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Coronavirus to push China’s first-quarter GDP into first decline on record: Reuters poll
By Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) - The coronavirus health crisis likely knocked China's economy into its first decline since at least 1992 in the first quarter, raising the heat on authorities to do mor...
Apr 15, 2020
French retail sales plunged 24% in March: central bank
PARIS (Reuters) - French retail sales sank 24% in March from February as a nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic left many shops shuttered, data from the central bank showed on Wednesday...
Apr 15, 2020
India permits resumption of some industries in rural areas next week
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will allow opening up of some industries in rural areas after April 20 to reduce the distress caused to millions of people because of a prolonged lockdown to halt the sprea...
Apr 15, 2020
French PM: French insurers pledge more money in fight against coronavirus
PARIS (Reuters) - France's insurers have pledged more money to help the country in its fight against the coronavirus, said a statement published on Wednesday from Prime Minister Edouard Philippe's dep...
Apr 15, 2020
Oil in the age of coronavirus: a U.S. shale bust like no other
By Jennifer Hiller and Liz Hampton HOUSTON/DENVER (Reuters) - Texas oilman Mike Shellman has kept his MCA Petroleum Corp going for four decades, drilling wells through booms and busts and always selli...
Apr 15, 2020
Tesla’s China car registrations surge in March as Shanghai factory back up
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc's China car registrations jumped 450% in March, month on month, data from auto consultancy LMC Automotive showed. Tesla's China registrations ...
Apr 14, 2020
Coronavirus seen knocking U.S. retail sales in March
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales likely suffered a record drop in March as mandatory business closures to control the spread of the novel coronavirus outbreak depressed deman...
Apr 14, 2020
Australia consumer sentiment collapses to 30-year low on recession risks
By Swati Pandey SYDNEY (Reuters) - A measure of Australian consumer sentiment collapsed in April to a 30-year low as social distancing restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic threatened to push t...
Apr 14, 2020
Chinese airlines report $4.8 billion loss in first quarter as virus erodes travel demand
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese airlines reported a total loss of 33.62 billion yuan ($4.8 billion) in the first quarter as the coronavirus pandemic hit travel demand, the aviation regulator said on Wedne...
Apr 14, 2020
Trump’s name to be on stimulus checks going to Americans: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department has ordered President Donald Trump's name to be printed on checks the Internal Revenue Service is planning to send to tens of millions of Americans,...
Apr 14, 2020
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