Brazil Senate approves state of emergency to fight coronavirus
Brazil’s Senate on Friday approved a presidential decree declaring a national emergency over the coronavirus epidemic, allowing the government to waive fiscal targets and free up budget resources to fight the virus that has killed seven and infected 62…
Thyssenkrupp’s Merz stays on as CEO to handle overhaul
Martina Merz, who took over as interim chief executive of Thyssenkrupp , will remain in the job until 2023 after successfully selling the group’s elevator unit in a landmark deal last month, the conglomerate said on Friday.
Coronavirus death toll in Italy’s Lombardy jumps some 380 in a day -source
The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in the northern Italian region of Lombardy, which has borne the brunt of a nationwide contagion, has risen by around 380 in a day to some 2,550, a source said on Friday.
Sri Lanka imposes curfew as South Asia steps up coronavirus battle
Sri Lanka imposed a nationwide weekend curfew on Friday as South Asian countries escalated efforts to check the spread of coronavirus across the densely populated region of 1.9 billion people.
Bayer mediator says glyphosate settlement talks slowed by coronavirus
Negotiations between Bayer AG and plaintiff lawyers to settle claims its glyphosate-based weedkillers cause cancer have been slowed by the coronavirus outbreak, according to the mediator in the talks.
Wall Street advances at end of blistering week
Wall Street’s main stock indexes rose more than 1% on Friday, as dramatic intervention by U.S. policymakers halted the worst monthly selloff in U.S. equities in three decades.
Ford to bring forward UK summer shutdown due to coronavirus
Ford will bring forward part of the summer shutdown for its British engine plants to Easter due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Truckmaker Volvo to put all 20,000 Swedish staff on temporary lay off-scheme
Truckmaker AB Volvo said on Friday it would put all its 20,000 staff in Sweden on short-term temporary lay off-scheme starting next week as it plans to close it’s whole production system in the country.
Sri Lanka to impose national curfew as South Asia accelerates coronavirus battle
Mosques in Sri Lanka were shut indefinitely from Friday, and the island is set to impose a countrywide curfew over the weekend, as South Asian countries step up efforts to check the spread of COVID-19 cases.
Come back to fight coronavirus, UK begs 65,000 former nurses and doctors
Britain has asked 65,000 former nurses and doctors to return to work and will deploy final-year medical students to fight the coronavirus health crisis, the health ministry said.
