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Rome to take full control of Alitalia in June: minister

Rome to take full control of Alitalia in June: minister

The Italian government will take full control of Alitalia [CAITLA.UL] in June, Industry Minister Stefano Patuanelli said on Thursday, adding the airline would have gone bust due to the coronavirus crisis otherwise.



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Exclusive: Argentina plans higher local oil price to protect sector amid rout - sources

Exclusive: Argentina plans higher local oil price to protect sector amid rout - sources

Argentina plans to issue a decree setting a higher local oil barrel price to protect the domestic industry from being further decimated by crashing global prices and slumping fuel demand during the coronavirus pandemic, two industry sources told Reuters.



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Lufthansa aims to finalise 10 billion rescue package next week: sources

Lufthansa aims to finalise 10 billion rescue package next week: sources

Lufthansa is aiming to finalise a state aid rescue package worth up to 10 billion euros ($10.8 billion) next week after the coronavirus crisis forced it to ground almost all of its planes, people close to the matter said.



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Card issuers are cutting credit limits without warning

Card issuers are cutting credit limits without warning

As financial conditions tighten, credit card issuers have begun lowering credit limits, sometimes without notice.

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U.S. new home sales tumble in March

U.S. new home sales tumble in March

Sales of new U.S. single-family homes dropped by the most in more than 6-1/2 years in March and further declines are likely as the novel coronavirus outbreak batters the economy and throws millions of Americans out of work.



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JPMorgan tells small business customers to apply with other banks on fear that funds will run out

JPMorgan tells small business customers to apply with other banks on fear that funds will run out

Small business customers have complained that banks, including JPMorgan, have been slow to process applications for the PPP.

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Air France-KLM CEO forfeits bonus under Dutch pressure

Air France-KLM CEO forfeits bonus under Dutch pressure

Air France-KLM Chief Executive Ben Smith said on Thursday he had given up his 2020 bonus, after a Dutch minister urged executive pay restraint in return for the billions of euros in government aid sought by the airline group.



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Some Americans going back to work, even as virus erases more jobs

Some Americans going back to work, even as virus erases more jobs

Some workers in Georgia and other U.S. states prepared to go back to work for the first time in a month, as data released on Thursday showing soaring unemployment claims reaffirmed the grim economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic.



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Hershey pulls 2020 forecast, warns of weak sales as consumers curb spending

Hershey pulls 2020 forecast, warns of weak sales as consumers curb spending

Hershey Co pulled its 2020 forecast on Thursday and warned of weak sales in certain categories as households worried about their financial futures cut spending on snacks and chocolates.



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'Plain robbery': Lebanese fume as dollar savings hit by financial crisis

'Plain robbery': Lebanese fume as dollar savings hit by financial crisis

Ziad Abdallah has watched with growing alarm as Lebanon's financial meltdown has threatened the savings he spent 25 years building up in his dollar account.



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Domino's pulls long-term forecast, says international sales declining

Domino's pulls long-term forecast, says international sales declining

Domino's Pizza Inc on Thursday pulled its long-term forecast and said international comparable sales fell 3.2% in the first three weeks of the current quarter as stores remain shut due to the coronavirus pandemic, sending its shares down about 5%.



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U.S. House to pass $500 billion coronavirus bill as next fight looms

U.S. House to pass $500 billion coronavirus bill as next fight looms

The U.S. House of Representatives returned to Washington on Thursday to pass a $484 billion coronavirus relief bill, funding small businesses and hospitals and pushing the total spending response to the crisis to an unprecedented nearly $3 trillion.



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South Africa's SAA faces wind-down or liquidation, rescue team says

South Africa's SAA faces wind-down or liquidation, rescue team says

Specialists appointed to try to save state-owned South African Airways (SAA) said on Thursday that they had no further funds for rescue efforts and that the two remaining options were a wind-down process or placing the company into liquidation.



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Young investors rush into struggling oil ETF that isn't even tracking the price of oil anymore

Young investors rush into struggling oil ETF that isn't even tracking the price of oil anymore

Traders on Robinhood and SoFi Invest rushed to buy the United States Oil ETF, which crashed this week and has lost more than 80% of its value this year.

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Wall Street jumps on hopes worst for labor market is over

Wall Street jumps on hopes worst for labor market is over

Wall Street jumped 1% on Thursday as a third straight decline in weekly jobless claims raised hopes the worst of the coronavirus pandemic's impact on the labor market was over, while energy stocks zoomed 5% on a rebound in oil prices.



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