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GoAir to furlough 90% of workers as India lockdown extends 19 Apr 2020 - 05:05 pm
Reuters file photo.
Germany signals more help for struggling businesses, workers 19 Apr 2020 - 04:41 pm
A police car is seen on the almost empty square in front of the Cologne cathedral in Cologne, western Germany, on April 19, 2020, amid the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. / AFP / Ina FASSBENDER
Lebanese banks set 2,600 pounds to dollar rate for small accounts, central bank source says 06 Apr 2020 - 01:10 pm
FILE PHOTO: Lebanon central bank is seen closed, after Lebanon declared a medical state of emergency as part of the preventive measures against the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Beirut, Lebanon March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Ph
Tech giants such as Google, Facebook seek to defer Indian digital tax: sources 31 Mar 2020 - 08:59 pm
In this file photo taken on October 01, 2019 a picture taken in Lille shows the logo of mobile app Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook, Google and Messenger displayed on a tablet. AFP / Denis Charlet
Air Canada to temporarily lay off half its workforce 31 Mar 2020 - 06:16 pm
 In this file photo taken on August 6, 2018 Air Canada planes sit on the tarmac of Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport, north of Paris. AFP / Joel Saget
Job cuts pile up, Ford to make ventilators at parts plant 31 Mar 2020 - 06:16 pm
Undocumented immigrant Juana, 24, from El Salvador and her husband Saul, 23, from Honduras watch local news in their one-room apartment on March 25, 2020 in Norwalk, Connecticut. John Moore/Getty Images/AFP
Canada effectively nationalizing private payrolls amid virus 30 Mar 2020 - 06:16 pm
 A deer feeds in a western Canadian canola field which are in full bloom this week before it will be harvested later this summer in rural Alberta, Canada July 23, 2019. Reuters/Todd Korol
Russia, the world’s biggest buyer of gold, will stop purchases 30 Mar 2020 - 05:17 pm
A worker pours Gold at the AngloGold Ashanti mine at Obuasi, Ghana, October 23, 2003. Reuters file/Luc Gnago
Brazil austerity fervor threatens fight against coronavirus 30 Mar 2020 - 05:17 pm
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro meets supporters as he leaves Alvorada Palace, as the COVID-19 spread continues, in Brasilia, Brazil March 30, 2020. Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino
How supply chains jumped from business school and into our lives 29 Mar 2020 - 06:16 pm
A customer wearing a protective face mask shops at a multinational wholesale chain METRO shop in Nanterre on March 27, 2020 during a strict lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 infection. AFP / Philippe LOPEZ
Historic $2.2 trillion coronavirus bill passes US House, headed to Trump 27 Mar 2020 - 09:22 pm
Test tube with fake blood labelled with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is placed on dollar banknotes in this illustration taken March 27, 2020. Reuters/Dado Ruvic
Nespresso finds child labor at three Guatemalan coffee farms 27 Mar 2020 - 05:27 pm
 Nespresso single-serve coffee capsules, manufactured by Nestle, are seen during an event in Paris, France, March 22, 2019. Reuters/Benoit Tessier
Swiss government, central bank toss cash at coronavirus-hit companies 25 Mar 2020 - 06:24 pm
A long exposure shows traffic flowing past the illuminated word
IMF says coronavirus to hit sub-Saharan Africa's growth hard 25 Mar 2020 - 04:52 pm
Residents protect their faces with masks and other items as a preventive measure against COVID-19 Coronavirus as city worker disinfects a market n Accra on March 23, 2020.   AFP / Nipah Dennis
Swiss government, central bank throw money at virus shutdown 25 Mar 2020 - 04:35 pm
A man waits in front of a container of Medbase medical center, used for tests on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on a square in Winterthur, Switzerland March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
Central banks deploy record sums to break financial logjam, but may need more 23 Mar 2020 - 07:44 pm
A Moroccan health ministry worker disinfects a man walking a dog and carrying a mat in the capital Rabat on March 22, 2020. AFP / Fadel Senna
Coronavirus could cause $1 trillion damage to tourism 21 Mar 2020 - 05:21 pm
A virtually empty Millennium Square is seen in central Leeds on March 21, 2020, a day after the British government said it would help cover the wages of people hit by the coronavirus outbreak as it tightened restrictions to curb the spread of the disease.
Uganda to seek from World Bank help over coronavirus, central ank to provide liquidity 20 Mar 2020 - 02:14 pm
A person disinfects hands at a Belgian distillery that switches its production from gin to disinfecting alcohol during the coronavirus lockdown, imposed by the Belgian government in an attempt to slow down the spread of COVID-19, in Wichelen, Belgium, Mar