U.S. stock index futures fell on Monday as a slump in oil prices pounded energy stocks, with investors also bracing for another batch of dour first-quarter earnings reports and economic data.
Indian businessman Vijay Mallya lost an appeal in Britain's High Court on Monday against a 2018 decision to extradite him to India to face fraud charges resulting from the collapse of his defunct company Kingfisher Airlines.
Taher al-Matar's home in northwest Syria is in ruins but he has gone back to live there anyway, driven by dire conditions in camps for displaced people, where he fears any outbreak of the coronavirus would be devastating.
(RTTNews) - German stocks started the week on a positive note Monday, with discussions about reopening the U.S. economy and data suggesting that the lockdowns and social distancing are slowing the spread of the virus helping underpin investor sentiment.
Caution recaptured world markets on Monday as another drubbing for U.S. crude oil futures kicked off a week of data and earnings that will drive home the damage being inflicted by global coronavirus lockdowns.
Hong Kong stocks ended lower on Monday, tracking other Asian markets, amid expectations that a busy week of corporate earnings reports and economic data would drive home the damage done by the global coronavirus-led lockdowns.
LONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) - Income tax was introduced in the United Kingdom in 1799 to fund the Napoleonic Wars against France. America imposed the tax in 1861 to pay for its civil war. The coronavirus pandemic is not literally a war. But it will lead to massive
Fashion retailer Primark has committed to pay suppliers for 370 million pounds ($461 million) of orders, though all its stores are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
China's health authority called for a stronger and more rigorous testing regime to ensure that the new coronavirus does not escape detection, whether in travellers arriving from abroad or from other parts of the country.
(RTTNews) - Shares of Chinese gaming company NetEase, Inc. (NTES) touched a new high of $367.52 on Friday, before closing at $348.64, down $13.57 or 3.75%.
China has cut its benchmark lending rate for only the second time since the coronavirus outbreak in a widely expected move after the central bank lowered the rate at which it provides liquidity to lenders last week.
One in three British households has already suffered a drop in income due to the coronavirus crisis, and their overall financial situation is worsening at the fastest rate in a decade, a monthly survey showed on Monday.
Some of the top UK fund managers are demanding that companies respect the rights of retail investors after Britain's financial regulator relaxed the rules to speed up corporate fund raising in order to weather the coronavirus crisis.
(RTTNews) - French ophthalmic company EssilorLuxottica SA (ESLOF.PK, ESLOY.PK) announced Monday that its Board of Directors has decided not to submit any dividend distribution to the Annual Shareholders' Meeting of June 25 due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
A black market has developed in Russia for an antiviral HIV drug explored as a possible treatment for COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus, according to sellers, HIV activists and the head of the drug's main Russian producer.
The Tokyo Olympics next July will be a "uniquely risky" event, demanding flexibility from organisers amid the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic, particularly if a vaccine has not been rolled out by then, medical experts say.
BOC Aviation has mandated banks for a proposed 144A/Reg S US dollar senior unsecured bond offering off its US$ 15bn global MTN programme and will hold investor calls today.
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