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China says has prepared pool of transport projects worth $113 billion
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's transport ministry said on Thursday it has a pool of transportion projects with a total investment value of 800 billion yuan ($113.02 billion) that can start as soon as fun...
Apr 29, 2020
Virgin Australia administrators halt bondholder payments, appoint Morgan Stanley for sale
By Jamie Freed and Paulina Duran SYDNEY (Reuters) - Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd's administrators have halted payments to bondholders and appointed Morgan Stanley to help sell the airline within four...
Apr 29, 2020
Mexican miners ask U.S. to consider it in talks on re-opening
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's miners on Wednesday asked the U.S. government to consider their sector in talks over the reopening of key areas of the Mexican and U.S. economies once quarantine measu...
Apr 29, 2020
IMF sees Caribbean economy shrinking 6.2% in 2020 due to pandemic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A sudden stop in tourism caused by border closures and lockdowns aimed at containing the coronavirus pandemic will cause a 6.2% contraction of the Caribbean economy in 2020, the...
Apr 29, 2020
China cancels annual Boao forum due to coronavirus
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has cancelled the 2020 Boao Forum for Asia, which Beijing is trying to promote as the region's answer to Davos, due to the coronavirus epidemic, the official China News agenc...
Apr 29, 2020
Clash of tech titans: Zuckerberg praises coronavirus lockdowns; Musk sees ‘fascism’
By Munsif Vengattil (Reuters) - Silicon Valley billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg offered dueling views on lockdown measures designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus on Wednesday, with F...
Apr 29, 2020
IMF approves $650 million in emergency pandemic aid for Dominican Republic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday its executive board had approved $650 million in emergency financial assistance to help the Dominican Republic respond to the c...
Apr 29, 2020
Oil prices rise on early signs of slowing U.S. glut build
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Thursday, building on big gains in the previous session on signs the U.S. crude glut is not growing as fast as expected and that gasoline demand...
Apr 29, 2020
Dollar nurses losses after Fed, jump in risk appetite
By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar nursed losses on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve left the door open to more monetary easing and dampened expectations for a quick economic recover...
Apr 29, 2020
Japan’s factory output, retail sales drop as virus hits economy
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's March factory output fell at the fastest pace in five months, while retail sales also dropped as businesses struggled with the coronavirus pandemic's sharp...
Apr 29, 2020
