Новости за 21.04.2020

His Virgin Group is at epicenter of the meltdown in those industries. Virgin Australia has filed for bankruptcy.

The SBA rejected multiple requests for detailed information about borrowers in the new Paycheck Protection Program, saying it needed to prioritize its effort to assist businesses.

MiMedx, which recently agreed to pay a $6.5 million fine for overcharging the Department of Veterans Affairs for wound-care products, was approved for a loan under the government’s small-business rescue package.

Royal Dutch Shell has postponed its Jackdaw natural-gas field development in the North Sea, as energy companies slash spending in response to plummeting prices.

This pantry powerhouse is tastier, healthier and far more sustainable.

The central bank’s board of governors voted 5-0 to lower the overnight funding rate target to 6% from 6.5%.

Many of the recipients of coronavirus aid from the U.S. Small Business Administration are small-cap stocks. But 26 of the 88 companies have reported more than $100 million in annual revenue, a Journal analysis found.

The White House is closely monitoring developments regarding the status of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, amid speculation that the leader has undergone medical care.

Gucci’s revenue fell sharply in the first quarter because of the coronavirus pandemic, as its heavy reliance on Chinese shoppers hit the Italian fashion label hard when Beijing locked down the economy.

HCA Healthcare, one of the nation’s largest hospital chains, said first-quarter profit fell as emergency departments and operating rooms emptied out in response to state orders to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

Consumer lenders are preparing for something pretty bad to happen to borrowers—but perhaps not bad enough.

The lockdown’s threat to our currency.

The travails of the United States Oil Fund in some ways mirror the collapse of inverse volatility note XIV two years ago.

Covid-19 is raising questions about the viability of an economic system built on borderless migration and a single marketplace that matches labor supply with demand. Nowhere is that more apparent than in the sudden reordering of the bloc’s agricultural industry.

Thousands of small trucking companies that move the vast majority of the goods in U.S. freight markets face light cash flow, limited reserves and uncertain access to credit.

Philip Morris International scrapped its 2020 guidance and said its smokeless brands will be a drag on sales during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Britain’s House of Commons, one of the world’s oldest elected assemblies, reopened its doors offering a taste of ancient democracy repurposed for the coronavirus age.

Their researchers travel to caves across China, where they capture live bats to study viruses.

Now, as in 1933, it’s up to leaders to state facts, earn trust and project confidence.

Market forces are already making some Texas producers reduce output as fuel demand shrivels and storage facilities fill up. The Railroad Commission of Texas plans to revisit possible production curbs on May 5.

The collapse in crude prices is creating mounting losses for ordinary investors, a sign that the energy crisis is starting to ripple beyond the oil patch.

Coca-Cola’s less-loved brands take a back seat in the coronavirus pandemic.

One issue looms large for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Benny Gantz’s shaky political union in Israel: forging ahead on pledges to begin annexing parts of the West Bank.

Saudi Arabia’s oil-price war with Russia flooded the market with crude. Now, with demand having dried up and buyers hard to find, the kingdom is resorting to storing much of it at sea.

Health-care stocks have performed well during the Covid-19 crisis, but earnings from the largest U.S. hospital chain suggest that optimism may be misplaced.