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Expedia posts bigger quarterly loss as pandemic takes toll

Expedia posts bigger quarterly loss as pandemic takes toll

Expedia Inc posted a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss and suspended quarterly dividends on Wednesday, as the COVID-19 pandemic decimated travel demand and hit bookings at the online agent.



6 years ago
Japan 'closely communicating' with U.S. after arrest of two men over Ghosn escape: source

Japan 'closely communicating' with U.S. after arrest of two men over Ghosn escape: source

Japan is closely communicating with relevant U.S. authorities following the U.S. arrest of two men on charges they enabled former Nissan Motor Co chairman Carlos Ghosn to escape from Japan last year, a Japanese government source said on Thursday.



6 years ago
Here's how Treasury Secretary Mnuchin may be wrong about job offers and unemployment

Here's how Treasury Secretary Mnuchin may be wrong about job offers and unemployment

The Treasury Secretary said a furloughed worker who gets a job offer would be ineligible for unemployment benefits. But that's not always the case, experts said.

6 years ago
XTM Announces More Contracts for Today Card Program Including Topper’s Pizza Franchise Company

XTM Announces More Contracts for Today Card Program Including Topper’s Pizza Franchise Company

XTM Inc. | Release | May 19, 2020 TORONTO, May 19, 2020 /CNW/ - XTM, Inc. ("XTM" or the "Company") (CSE:PAID) (FSE:7XT), a Toronto-based Fintech company in the challenger banking space, providing mobile banking and payment solutions around the world is pleased to report that the company signed an additional 80 food delivery stores including Topper's

6 years ago
Do you want to be a temperature screener or Covid-19 tester? These are the jobs created by the pandemic

Do you want to be a temperature screener or Covid-19 tester? These are the jobs created by the pandemic

You've heard about the record-high unemployment levels. Here are eight jobs the pandemic has created.

6 years ago
4 Digital Transformation Lessons that Banks Need to Learn from Covid-19

4 Digital Transformation Lessons that Banks Need to Learn from Covid-19

Finextra | Leon Gauhman | May 20, 2020 When COVID-19 is finally brought under control, several key sectors will be remembered for the way they stepped up and took responsibility during the crisis. Healthcare is the most obvious, but supermarkets, corner shops, logistics companies and postal delivery networks have also played a critical role in

6 years ago
Northern Trust shutting fund; an outlier or sign of future risk?

Northern Trust shutting fund; an outlier or sign of future risk?

Northern Trust Corp's decision to liquidate a $1.8-billion prime money market fund was seen as an outlier event by industry analysts on Wednesday, but one that could portend more problems depending on how the economy fares.



6 years ago
Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators and Canadian Insurance Services Regulatory Organizations announce Fintech/Insurtech Advisory Hub

Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators and Canadian Insurance Services Regulatory Organizations announce Fintech/Insurtech Advisory Hub

McCarthy Tetrault | Ana Badour | May 11, 2020 On May 7, 2020, the Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators (CCIR) and the Canadian Insurance Services Regulatory Organizations (CISRO) announced the launch of the CCIR-CISRO Fintech/Insurtech Advisory Hub (Advisory Hub). The purpose of the Advisory Hub is to allow interested entities to seek and obtain clarification

6 years ago
Four Democratic U.S. senators warn against Uber buying Grubhub

Four Democratic U.S. senators warn against Uber buying Grubhub

Four Democratic lawmakers, led by Senator Amy Klobuchar, wrote to antitrust enforcers on Wednesday to warn that plans by Uber Technologies Inc, owner of Uber Eats, to buy rival online food delivery company Grubhub Inc would "raise serious competition issues" in many cities.



6 years ago
Wall Street climbs on stimulus hopes, as S&P, Nasdaq hit multi-month highs

Wall Street climbs on stimulus hopes, as S&P, Nasdaq hit multi-month highs

The three major averages on Wall St. notched their fourth gain in five sessions on Wednesday as investors again bet on a swift economic recovery from coronavirus-driven lockdowns and the potential for more stimulus measures from the Federal Reserve.



6 years ago
Here's why Treasury Secretary Mnuchin may be wrong about job offers and unemployment

Here's why Treasury Secretary Mnuchin may be wrong about job offers and unemployment

The Treasury Secretary said a furloughed worker who gets a job offer would be ineligible for unemployment benefits. But that's not always the case, experts said.

6 years ago
Ford shuts two U.S. assembly plants due to COVID-19 infections

Ford shuts two U.S. assembly plants due to COVID-19 infections

Ford Motor Co on Wednesday closed two U.S. assembly plants as the coronavirus pandemic wreaked early havoc with the No. 2 U.S. automaker's plan to restart North American production and begin making its most profitable vehicles again.



6 years ago
Rolls Royce could shut some factories with job cuts programme: CEO

Rolls Royce could shut some factories with job cuts programme: CEO

Rolls Royce could close some of its factories as part of a programme to cut 9,000 jobs in response to the crisis in the global aviation industry, its chief executive said on Wednesday.



6 years ago
Stocks adrift as vaccine rally falters; gold and bonds rise

Stocks adrift as vaccine rally falters; gold and bonds rise

Asian stocks struggled to extend the week's rally on Wednesday, and gold and bonds firmed, as a sceptical press report dented some hopes for a COVID-19 vaccine and concerns about the global recovery from the pandemic returned.



6 years ago
Angola's oil exploration evaporates as COVID-19 overshadows historic reforms

Angola's oil exploration evaporates as COVID-19 overshadows historic reforms

The coronavirus pandemic has done in a handful of months what even a 27-year civil war did not: it has brought oil drilling to a halt in Angola, Africa's second-largest oil producer.



6 years ago