Yahoo Finance’s Dan Howley joins the On The Move panel to break down the details of Apple’s new COVID-19 app. The tech giant partnered with the CDC and White House to create the app. …read more […]
Lufthansa has applied for short-time work for around 31,000 crew and ground staff at its core brand until the end of August, a spokesman said on Friday, as Germany’s flagship carrier has slashed flights due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Few will regret the end of the first 2020 quarter. Fears of a U.S.-Iran war gave way to the coronavirus pandemic which JPMorgan reckons will have pushed the world economy into a 12% contraction over January to March. The quarter saw the most brutal global equity collapse since the Great Depression, exacerbated by a 60% oil price slump.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Friday that the coronavirus economic stimulus bill before Congress is not an airline bailout and that taxpayers will be compensated for relief given to companies hobbled by the global pandemic. At the same time, Mnuchin said in an interview with Fox Business Network that plane-maker Boeing Co has not requested government help. “I’ve been very clear this is not an airline bailout,” Mnuchin said. …read more […]
Toyota Motor Corp’s North American unit said on Friday it would produce face shields, ventilators and respirators, as the death toll from the coronavirus exceeds 1,200 in the United States.
Bank of America Corp is better positioned to focus on operations rather than financial risk during the coronavirus outbreak, thanks to regulatory safeguards put in place after the financial crisis in 2008, Chief Executive Brian Moynihan said on Friday.
U.S. President Donald Trump blasted General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co on Friday, calling on the two U.S. automakers to quickly build badly needed ventilators for COVID-19 patients and suggesting he might invoke the Defense Production Act to force the companies to move faster.
Just because a business does not make any money, does not mean that the stock will go down. For example, although… …read more […]
Saudi Arabia said on Friday it was not in talks with Russia to balance oil markets despite rising pressure from Washington to stop a price rout amid the coronavirus pandemic and an attempt by Moscow to fix a rift with the de facto OPEC leader.
(Bloomberg) — The American shale industry shocked the world with its rebound after the 2014-2016 bust, setting records for output that pushed the U.S. to the top spot among oil-producing countries. A handful of experts is saying that will happen again.The comeback trail would be steep and long. The spread of coronavirus is crushing demand while Saudi Arabia and Russia are creating a glut. Everybody agrees U.S. production will take a bigger hit than last time, when it dipped before soaring. As many as 70% of the 6,000 shale drillers may go bankrupt, and one-third of shale-patch workers are expected …read more […]
Equinor will leave industry the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) lobby group over a disagreement on climate policy, the energy producer said on Friday.
Congress unleashed “the fiscal firehose.” …read more […]
The market is very focused on the negative ramifications of the global economic shutdown from the coronavirus outbreak. The cannabis sector will be hit as hard as any sector if retail stores are closed in certain, but some states such as California have already identified medical cannabis as essential.The U.S. cannabis sector could be hit harder with all of the companies in growth mode while facing liquidity issues. The sector remains trapped outside the traditional financing avenues due to government regulations with cannabis being illegal at the federal level.Despite all of these headwinds, the U.S. cannabis market saw several states …read more […]
Coronavirus is probably the 1 concern in investors’ minds right now. It should be. On February 27th we published an article with the title Recession is Imminent: We Need A Travel Ban NOW. We predicted that a US recession is imminent and US stocks will go down by at least 20% in the next 3-6 […] …read more […]
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