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Most small UK companies have no pandemic insurance: watchdog
LONDON (Reuters) - Most insurance policies bought by smaller companies do not cover for disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Britain's Financial Conduct Authority said on Wednesday. Britain ...
Apr 15, 2020
IMF board approves emergency support for Burkina Faso, Niger: statements
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Executive Board has approved support for Burkina Faso and Niger under its Rapid Credit Facility to help the West African nations confro...
Apr 15, 2020
French anti-crisis package to cost 110 billion euros: finance minister
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government has hiked the expected cost of its measures to support the economy though the coronavirus crisis to 110 billion euros ($120.6 billion), its finance minister sai...
Apr 15, 2020
Activist hedge fund Starboard pounces on U.S. companies in turmoil
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) - Most activist shareholders have refrained from challenging the boards of U.S. companies during this season of annual shareholder meetings, as businesses reel from th...
Apr 15, 2020
Japan’s Abe pressed to pay out more cash as coronavirus hits economy
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is under pressure to take bolder steps to soften the economic blow of the coronavirus, with calls from his political partners to ha...
Apr 15, 2020
EU’s Centeno doesn’t rule out use of eurobonds to tackle coronavirus crisis: paper
ROME (Reuters) - Joint debt issuance is a possible euro zone response to tackle the coronavirus emergency, Eurogroup President Mario Centeno said in an interview with Italy's Corriere della Sera daily...
Apr 15, 2020
U.S. opposition seen stalling major IMF liquidity boost
By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. opposition is expected to prevent the International Monetary Fund this week from deploying one of its most powerful tools to help countrie...
Apr 15, 2020
Coronavirus to push China’s first-quarter GDP into first decline on record: Reuters poll
By Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) - The coronavirus health crisis likely knocked China's economy into its first decline since at least 1992 in the first quarter, raising the heat on authorities to do mor...
Apr 15, 2020
French retail sales plunged 24% in March: central bank
PARIS (Reuters) - French retail sales sank 24% in March from February as a nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic left many shops shuttered, data from the central bank showed on Wednesday...
Apr 15, 2020
India permits resumption of some industries in rural areas next week
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will allow opening up of some industries in rural areas after April 20 to reduce the distress caused to millions of people because of a prolonged lockdown to halt the sprea...
Apr 15, 2020
