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The faster spread of the coronavirus will wipe out any hope of stronger growth in 2020, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Wednesday, adding that a third of the Fund's 189 member countries were now affected.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency expects to respond soon to a court decision questioning the legitimacy of its biofuel waiver program, Administrator Andrew Wheeler said on Wednesday.

Britain's 19th-century parliamentary palace and its hundreds of grand offices and wood-panelled meeting rooms are ill-equipped to deal with the global outbreak of coronavirus, according to some worried lawmakers working inside the building.

A tax increase that Argentina is set to impose on exports of soy and its byproducts will drive down farm investment and likely result in smaller harvests going forward, farmers and economists said on Wednesday, a day after the new tax policy was announced.

British airline Virgin Atlantic said it would reduce costs to help withstand the impact of coronavirus on travel demand, including a temporary pay cut for its chief executive and a proposal to defer annual pay increases.

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Cycling teams confined to a luxury Abu Dhabi hotel have been instructed by the state's health authorities to remain in quarantine until March 14 due to coronavirus concerns, several team members said on Wednesday.

Britain is optimistic it can reach agreement with the European Union over future fishing rights by July as it is not asking for anything extraordinary, environment minister George Eustice said on Wednesday.

China on Wednesday rolled out cash support to both domestic and foreign airlines to encourage them to restore services and stop suspending flights during the coronavirus outbreak.

Coronavirus disruption could cost African airlines $40 million in revenue this year, a global industry body said on Wednesday, a potentially devastating hit to often struggling airlines counting on lucrative Chinese routes to fund expansion.

ArcelorMittal SA (Symbol: MT) has been named as a Top 5 dividend paying metals and mining stock, according to Dividend Channel, which published its weekly ''DividendRank'' report. The report noted that among metals and mining companies, MT shares displayed both attractive va

Bayer AG's takeover of Monsanto has been beset by problems, and now a decades-long dominance of the $4 billion U.S. soybean seed market is under threat from rival Corteva Inc.

The rapid spread of coronavirus cases worldwide is complicating a standard strategy used by airlines when disease, disaster or conflict hit travel destinations: lower fares and redirect flights to trouble-free areas.

United Arab Emirates carrier flydubai swung to a profit of 198.2 million dirham ($54 million) last year, helped by a compensation agreement with Boeing over the worldwide 737 MAX grounding.

Shares in Sirius Minerals gained 17% on Wednesday after its shareholders voted in favour of Anglo American's 405 million pound ($518.04 million) bid to buy the fertilizer maker, prevailing over an activist investor who called the deal terms too low.

British airline Virgin Atlantic [VA.UL] said it would waive flight change fees for new bookings in March to give passengers more flexibility during the coronavirus crisis.

Over the past year Brazil exported thousands of cargoes of wood from an Amazonian port without authorization from the federal environment agency, increasing the risk they originated from illegally deforested land, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

Shares in Sirius Minerals gained 17% on Wednesday after majority of its shareholders voted in favour of Anglo American's 405 million pound ($518.04 million) bid to buy the fertilizer company.

Wizz Air could cut capacity by 10% from next month due to the drop in demand caused by the coronavirus epidemic, it said on Wednesday, extending measures that have already seen the low-cost carrier axe two-thirds of flights to Italy.

Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening 14 points lower at 6,704 on Wednesday, according to financial bookmakers, with futures up 0.6% ahead of cash market open.