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Jaguar seeks state loan as coronavirus pandemic takes toll – Sky News

The loan request had been lodged with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Sky News report said, citing a source close to Jaguar Land Rover, whose parent company is Tata Motors. “The claim is inaccurate and speculative,” Jaguar Land Rover said in an emailed statement to Reuters. Sky News, citing a spokesman, said about 20,000 of its employees had been furloughed under the government’s emergency wage subsidy programme. …read more […]

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California Will Get So Hot That Mountain Streams Could Kill

(Bloomberg) — It’s going to get so hot in California that people swimming in mountain streams could freeze to death.Much of California, parts of Nevada and Arizona, will be getting their first extreme heat of the year and by Tuesday temperatures will reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) in many places and stay there through Thursday. Car interiors will become death traps for children and pets left alone, outside work will be difficult, and the elderly will be at risk, the National Weather Service said.So much mountain snow will melt that streams will turn into icy torrents. Anyone venturing in …read more […]

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Merkel Plan for EU Debt Meets Opposition From Budget Hardliners

(Bloomberg) — The opposition to plans for the European Union to collectively finance its response to the coronavirus recession is taking shape after four members proposed a temporary fund for emergency loans as an alternative.In a joint paper, the leaders of Austria, Denmark, Sweden and The Netherlands, sometimes dubbed the “Frugal Four,” reiterated their opposition to joint debt and any direct grants and to an increased EU budget, throwing cold water on the initiative set out by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Monday.“Our objective is to provide temporary, dedicated funding through the MFF and …read more […]

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UK to require employers to pay 20-30% of furloughed wage cost – The Times

The United Kingdom has drawn up plans to require employers to cover 20% to 30% of furloughed employees’ wages from August to reduce the vast burden of the coronavirus crisis on government finances, The Times newspaper reported. The United Kingdom on May 12 extended its job retention scheme – the centrepiece of its attempts to cushion the coronavirus hit to the economy – by four months but told employers they would have to help to meet its huge cost from August. “The Treasury has drawn up plans that would require employers to cover between 20 and 30 per …read more […]

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Hertz files for U.S. bankruptcy protection as car rentals evaporate in pandemic

The more than a century old car rental firm Hertz Global Holdings Inc filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday after its business was decimated during the coronavirus pandemic and talks with creditors failed to result in much needed relief. Hertz’s board earlier in the day approved the company seeking Chapter 11 protection in a U.S. bankruptcy court in Delaware, according to court records. A large portion of Hertz’s revenue comes from car rentals at airports, which have all but evaporated as potential customers eschew plane travel. …read more […]