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UnitedHealth first-quarter profit falls 2.5%
(Reuters) - UnitedHealth Group Inc reported a 2.5% fall in first-quarter profit on Wednesday, hurt by higher medical costs. Net earnings attributable to shareholders fell to $3.38 billion, or $3.52 pe...
Apr 15, 2020
There are limits to boldly easing bank rules in coronavirus pandemic: BIS
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Easing bank rules is among the "bold and extraordinary" steps needed to beat the coronavirus, but it must be temporary and limited to avoid undermining financial stabil...
Apr 15, 2020
Exclusive: Tenet furloughs 10% of workforce due to coronavirus cutbacks
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - Hospital operator Tenet Healthcare Corp has put around 10% of its workforce on furlough due to a reduction in elective surgeries and other services brought about by the co...
Apr 15, 2020
Amazon plans to appeal French ruling limiting trade to essential goods
PARIS (Reuters) - Amazon said on Wednesday it planned to appeal a French court ruling limiting deliveries to essential goods in order allow for a deeper assessment of coronavirus risks at its sites in...
Apr 15, 2020
Japan’s $1 trillion coronavirus stimulus to lift GDP by 3.8%: Abe
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's coronavirus emergency economic stimulus should boost the country's real gross domestic product by 3.8%, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday at the end of a meeting of...
Apr 15, 2020
EU eyes mass investment through next budget to restart growth
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's next long-term budget should be used to sponsor economic recovery after the coronavirus pandemic, the heads of the bloc's Brussels-based institutions said on ...
Apr 15, 2020
India’s monsoon rains seen average in 2020: weather office
By Rajendra Jadhav and Mayank Bhardwaj MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is likely to receive average monsoon rains this year, the state-run weather office said on Wednesday, raising expectations of ...
Apr 15, 2020
Exclusive: Aramco offers struggling refiners sweeter terms for crude
By Ron Bousso and Nidhi Verma LONDON/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Saudi Aramco has offered oil refineries in Asia and Europe the option to defer payments for crude cargo deliveries by up to 90 days as plants...
Apr 15, 2020
Bosses at commercial vehicle group CNH take pay cuts in show of solidarity
MILAN (Reuters) - Top executives and board members at commercial vehicle maker CNH Industrial will take voluntary pay cuts in an act of solidarity with the group's workforce during the coronavirus cri...
Apr 15, 2020
Euro banks getting 20 bln euro capital relief from macro regulators: ECB
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro area banks are getting capital relief worth 20 billion euros ($21.9 billion) from the easing of macroprudential requirements by national supervisors around the bloc, the Eur...
Apr 15, 2020
