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Takeway can integrate Just Eat, British watchdog says
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has decided Dutch online food ordering company Takeaway.com can proceed with its integration of Just Eat, the company said on Th...
Apr 16, 2020
Ferrari producing valves to convert underwater masks for Covid-19 treatment
MILAN (Reuters) - Luxury carmaker Ferrari is producing specialist valves at its Maranello factory to convert snorkel masks into respirators used to treat coronavirus patients, Chairman John Elkann sai...
Apr 16, 2020
Fed says backstop for small business loans fully operational
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's program to back emergency government loans to small businesses is "fully operational," the U.S. central bank said on Thursday. The program is designed to m...
Apr 16, 2020
Coronavirus hurts corporate activism as M&A, buybacks decline
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Activist shareholders are likely to scale back campaigns in coming weeks as target companies brace for a deep recession and their favorite calls for change - ...
Apr 16, 2020
Facebook to notify users who have engaged with harmful COVID-19 posts
SINGAPORE/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Thursday it would start notifying users who had engaged with false posts about COVID-19 which could cause physical harm, such as drinking bleach to ...
Apr 16, 2020
Google’s fast-growing Meet video tool getting Zoom-like layout, Gmail link
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - Google will allow business and education users on Gmail.com to directly take calls on its video conferencing tool Meet starting Thursday, a new feature b...
Apr 16, 2020
Canada sheds 177,300 jobs in March as coronavirus rips through economy
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada lost 177,300 jobs in March, including sharp declines in trade, transportation and utilities as well as leisure and hospitality, as the coronavirus outbreak hurt the economy,...
Apr 16, 2020
Hong Kong expects 1/4 of retail stores to close by end-2020: HKRMA
HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Hong Kong Retail Management Association (HKRMA) said on Thursday that about 25% of retail stores in the Asian financial hub were expected to close by end of the year despite ...
Apr 16, 2020
For struggling Venezuelans in quarantine, an opportunity in delivery services
By Vivian Sequera CARACAS (Reuters) - Delivery services have become one of the few employment opportunities for Venezuelans living under a coronavirus quarantine in a country already struggling with a...
Apr 16, 2020
German retailers say partial relaxation of coronavirus rules confusing
BERLIN (Reuters) - German retailers said a government move to let only smaller stores reopen next week made little sense as bigger stores were just as able to maintain distance and hygiene rules, alth...
Apr 16, 2020
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