Oil prices rose on Friday as governments around the world pledged a huge injection of funds and other measures to limit the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, despite fears the outbreak will destroy demand for oil.
Kirin Holdings shareholders overwhelmingly rejected on Friday an activist investor's proposal that the Japanese beverages maker exit businesses outside beer and use the sales proceeds to repurchase its shares.
For Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were going to be its springboard to attain a long-held goal - making significant inroads into Japan's lucrative smartphone market where Apple Inc dominates.
Seamer James Anderson says he is still hungry to play for England and has no intention of letting the coronavirus outbreak bring an end to his international career.
(RTTNews) - Indian shares opened higher on Friday, extending gains for the fourth straight session on hopes that policymakers across the world will roll out additional stimulus measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
(RTTNews) - Asian stock markets are mostly higher on Friday following the following the overnight gains on Wall Street after the U.S. Senate finally voted to approve a massive $2 trillion stimulus package in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed into law an act that requires increased U.S. support for Taiwan internationally, which will likely infuriate a China already angry with Trump's criticism of the handling of the coronavirus outbreak.
The dollar was on track for its biggest weekly fall in more than a decade on Friday as a series of stimulus measures around the world, including a $2.2 trillion U.S. package, helped temper a rout in global markets triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.
India's already-slowing economy weakened to at least an eight-year low this quarter and will slow even more sharply in the next six months due to the global coronavirus pandemic, a Reuters poll found.
Singapore Airlines Ltd said it had secured up to S$19 billion ($13 billion) of funding to help see it through the coronavirus crisis and expand afterward, in a sign of confidence travel demand will eventually return.
(RTTNews) - Indian shares look set to open higher on Friday after oil prices fell sharply overnight and closed lower for the first time in four sessions on concerns about the outlook for energy demand and amid reports that the U.S. Department of Energy is suspending its plans to
The U.S. Open originally scheduled to be played June 18-21 at Winged Foot in Mamaroneck, New York has been postponed over coronavirus concerns, the New York Post reported on Thursday.
Asian stocks rose on Friday as investors wagered policymakers will roll out more stimulus measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic after U.S. unemployment filings surged to a record.
(RTTNews) - The Thai stock market has climbed higher in three straight sessions, gathering more than 65 points or 6.6 percent along the way. The Stock Exchange of Thailand now rests just above the 1,090-point plateau and it's got another green light for Friday's trade.
Toshiba Machine Co said on Friday that a majority of shareholders approved controversial anti-takeover measures against a fund backed by veteran activist investor Yoshiaki Murakami.
Profits at China's industrial firms slumped in the first two months of the year to their lowest in at least a decade, with the mining, manufacturing and power sectors all seeing sharp falls, as a virus epidemic battered China's economy.
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