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As markets sink, some traders bet Fed rate goes negative in 2020
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Signals from the interest rate options market suggest investors increasingly believe U.S. rates will turn negative this year, as the economic fallout f...
Mar 12, 2020
U.S. coronavirus stimulus package stuck in Congress over paid sick leave
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As schools close, offices clear out, and sporting events are canceled across the United States, a familiar Washington problem - partisan gridlock - threatened o...
Mar 12, 2020
Airbnb bookings take hit amid global coronavirus outbreak
(Reuters) - U.S. home rental company Airbnb Inc's bookings in major cities across the world have taken a blow due to coronavirus-fueled uncertainty in the travel industry, data from Airbnb-analytics f...
Mar 12, 2020
As Trump’s stock market gains shrink, he says it will ‘work out fine’
By Noel Randewich and Steve Holland (Reuters) - For three years, U.S. President Donald Trump has touted a stunning run-up in the stock market as evidence of his success in the White House. In the spac...
Mar 12, 2020
Boeing says Washington state move brings U.S. into full WTO compliance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing said Washington state's repeal of an aerospace business tax break brings the United States into full compliance with World Trade Organization rules, a move U.S. policymak...
Mar 12, 2020
Verizon raises 2020 capital expenditure in 5G push
(Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc on Thursday raised its full-year capital expenditure as it accelerates its transition to 5G network. The company said it expects to spend $17.5 billion to 18.5 b...
Mar 12, 2020
U.S. Labor Department allows jobless benefits for coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Labor Department on Thursday gave states flexibility to amend their laws to provide unemployment benefits in events related to the coronavirus in an effort to limit the damage on ...
Mar 12, 2020
UK Treasury and BoE urge bankers to help firms through virus crisis
LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak and Bank of England Governor Mark Carney met banking industry representatives on Thursday to urge them to support small and medium-sized compani...
Mar 12, 2020
U.S. Treasury to hold G7 finance meeting by videoconference amid coronavirus restrictions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department said it will hold the next meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bank governors by videoconference amid precautions about the coronavirus, can...
Mar 12, 2020
Trump signs law to bar U.S. rural carriers from using Huawei network equipment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump signed legislation on Thursday to bars the use of U.S. subsidies by carriers to purchase network equipment from Huawei Technologies and other compani...
Mar 12, 2020
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