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Iran's Rouhani urges IMF to give Tehran its requested loan amid coronavirus
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani urged the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday to give the country its requested $5 billion emergency funding to help Tehran fight the coronavirus...
Apr 08, 2020
Japan's March service sector sentiment slumps to record low on coronavirus woes
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's service sector sentiment hit a record low in March, as the coronavirus crisis prompted travel bans and hurt consumption in a major shock to the economy. Th...
Apr 08, 2020
Fear of the unknown: Locked-down athletes face mental health challenge
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) - When Olympic swimming champion Kyle Chalmers completed what he knew would be his final training session before the coronavirus shutdown, his overwhelming feelings w...
Apr 08, 2020
Japan's March bankruptcies rise as coronavirus halts business
TOKYO (Reuters) - Bankruptcies among Japanese companies rose for a seventh straight month in March as the coronavirus outbreak slammed the brakes on business activity across the country. Tokyo Shoko R...
Apr 08, 2020
German, Swiss companies combine to make disinfectant to kill virus
ZURICH (Reuters) - Businesses including Switzerland's Clariant and Germany's CropEnergies AG are combining to boost disinfectant production, part of a state-financed crisis programme in Bavaria to lif...
Apr 08, 2020
UK PM Johnson stable after second night in intensive care battling COVID-19
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spent a second night in intensive care and was in a stable condition after receiving oxygen support for COVID-19 complications while his foreign...
Apr 08, 2020
Indivior withdraws 2020 forecast on coronavirus-led uncertainty
(Reuters) - British drugmaker Indivior PLC withdrew its annual financial forecast on Wednesday, citing uncertainties due to the coronavirus pandemic. The company said it does not expect to be in a pos...
Apr 08, 2020
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: WHO China-centric, organisation "blew it", Trump says "The W.H.O. really blew it," Trump said in a Twitter post on Tuesday, ca...
Apr 08, 2020
EU ministers fail to agree virus economic rescue in all-night talks
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union finance ministers failed to agree in all-night talks on more support for their coronavirus-hit economies and their chairman said on Wednesday mo...
Apr 08, 2020
Britain eases rules to speed up company capital raising
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's markets watchdog set out temporary measures on Wednesday to help companies raise cash quickly to get through the epidemic that has shuttered much of the economy. The Finan...
Apr 08, 2020
