[ad_1] LAGOS (Reuters) – In Nigeria’s Benue state, the food basket of the country, Mercy Yialase sits in front of her idle rice mill. Demand is high across the nation, but she already has mounds
Burberry to maintain employee pay through coronavirus crisis
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Children’s Burberry clothes are seen on display at the Nordstrom flagship store during a media preview in New York, U.S., October 21, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – British luxury brand
Sanofi confirms targets, strong demand for pain killers lifts first quarter
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: The logo of Sanofi is seen at the company’s research and production centre in Vitry-sur-Seine, France, August 6, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo PARIS (Reuters) – French drugmaker Sanofi confirmed its 2020 outlook
Oil prices rise more than $1 after week of turmoil amid viral outbreak
[ad_1] TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices jumped again on Friday, gaining more ground as producers like Kuwait said they would move to cut output and as the United States approved another package to cope with
Singapore Exchange third-quarter profit hits 13-year high as trading volume surges
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: An SGX sign is pictured at Singapore Stock Exchange July 19, 2017. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore Exchange’s profit jumped 38% to a 13-year high in the January-March quarter as
New York’s Cuomo to McConnell on state bankruptcy: Watch the market tank
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday derided Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell’s suggestion that states whose finances are depleted by the coronavirus epidemic could declare bankruptcy as a “really dumb”
U.N. agency calls for $1 trillion developing world debt write-off
[ad_1] JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Around $1 trillion of debt owed by developing countries would be cancelled under a global deal proposed by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on Thursday to help
Millions of Americans join unemployment line as coronavirus savages economy
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A stunning 26.5 million Americans have sought unemployment benefits since mid-March, confirming that all the jobs gained during the longest employment boom in U.S. history have been wiped out as the
Gilead disputes report that its drug flopped in leaked coronavirus trial
[ad_1] (Reuters) – A closely-watched Gilead Sciences Inc (GILD.O) experimental antiviral drug failed to help patients with severe COVID-19 in a clinical trial conducted in China, but the drugmaker said the findings were inconclusive because
Wall Street pares gains on report of potential coronavirus drug failing trial
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: The Wall Street sign is pictured at the New York Stock exchange (NYSE) in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 9, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo (Reuters) –