Safe-haven currencies were in demand on Thursday with the Japanese yen and the Swiss franc leading gains against the struggling dollar after U.S. President Donald Trump banned travel from Europe to stem the coronavirus.
Construction company Galliford Try overstated its net assets by 94 million pounds ($120 million) in 2018 and its accounts have been restated, Britain's audit watchdog said on Thursday.
Real estate adviser Savills Plc reported a 5.7% rise in full-year profit, helped by strong growth in its property management and consultation businesses.
China's Anbang Insurance Group Co Ltd, fresh from two years of government-led restructuring, has sold a 35% stake in Chengdu Rural Commercial Bank Co Ltd once valued at over $2 billion in its latest divestiture.
Yields on most Japanese government bonds (JGB) gained on Thursday, in line with U.S. Treasuries overnight, despite steep losses in stocks after the United States suspended travel from virus-hit Europe and the WHO declared the virus a pandemic.
(RTTNews) - Savills plc. (SVS.L), a real estate advisor, reported Thursday that its fiscal 2019 profit before tax increased 6 percent to 115.6 million pounds from last year's 109.4 million pounds.
In the sun-baked scrubland of northern Colombia's remote La Guajira province, a bitter quarrel rages between two neighboring Wayuu indigenous families, one of them seeking refuge from a humanitarian crisis across the border in Venezuela.
Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening down 347 points on Thursday, according to financial bookmakers, with futures FFIc1 down 6% ahead of the cash market open.
Finablr said on Thursday it would begin a probe into its financial arrangements and warned that travel restrictions to prevent the spread of coronavirus have hampered demand for its foreign exchange and payment services.
All global investors got from U.S. President Donald Trump's coronavirus package were a shock travel ban on Europe and a flashing signal to sell, and none of the large-scale tax breaks or medical tests for Americans they'd been expecting.
British car dealership Lookers said on Thursday Chief Operating Officer Cameron Wade would be leaving the company immediately, after being in the role for a little over a month.
Africa-focused Tullow Oil expects its free cash flow to slide to $50 million to $75 million this year at an oil price of $50 a barrel, and to break even at prices of $45 a barrel, it said on Thursday.
The European Central Bank is all but certain to unveil new stimulus measures on Thursday, pushing policy closer to its limits to help the euro zone economy cope with the shock of the coronavirus pandemic.
Nationwide power cuts across South Africa of up to 4,000 megawatts will last indefinitely, state power firm Eskom said on Thursday, as repairs take longer than anticipated.
South Africa's rand weakened sharply on Thursday along with other emerging market currencies as concerns over the economic impact of the coronavirus intensified after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a pandemic.
Austrian Post's reported a 5% fall in last year's operating profit due to provisions for a data privacy fine and said it would propose a stable dividend of 2.08 euros per share.
Having initially brushed off the potential impact from coronavirus-linked claims, global insurers are waking up to the prospect of a double whammy - a sharp rise in payouts at a time of big investment losses.
Europe's banks have called on European Union authorities to ease capital rules and other regulatory barriers to helping businesses struggling because of the coronavirus epidemic.
Financial markets reeled on Thursday as stocks dived and oil slumped after U.S. President Donald Trump took the dramatic step of banning travel from Europe to stem the spread of coronavirus, threatening more disruptions to trade and the world economy.
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