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7 ways small businesses can avoid bankruptcy amid the coronavirus outbreak

7 ways small businesses can avoid bankruptcy amid the coronavirus outbreak

Most small businesses have shut down due to the coronavirus crisis. Here are seven ways to avoid bankruptcy during these hard times, according to experts.

6 years ago
Exponential Launches $100MM Digital Asset Fund on DealSquare  Leaning Into The Post-COVID-19 Future

Exponential Launches $100MM Digital Asset Fund on DealSquare Leaning Into The Post-COVID-19 Future

Exponential Group | Sunny Durante | Apr 8, 2020 Toronto, April 8, 2020 Despite current market conditions, it is business as usual for a new digital fund. Exponential, a global financial services company focused on digital asset investing, fundraising and trading, has made its new, actively managed Digital Asset Fund available on investment crowdfunding platform

6 years ago
Oil rises on bargain-hunting, hopes for stockpile purchases

Oil rises on bargain-hunting, hopes for stockpile purchases

Oil prices rose on Wednesday as investors looked for bargains after the previous session's slump and on hopes that consuming countries will look to fill their strategic reserves, although oversupply fears and warnings of a deep recession capped gains.



6 years ago
Amazon fires three critics of warehouse conditions in pandemic

Amazon fires three critics of warehouse conditions in pandemic

Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday it had fired three critics of the company's pandemic response for workplace violations, dismissals that drew sharp words from U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and a labor coalition.



6 years ago
Exclusive: Stay off Zoom and Google Hangouts, Standard Chartered chief tells staff

Exclusive: Stay off Zoom and Google Hangouts, Standard Chartered chief tells staff

Standard Chartered Plc is the first major global bank to tell employees not to use Zoom Video Communications Inc during the coronavirus pandemic due to cybersecurity concerns, according to a memo seen by Reuters.



6 years ago
Asia shares consolidate, China cuts another interest rate

Asia shares consolidate, China cuts another interest rate

Asian share markets took a breather on Wednesday as warnings of the worst global recession since the 1930s underlined the economic damage already done even as some countries tried to re-open for business.



6 years ago
Airbnb secures new $1 billion loan on top of $1 billion bond deal

Airbnb secures new $1 billion loan on top of $1 billion bond deal

Airbnb, whose home rental business is suffering as the coronavirus pandemic freezes global travel, has secured a new $1 billion loan just days after closing a $1 billion debt deal, the company said on Tuesday.



6 years ago
IMF:  World Economic Outlook April 2020 – The Great Lockdown

IMF: World Economic Outlook April 2020 – The Great Lockdown

IMF | April 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic is inflicting high and rising human costs worldwide, and the necessary protection measures are severely impacting economic activity. As a result of the pandemic, the global economy is projected to contract sharply by –3 percent in 2020, much worse than during the 2008–09 financial crisis. In a baseline

6 years ago
U.S. self-driving car startup Zoox agrees to settle lawsuit with Tesla

U.S. self-driving car startup Zoox agrees to settle lawsuit with Tesla

Zoox Inc said on Tuesday it had settled a lawsuit with Tesla Inc after admitting that some new hires from the electric carmaker were in possession of certain Tesla documents when they joined the U.S. self-driving car startup.



6 years ago
Oil rallies on hopes for unprecedented stockpile purchases

Oil rallies on hopes for unprecedented stockpile purchases

Benchmark U.S. crude rose more than 3% in early trade on Wednesday, recovering from a 10% slump the previous session on hopes for purchases by consumer countries for their strategic stockpiles on a scale not before seen.



6 years ago
Major U.S. airlines accept government aid for payrolls; American and Alaska also seeking loans

Major U.S. airlines accept government aid for payrolls; American and Alaska also seeking loans

The U.S. Treasury Department said on Tuesday that major passenger airlines have agreed in principle to a $25 billion rescue package, ensuring airline workers have jobs until October while the industry battles its biggest-ever crisis.



6 years ago
Asia shares given pause by scale of global economic damage

Asia shares given pause by scale of global economic damage

Asian shares paused at one-month highs on Wednesday as warnings of the worst global recession since the 1930s underlined the economic damage already done even as some countries tried to re-open for business.



6 years ago
Glade Brook pitches 'extraordinary opportunity' in tech debt amid coronavirus

Glade Brook pitches 'extraordinary opportunity' in tech debt amid coronavirus

Glade Brook Capital Partners LLC, the venture capital firm led by Paul Hudson, is pitching a new fund to investors targeting the debt of private technology companies impacted by economic disruption from COVID-19.



6 years ago
Asian stocks seen retreating from 1-month high as investors reconsider risk

Asian stocks seen retreating from 1-month high as investors reconsider risk

Asian shares looked set to pull back from a one-month high on Tuesday, as warnings of a deep recession dampened investor optimism that the slowing spread of the coronavirus could allow businesses to re-open.



6 years ago
Delta working with Airbus on order book after deferring A350 orders linked to Latam

Delta working with Airbus on order book after deferring A350 orders linked to Latam

Delta Air Lines Inc confirmed on Tuesday it had taken over an order for 10 Airbus A350 jets from Latam Airlines Group , but said it had deferred several of the near-term deliveries and was working with Airbus on options across its entire order book.



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