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Thailand to borrow $18.6 billion in current fiscal year for steps to ease coronavirus impact
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand plans to borrow 600 billion baht ($18.56 billion) in the current fiscal year to September and 400 billion baht in the next fiscal year to finance measures to mitigate the ...
Apr 22, 2020
UK credit agencies reassure companies over pandemic loan freezes
LONDON (Reuters) - Loan payment freezes negotiated by companies with their banks during the pandemic should not damage their credit rating, credit reference agencies in Britain said on Wednesday. Expe...
Apr 22, 2020
France looking into setting up insurance cover for pandemics
PARIS (Reuters) - French finance minister Bruno Le Maire has set up a working group to look into establishing further insurance cover for exceptional, one-off events such as pandemics, Le Maire's depa...
Apr 22, 2020
Japan manufacturer to boost domestic mask output, cut China dependence
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese household goods manufacturer on Wednesday said it will boost domestic production of face masks after a government request for help, using public funding aimed at encouragi...
Apr 22, 2020
Tyre industry pushes back against evidence of plastic pollution
By Joe Brock and John Geddie SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A growing body of scientific research linking tyre wear to microplastic pollution, as well as increasing scrutiny from lawmakers in the European Unio...
Apr 22, 2020
EU official says ‘big divide’ between member states on recovery aid
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - There is a "big divide" between EU member states on whether any coronavirus recovery aid should be handed out to member states as subsidies or loans, an official with the bloc sai...
Apr 22, 2020
Ted Baker names easyJet executive John Barton as chairman
(Reuters) - Troubled fashion retailer Ted Baker on Wednesday named easyJet Chairman John Barton as its non-executive chairman, less than a month after appointing Rachel Osborne to the permanent role o...
Apr 22, 2020
European shares gain on hopes of easing in lockdown measures
(Reuters) - European stock markets edged higher on Wednesday as Italy looked set to relax sweeping restrictions to contain the coronavirus, with investors remaining cautious about a swift recovery aft...
Apr 22, 2020
Buying debt directly from euro zone governments may be illegal: Lagarde
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Buying debt directly from euro zone governments could undermine a legal requirement for them to run sound budget policies, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said ...
Apr 22, 2020
Italy’s UniCredit braces for coronavirus-led loan defaults
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's UniCredit on Wednesday became the first major euro zone bank to write down the value of its loans to reflect the economic impact of the coronavirus crisis. Italy's biggest ba...
Apr 22, 2020
