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China to extend exemption on social insurance fees for firms hit by COVID-19
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's human resources ministry said on Wednesday it would extend the exemption on social insurance fees for firms hit by the COVID-19 pandemic until the end of this year. In Febr...
Jun 24, 2020
UK airports warn 20,000 jobs at risk as travel slump continues
LONDON (Reuters) - Up to 20,000 jobs could go at Britain's airports, an industry group warned, calling on the government to do more to help an aviation industry that was shut down by the COVID pandemi...
Jun 24, 2020
Exclusive: Indigo Partners’ JetSMART met Brazil officials in March to set up domestic flights
By Marcelo Rochabrun SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Indigo Partners-backed JetSMART presented Brazil's air travel regulator, ANAC, on March 10 with a plan to enter the domestic market and disrupt the three est...
Jun 24, 2020
U.S. considers tariffs on $3.1 billion EU, UK imports: Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - The United States is considering tariffs on $3.1 billion of exports from the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Germany, Bloomberg news reported on Wednesday, citing a notice published by t...
Jun 24, 2020
China loses appetite for salmon, seafood on virus contamination worries
By Sophie Yu and Emily Chow BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's appetite for salmon and other seafood has crashed this month, after a resurgence in coronavirus infections in Beijing was traced to cho...
Jun 24, 2020
BOJ offers $78 billion to firms hurt by pandemic in first phase of loan programme
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan on Wednesday offered 8.28 trillion yen ($77.74 billion) in loans to financial institutions under a new lending programme aimed at channeling funds to cash-strapped ...
Jun 24, 2020
Italy audit court OKs state guarantees for $7.1 billion bank loan for Fiat Chrysler: source
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's audit court has given its green light to a decree offering state guarantees for a 6.3-billion euro ($7.12 billion) loan for Fiat Chrysler's Italian Unit, a source said, paving...
Jun 24, 2020
German business morale posts strongest rise ever recorded
BERLIN (Reuters) - German business morale posted its strongest rise in June since records began as business in Europe's largest economy "sees light at the end of the tunnel" after the coronavirus pand...
Jun 24, 2020
European stocks hit by losses in defensives; chipmakers rise
(Reuters) - European stocks slipped on Wednesday, weighed down by defensive sectors, as investors remained cautious about a surge in the number of global coronavirus cases. The pan-European STOXX 600 ...
Jun 24, 2020
Europe’s emergency loan schemes stir fears of a debt trap
By Valentina Za, Maya Nikolaeva and Jess Aguado MILAN/PARIS/MADRID (Reuters) - Michele Berteramo, owner of the Movida restaurant and cocktail bar on Milan's Naviglio Pavese canal, had been about to sp...
Jun 24, 2020
