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Fujifilm shares tumble after report Avigan not showing apparent efficacy in coronavirus treatment
TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares of Fujifilm Holdings Corp tumbled more than 4% in early trade on Wednesday after a report its anti-flu drug Avigan was not showing apparent efficacy in coronavirus treatment i...
May 19, 2020
Oil prices ease on dim economic outlook despite signs of firmer demand
By Jane Chung SEOUL (Reuters) - Oil prices dipped on Wednesday as concerns over the lasting economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic outweighed signs of improving demand and production cuts by m...
May 19, 2020
Japan March core machinery orders fall 0.4% month-on-month: government
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's core machinery orders fell 0.4% in March from the month before, government data showed on Wednesday. The fall in core orders, a highly volatile data series regarded as an ind...
May 19, 2020
Asia stocks under pressure as vaccine rally falters
By Chris Prentice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Asia stocks are likely to come under pressure on Wednesday, tracking declines on Wall Street while gold prices were buoyed by safe-haven demand as economic ind...
May 19, 2020
Indigo Partners ties up with Oaktree for Virgin Australia bid: executive
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Indigo Partners is teaming up with Oaktree Capital Management in its offer for Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd and will consider adding an Australian partner as the bidding process pr...
May 19, 2020
Venezuela files claim to force Bank of England to hand over gold
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's central bank has made a legal claim to try to force the Bank of England to hand over 930 million ($1.02 billion) of gold so President Nicolas Maduro's government can fu...
May 19, 2020
Irish consumer sentiment posts partial rebound from COVID collapse
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish consumer sentiment rebounded in May to recover almost a third of the record loss it suffered in April on the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, but remained close to historic lows,...
May 19, 2020
One in three UK firms can reopen fully following COVID rules: BCC
LONDON (Reuters) - Just over a third of companies in Britain believe they can fully restart operations while implementing the government's coronavirus workplace guidance, a survey showed on Wednesday....
May 19, 2020
British supermarkets threaten Brazil boycott over proposed forest law
By Matthew Green and Jake Spring LONDON/BRASILIA (Reuters) - British supermarkets have warned Brazil they might have to boycott its products if lawmakers there pass a contentious bill that could enabl...
May 19, 2020
Pandemic sinks Japan business mood to decade low, outlook even bleaker: Reuters Tankan
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - The slump in Japanese business confidence deepened in May, hitting decade lows as firms braced for a protracted period of coronavirus-driven economic weakness, the...
May 19, 2020
