Новости за 22.04.2020

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be permitted to buy home loans for which borrowers have stopped making payments, but mortgage companies will have to pay a hefty fee to sell.

The talent agency and live entertainment conglomerate escalated cutbacks amid financial pressures from the pandemic. The new phase of cuts follows layoffs and pay reductions Endeavor announced previously.

This week, a popular documentary, a rising star makes her debut and Hugh Jackman is a good educator who makes ‘Bad Education’

Here are answers to some of the most common questions about the future of the Paycheck Protection Program and alternative financing.

Pakistani authorities asked the country’s highest court to reimpose the death penalty for a British national accused of kidnapping and killing Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, after a lower court had overturned the 18-year-old murder conviction earlier this month.

The price of the world’s most important commodity this week fell below zero for the first time. Here are answers to all your questions on how that could happen.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said it launched its first military satellite into space, a move American officials have warned could advance Tehran’s missile capabilities, amid renewed tensions with the U.S.

The money—a critical source of support for the developing world—is projected to fall by about 20% this year as the coronavirus crisis hits global economies, the World Bank says.

So far, Covid-19’s impact on insurance companies’ earnings has been more than manageable. That could grow, but by how much remains unknown.

Private-equity firm Sycamore Partners wants to scrap its plans to take control of Victoria’s Secret, a high-profile legal test of whether the coronavirus pandemic allows a buyer to walk away from an agreement reached before the outbreak.

Reorganizing society to address one poorly understood risk increases many other risks.

For a conservative company, Texas Instruments is making a relatively bold gambit in the midst of the pandemic. It is one of the few chip companies that can afford to do so.

The coronavirus pandemic is expected to weigh on the financial health of Social Security, which is currently projected to pay benefits that exceed its income in 2021.

As billions are distributed under the Paycheck Protection Program, the government excludes loans for businesses than can be considered morally questionable or speculative.

The public increasingly sees a threat, and he can argue the establishment was wrong for decades.

The program wasn’t meant to provide free money to companies that aren’t affected by coronavirus.

Until live sporting events are back in swing, you might as well revisit a few crowd-goes-wild feats. Jason Gay names his personal favorites.

For a fleeting few weeks, these delicacies lure us to forests and farmers’ markets. This recipe captures their haunting, woodsy flavor.

This year, thanks to widespread social distancing in the U.S., Mother Nature is getting a day off.

Hospitals, clinics and surgery centers are moving tentatively to resume procedures that were halted when the coronavirus pandemic reached the U.S., a shift that could help stanch financial losses but presents new risks to infection control and public health.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency said it would allow Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy home loans that recently entered forbearance—meaning borrowers have stopped making payments—while charging steep fees that may diminish interest from lenders.

The Federal Reserve will lend $2.3 trillion to support the economy, including loans to businesses and backstops for corporate borrowing. Even with that much money to spend, the Fed won’t touch some formerly hot areas of the markets.

Teladoc says it has resolved late pay issues affecting a small percentage of doctors, which the company attributed in part to growing pains from expanding rapidly due to Covid-19.

Facebook’s $5.7 billion tie-up with an Indian mobile leader could create a new kind of animal in the world’s biggest untapped digital market: a social media behemoth wedded to a mobile infrastructure titan.

Carriers are successfully building up cash buffers and face lower fuel costs, but none of this will make up for years of depressed travel demand.