The United States told the World Trade Organization on Wednesday it has fully complied with WTO findings that Washington state’s now-repealed tax breaks for Boeing were illegal and there was “no valid basis” for the European Union to retaliate against U.S. goods.
Insolvent or overly leveraged firms, including oil drillers and oil services firms, won’t be able to tap the Federal Reserve’s emergency lending program for “Main Street,” Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan said Wednesday.
Buffett explains why Berkshire has $120 billion in “terrible investments,” pointing to super-low interest rates. Negative ones in the U.S., he said, could be bad. …read more […]
World equity markets were mixed on Wednesday, with U.S. indexes seesawing amid hopes for a pickup in business activity and as oil prices slumped with demand low after a rise in U.S. crude stockpiles last week to three-year highs.
(Bloomberg) — When the headquarters of Mission Bio reopens next week, employees will find many of the familiar perks they enjoyed before Silicon Valley went into lockdown have changed. Instead of the communal trays of catered lunches served a few times a week, each employee will get their own boxed meal. The snacks will remain free, but the soda machine and tub of almonds will be replaced with canned beverages, bottled water and individually wrapped protein bites. One new benefit: Every two weeks, the startup plans to provide Covid-19 tests onsite to any staff member who wants one.Mission Bio is …read more […]
Private equity firm KKR & Co Inc reported an 11% jump in after-tax distributable earnings in the first quarter on Wednesday, driven by growth in asset sales and management fees ahead of the coronavirus-linked market turmoil.
VANCOUVER, Washington, May 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) — Manuscript Posted Online to Research Square and MedRxiv Pre-print Server CytoDyn Inc. (OTC.QB: CYDY), (“CytoDyn” or the “Company”), a late-stage biotechnology company developing leronlimab (PRO […]
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose on Wednesday on hopes of a pickup in business activity as states eased coronavirus-induced curbs, with investors also looking past a stunning 20 million plunge in U.S. private payrolls last month.
Standard Chartered defended its environmental credentials after renewed criticism from climate campaigners for its funding of fossil fuel companies as the bank held its annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday.
CVS Health Corp on Wednesday said it was sticking to its 2020 forecast and expected a strong second quarter, as reduced medical service use for its Aetna insurance business offset coronavirus-related expenses and the pandemic’s impact on pharmacy sales and prescriptions.
By CorpGov Editorial Staff U.S. sanctions against Venezuela have impacted oil trade around the world, with companies from Sweden to Spain that partner with the country under pressure to depart and potentially lose billions of dollars of revenue. But ultimately, it may be the Venezuelan people who are hurt most. Oil production in Venezuela On […] …read more […]
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Wall Street’s main indexes rose on Wednesday on hopes of a pickup in business activity as states eased coronavirus-induced curbs, with investors also looking past a stunning 20 million plunge in U.S. private payrolls last month.
Washington state’s repeal of tax breaks for Boeing Co means that the United States has fully complied with World Trade Organization’s findings of illegal subsidies for the aircraft maker, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office said on Wednesday.
Recent central bank bond-buying to calm market turmoil has breached the wall dividing top-grade debt from so-called junk-rated issues, raising the likelihood of the investment industry and even regulators eventually dismantling the barrier.
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