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Futures slide as Trump threatens new tariffs on China
By C Nivedita (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures slid on Friday after President Donald Trump threatened to slap new tariffs on China over the coronavirus crisis, while Apple and Amazon became the la...
May 01, 2020
Volkswagen trucks boss sees autonomous investments under pressure: Spiegel
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Autonomous vehicle technologies will be among the first to be starved of investment as the auto and truck industry seeks to conserve cash to survive the coronavirus pandemic, Vol...
May 01, 2020
South Africa takes first steps towards reopening battered economy
By Nqobile Dludla, Emma Rumney and Promit Mukherjee JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa took its first shaky steps on Friday towards rolling back one of the world's strictest COVID-19 lockdowns as i...
May 01, 2020
Business booms for ‘yellow’ firms backing Hong Kong protest movement
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong anti-government protesters queued outside businesses that openly support the democracy movement on Friday, a show of support for "yellow" restaurants and...
May 01, 2020
Germany to take 25.1% stake in Lufthansa: Der Spiegel
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Lufthansa is negotiating a 10 billion euro ($10.98 billion) bailout that would result in Germany taking a 25.1% stake in the airline, weekly paper Der Spiegel said on Friday. Of ...
May 01, 2020
For cloud giants, usage soars but tech investment delays hobble revenue growth
By Paresh Dave and Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - As lockdown orders force billions of people to work, learn and play from home during the novel coronavirus outbreak, usage has surged for the cloud comput...
May 01, 2020
Greggs shares slide after British store reopenings postponed
LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in British baker and takeaway food group Greggs tumbled as much as 7.3% on Friday after it reversed a decision to re-open some stores, leading analysts to question how it can...
May 01, 2020
Poor stay poor, rich get richer? Virus aid weighs on EU market competition
By Gabriela Baczynska and Beln Carreo BRUSSELS/MADRID (Reuters) - Germany accounts for more than half of the emergency coronavirus state aid approved by the EU executive, prompting concerns that count...
May 01, 2020
UK households shunned credit, repaid debts as COVID hit in March: BoE
LONDON (Reuters) - British households rushed to repay their debts in March as the spread of the coronavirus began to hammer the economy and a measure of housing market activity plunged, Bank of Englan...
May 01, 2020
Ryanair in advanced talks over possible new Boeing order
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ryanair is in advanced talks about a potential new plane order with Boeing, but possible price cuts or cancellations of its existing 737 MAX order are also part of the discussions, ...
May 01, 2020
