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Johnson & Johnson cuts price of TB drug bedaquiline in poorer countries
(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson said on Monday it was slashing the price of its version of the tuberculosis drug bedaquiline to $340 from its original price of $400, for a six-month treatment, in low- a...
Jul 06, 2020
Brazilian education firm Cogna plans Nasdaq listing of subsidiary: filing
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's for-profit education company Cogna Educacao said on Monday it has filed for an initial public offering of Vasta Platform Limited, its unit which sells digital solutions ...
Jul 06, 2020
El Al’s board agrees to government bailout, Calcalist reports
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The board of Israel's El Al Airlines has agreed to a bailout package that will likely put the flag carrier back under state ownership, Israeli news website Calcalist reported on ...
Jul 06, 2020
U.S. Treasury names small businesses that took pandemic aid, says 51.1 million jobs supported
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Monday released the names of hundreds of thousands of businesses which took money from a high-profile $660 billion pandemic aid program, letting the ...
Jul 06, 2020
Britain’s first sanctions target Russians, Saudis
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's first sanctions will target 25 Russian nationals it says were involved in the mistreatement and death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky and 20 Saudi nationals held to be involved...
Jul 06, 2020
Mexican gross fixed investment suffers record fall in April
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican gross fixed investment in April suffered its biggest monthly fall on record, as the coronavirus pandemic battered Latin America's second-largest economy. Spending on ma...
Jul 06, 2020
EDF preparing cost-cutting plan worth up to three billion euros: sources
PARIS (Reuters) - French state-controlled utility EDF has started preparing a cost-cutting plan worth between 2 and 3 billion euros ($1.13 billion), two sources told Reuters, confirming a report by Fr...
Jul 06, 2020
Canada business sentiment ‘strongly negative’ as coronavirus pandemic, low oil prices weigh: Bank of Canada survey
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Business sentiment in Canada is "strongly negative" even as COVID-19 restrictions have eased, though roughly half of firms surveyed expect their sales to recover to pre-pandemic lev...
Jul 06, 2020
U.S. trade groups urge China to increase purchases of U.S. goods, services
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and over 40 trade associations on Monday urged top U.S. and Chinese officials to redouble efforts to implement a Phase 1 trade agreement signed by t...
Jul 06, 2020
Spain’s PM reasonably optimistic about Calvino getting Eurogroup job
MADRID/LISBON (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday he was "reasonably optimistic" that his Economy Minister Nadia Calvino will be elected as head of the Eurogroup by fellow ...
Jul 06, 2020
