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Foreign visitors to Japan plummet 93% in March on coronavirus
TOKYO (Reuters) - The number of foreign visitors to Japan sank 93% in March from a year earlier as the coronavirus pandemic decimated the tourism industry, government data showed on Wednesday. Total f...
Apr 15, 2020
Proxy advisers split over endorsing Bayer management at AGM
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Shareholder advisory groups are divided over whether to endorse the management and directors at German drugs and pesticides company Bayer , according to recommendations submitted...
Apr 15, 2020
Banks, borrowers neglect Libor plans in coronavirus maelstrom
By Sinead Cruise and Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) - Banks and the businesses they lend to are putting the brakes on preparations for the end of Libor, industry sources say, because they are too bus...
Apr 15, 2020
Britain says construction work can begin on HS2 rail project
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has given the green light for companies to start putting spades in the ground to build a new high speed rail line, saying that work could proceed in line with coronavirus sa...
Apr 15, 2020
Ferguson opts for additional U.S. listing as lockdowns begin to hurt
(Reuters) - Plumbing parts distributor Ferguson will seek shareholder approval for an additional share listing in the U.S. once stock markets calm, it said on Wednesday, as it took steps to reduce spe...
Apr 15, 2020
Most small UK companies have no pandemic insurance: watchdog
LONDON (Reuters) - Most insurance policies bought by smaller companies do not cover for disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Britain's Financial Conduct Authority said on Wednesday. Britain ...
Apr 15, 2020
IMF board approves emergency support for Burkina Faso, Niger: statements
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Executive Board has approved support for Burkina Faso and Niger under its Rapid Credit Facility to help the West African nations confro...
Apr 15, 2020
French anti-crisis package to cost 110 billion euros: finance minister
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government has hiked the expected cost of its measures to support the economy though the coronavirus crisis to 110 billion euros ($120.6 billion), its finance minister sai...
Apr 15, 2020
Activist hedge fund Starboard pounces on U.S. companies in turmoil
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) - Most activist shareholders have refrained from challenging the boards of U.S. companies during this season of annual shareholder meetings, as businesses reel from th...
Apr 15, 2020
Japan’s Abe pressed to pay out more cash as coronavirus hits economy
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is under pressure to take bolder steps to soften the economic blow of the coronavirus, with calls from his political partners to ha...
Apr 15, 2020
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