Facebook enters the videoconferencing fray with Messenger Rooms
Facebook Inc introduced a videoconferencing tool and expanded livestreaming features on Friday, capitalizing on a surge in demand for video chats during the coronavirus pandemic while taking its first steps toward a planned integration of messaging pr…
France planning aid packages for Air France KLM and Renault: TF1
The French government is planning aid packages for Air France KLM and Renault , TV station TF1 reported on Friday.
Spanish court orders Ryanair to reinstate 224 dismissed workers
Spain’s High Court ordered Ryanair on Friday to reinstate 224 workers collectively dismissed from four bases in the country, saying the reasons given by the airline for seeking to close the bases did not justify such a move.
Exclusive: Trial of Gilead’s potential coronavirus treatment running ahead of schedule, researcher says
A key U.S. government trial of Gilead Sciences Inc’s experimental coronavirus treatment may yield results as early as mid-May, according to the study’s lead investigator, after doctors clamored to enroll their patients in the study.
Virus-hit Madame Tussauds owner seeks 500 million euros in bond sale
The firm behind Madame Tussauds and Legoland parks is looking to raise 500 million euros ($540 million) in a bond sale, offering a high interest rate to try to secure funds to tide it over while most of its venues are closed in the coronavirus pandemic…
Boeing, Intel pressure Dow as investors wary of economic recovery
The Dow Jones headed lower on Friday, led by Boeing and Intel, with investors staying cautious about an economic recovery as some states prepared to relax the coronavirus-induced lockdowns.
Stocks struggle with muddled government pandemic response
Global equity benchmarks struggled on Friday as some U.S. states began reopening businesses despite the disapproval of health experts, and as the European Union put off addressing details of its new economic rescue plan.
Doubts gather over Boeing-Embraer deal as deadline nears: sources
A $4.2 billion deal for Boeing to buy the civil jetmaking arm of Brazil’s Embraer has hit a roadblock over implementation, threatening its collapse barring a last-minute breakthrough on Friday, people familiar with the talks said.
Coronavirus came to New York from Europe, not China: governor
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Friday research showed that strains of the novel coronavirus first entered his state from Europe, not China, and that travel bans enacted by U.S. President Donald Trump were too late to halt its spread.
As U.S. coronavirus death toll tops 50,000, handful of states edge toward reopening
With the U.S. coronavirus death toll topping 50,000, Georgia, Oklahoma and a handful of other states took the first tentative steps at reopening for business on Friday, despite the disapproval of President Donald Trump and health experts.
