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Johnson & Johnson said on Monday that it and the US government will invest $1 billion to create enough manufacturing capacity to make more than 1 billion doses of a vaccine it is testing to stop the new coronavirus that has killed more than 35,000 people around the world. As part of the arrangement, the US government will pay $421 […]
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* Euro zone periphery govt bond yields tmsnrt.rs/2ii2Bqr (Updates prices, adds details on Italian bonds, comment) By Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON, March 30 (Reuters) – Germany’s benchmark 10-year bond yield fell to a two-week low on Monday as high-rated fixed income assets drew support from the global economic uncertainty caused by the coronavirus crisis. As the dust appeared to settle on […]
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Revvy Broker has lived in the same townhome for five years and on Wednesday, as is the case on the first of every month, he owes his landlord $1,160. Broker is a videographer by trade and is unable to work right now, or even leave his house in unincorporated Arapahoe County outside of emergencies, because he has a pre-existing respiratory […]
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Oil took another stomach-churning 8 per cent dive on Monday and world shares buckled again as fears mounted that the global coronavirus shutdown could last for months. There were some bright spots, with Australian equities posting a standout jump as the government launched a super-sized support program and Wall Street futures were fractionally positive, but that was about it. Japan’s Nikkei had […]
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Coronavirus inspires Avaya to donate video services to hospitals: CEO Avaya CEO and president Jim Chirico discusses how his company is providing video conferencing and collaborations to businesses, organizations and institutions amid the coronavirus outbreak. Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Continue Reading Below Businesses across the U.S. have closed; […]
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US unemployment claims soar as coronavirus slams economy Last week’s jobless claims hit a record-breaking 3.28 million. FOX Business’ Lauren Simonetti with more. Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Continue Reading Below Come Wednesday, households, small businesses and major corporations across the U.S. will have bills to pay — but […]
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HQ Trivia has returned to smartphones around the world — as the coronavirus pandemic gives the app-based quiz show a captive audience. HQ on Sunday night broadcast its first live trivia game since it shut down and laid off all its staff in mid-February. An anonymous investor helped resurrect the app by providing funding for it to start operating again, […]
Read more (Repeats story from Sunday) By Marc Jones LONDON, March 29 (Reuters) – How much damage has the coronavirus and the oil price collapse inflicted on global financial markets this year? Put simply, it has probably been the most destructive sell-off since the Great Depression. The numbers have been staggering. $15 trillion has been wiped of world stock markets, oil has […]
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TRAI has also sought details of the steps being taken to ensure availability of uninterrupted telecom services to such customers on a “priority basis”. Sector regulator TRAI has asked telecom operators to extend the validity period of prepaid users to ensure that subscribers get uninterrupted services during the 21-day nationwide lockdown. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has also sought […]
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SHANGHAI (BLOOMBERG) – Like millions of people around the world, Zhang Chunzi borrowed money she thought she’d be able to repay before the coronavirus changed everything. Now laid off from her job at an apparel exporter in Hangzhou – one of China’s most prosperous cities – the 23-year-old is missing payments on 12,000 yuan (S$2,411) of debt from her credit […]
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