020
Volkswagen sales down 23% in Jan-March, March alone off 37.6%
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen Group on Friday said sales of its cars dropped by 23% on the year to 2 million cars in the January to March period. In March alone, deliveries were down 37.6% overall ...
Apr 17, 2020
Exclusive: AirAsia, Malaysia Airlines merger an option as COVID-19 hits industry – minister
By Krishna N. Das KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Merging money-losing state carrier Malaysia Airlines Bhd (MAB) with budget airline AirAsia Group Bhd is one of the options to "save" them as the COVID-19 cri...
Apr 17, 2020
Euro zone inflation confirmed dipping to 0.7% in March
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone inflation slowed sharply in March to 0.7% year-on-year, the European Union statistics said on Friday confirming its earlier estimates. Eurostat also confirmed its earlie...
Apr 17, 2020
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