The top U.S. commodities markets regulator warned exchanges and brokerages on Thursday that they should be prepared for volatility and possible negative pricing for certain contracts, nearly one month after U.S. oil futures plunged into negative territory for the first time in history.
Thailand's largest agribusiness Charoen Pokphand Foods Pcl (CPF) expects to have its best year ever due to soaring pork prices and plans to expand in North America, its chief executive said on Thursday.
French metals producer Recylex said on Thursday its Weser-Metall lead production plant in Germany had filed for insolvency along with other units in its German group following falling metal demand in the coronavirus crisis.
Brazil's No. 3 airline Azul SA on Thursday posted a loss of 6.14 billion reais ($1.04 billion) in the first quarter, heavily affected by the depreciation of the country's currency.
British retailer Marks & Spencer launched a clothing sale on Thursday to help clear stock built up in the coronavirus lockdown, tapping into widespread public support for health workers by giving some proceeds to NHS charities.
China Southern Airlines is planning to issue up to 16 billion yuan ($2.25 billion) in A-share convertible bonds to fund purchases of aircraft, maintenance services and spare engines, and to boost cashflows, the carrier said on Thursday.
Britain's quarantine plans and a minister's comment that big foreign holidays were unlikely this year are seriously hindering any travel recovery, said Willie Walsh the boss of British Airways parent company IAG.
Singapore Airlines Ltd on Thursday reported its first-ever annual loss, citing poor fuel hedging bets and the collapse in demand driven by the coronavirus pandemic and said the timing of any recovery was uncertain.
Vietnam has mounted an all-out effort to save the life of its most critically ill coronavirus patient, a British pilot who works for Vietnam Airlines, the national carrier.
Bryan Hutchens in Oklahoma estimates he's only used his two flat-bed trucks to shift oilfield equipment for a week out of the past month as the coronavirus crisis shutters businesses.
Aluminum Corp of China Ltd, known as Chalco, said on Thursday its chairman Lu Dongliang had resigned from his position, with former company president Ao Hong put in temporary charge.
Singapore Airlines Ltd on Thursday reported its first-ever annual loss due to poor fuel hedging bets and a collapse in demand driven by the coronavirus pandemic.
Suedzucker, Europe's largest sugar refiner, on Thursday confirmed its forecast for a strong increase in earnings in its new financial year on hopes its core sugar sector will improve despite the coronavirus crisis.
Qatar Airways, one of the Middle East's biggest carriers, will lay off close to 20% of its workforce after the coronavirus pandemic decimated travel demand, its chief executive has told the BBC.
China's commerce ministry said on Thursday it will make a just and objective final ruling on its anti-dumping and anti-subsidy cases against barley from Australia, amid escalating bilateral tensions over the COVID-19 pandemic.
China is likely to speed up the buying of U.S. farm goods and will implement the phase 1 trade deal with the United States , an executive at state-owned agriculture trading house COFCO said at an online industry conference on Thursday.