Новости за 20.04.2020

Saudi Arabia and other OPEC members are considering cutting their oil output as soon as possible, rather than waiting until next month when the group’s recent production agreement with the U.S. and Russia is set to begin, people familiar with the matter said.

The Vudu acquisition occurs as media giants look to offer free or low-cost alternatives for consumers who don’t want to pay for streaming subscriptions.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police said at least 19 people were dead after the crime spree, with officials saying they have identified 16 separate crime scenes in the province of Nova Scotia and warning new victims might emerge from searching five burned-down properties.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and rival Benny Gantz have agreed to form a unity government, a move that would avert another election and keep the Israeli leader in power while he faces trial for corruption charges.

Governments across Europe and in the U.S. say they have driven down a key coronavirus variable to levels that suggest lockdowns are containing the spread of the deadly virus.

Shoppers flocked back to stores on Monday as Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that exiting lockdowns too fast could jeopardize the country’s progress in curtailing the coronavirus pandemic.

Iran’s government allowed local bazaars and shopping malls to reopen on Monday, a potential milestone for a country that was one of the first outside of China to be hit by the new coronavirus.

Whether a small business received aid under the federal government’s $350 billion rescue program often came down to how and where it banked.

Lawmakers and the Trump administration were closing in on a more than $450 billion agreement that would replenish a program for small businesses battered by the coronavirus and related shutdowns, aiming to end a weeks-long impasse over the loan program.

Movie chains won’t be able to fill their auditoriums, but they may not have to.

A Kraft Heinz macaroni-and-cheese plant and a Conagra frozen-meal factory are among packaged-food facilities where worker infections have forced the curtailment of production.

Many traders are betting that the coronavirus pandemic will run its course and later this year demand for oil will jump.

Many U.S. landlords whose commercial tenants are asking for rent relief due to the coronavirus pandemic are acquiescing, though some are asking for proof of financial strain before delaying or even forgiving payments.

Saudi Arabia’s government is facing rare resistance to one of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s signature projects, a new megacity in the kingdom’s northwest.

As attention turns to restarting the American economy, companies are deploying a range of tactics to try to defend their workforces from the coronavirus. ‘A lot of this is reacting in real-time.’

A new task for academics in the prediction business.

The e-commerce software company has benefited from surging traffic as vast swaths of the global population have been forced to do more of their shopping online. The stock has climbed 81% since hitting a recent low on April 2.

Though the game has occasionally been played virtually, since coronavirus lockdowns began online play has taken off. But online tools introduce privacy and security concerns for players.

Temporary bans prevent treatment for cancer, heart disease, cataracts and other serious ailments.

Ordinary Americans protesting to reopen the economy face only contempt from elites.

Clothing retailers are sitting on tens of billions of dollars of unsold merchandise, and the usual methods for clearing it out aren’t working while the coronavirus keeps most U.S. stores closed.

Amid volatile markets and economic contraction, companies have adjusted executive compensation, with salary cuts for top leaders often accompanied by new equity grants meant to motivate and reward long-term performance.

China has approached a number of countries to discuss the possibility of easing border controls to allow some business travel to resume, part of broader efforts to restart economic activity stalled by the coronavirus pandemic.

One of the great aftershocks of the crisis will be its impact on the economic trajectory and political attitudes of people born in the 1980s and 90s.

Many traders are betting that the coronavirus pandemic will run its course and later this year demand for oil will jump.