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Graphic: ‘Sustainable’ funds a safer harbour in coronavirus market meltdown
By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - Funds focused on buying stocks that score well on environmental, social and governance-related metrics proved a safer harbour for investors during the coronavirus-fu...
Apr 06, 2020
Safaricom, Vodacom finalise M-Pesa acquisition from Britain’s Vodafone
By Omar Mohammed NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's leading telecom firm Safaricom and South Africa's Vodacom said on Monday that they had completed the acquisition of popular mobile money platform M-Pesa fr...
Apr 06, 2020
Canada, U.S. farms face crop losses due to foreign worker delays
By Rod Nickel and Christopher Walljasper WINNIPEG, Manitoba/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Mandatory coronavirus quarantines of seasonal foreign workers in Canada could hurt that country's fruit and vegetable ou...
Apr 06, 2020
EU targets more U.S. imports after U.S. metal tariff extension
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union has drawn up a list of U.S. imports including lighters and plastic fittings for furniture that it will hit with tariffs in retaliation for an extension of U.S. ...
Apr 06, 2020
Kia compact vehicles contractor suspends production
SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean contract manufacturer for Kia Motors' compact vehicles has suspended production, a company official said on Monday, citing a drop in overseas demand as the coronavirus...
Apr 06, 2020
JPMorgan announces coronavirus relief package for customers
(Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon said on Monday the bank would extend benefits to customers who have been hurt by the ongoing coronavirus crisis by introducing measu...
Apr 06, 2020
France to see worst post-war downturn this year: minister
PARIS (Reuters) - France will likely see its worst post-war economic downturn this year, far surpassing the -2.2% slump seen in 2009 after the global financial crisis, its finance minister said on Mon...
Apr 06, 2020
Kremlin says Russia is ready for oil market cooperation
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow is ready to coordinate with other leading oil exporting countries to help to stabilise the global oil market, the Kremlin said on Monday. Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia's we...
Apr 06, 2020
Futures jump on hopes of slowdown in coronavirus cases
By Uday Sampath Kumar (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures jumped about 4% on Monday after President Donald Trump expressed hope that the coronavirus health crisis in the United States was "leveling-o...
Apr 06, 2020
Lufthansa’s Belgian carrier suspends flights until mid-May
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium's Brussels Airlines, a Lufthansa subsidiary, has extended its suspension of flights until at least May 15, it said on Monday. The Belgian carrier had previously grounded f...
Apr 06, 2020
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