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EasyJet requests draw down of $500 million credit facility, explores more funding

EasyJet said on Monday it has requested to fully draw down its $500 million credit facility, secured against aircraft assets, and will continue to explore funding options due to a possibly prolonged grounding of its jets following the coronavirus outbreak.



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IBM taps former Bank of America CTO to oversee cloud business

International Business Machines Corp on Monday named former Bank of America Corp top technology executive Howard Boville head of its cloud business, as Arvind Krishna takes over from long-time chief Ginni Rometty.



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Allstate to return $600 million in auto premiums to customers as pandemic cuts driving

U.S. insurer Allstate Corp said on Monday that it would return more than $600 million in auto insurance premiums to customers as many Americans stay home and drive less due to "shelter-in-place" orders to curb the coronavirus outbreak.



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JPMorgan CEO Dimon calls 'bad recession', mulls suspending 2020 dividend

JPMorgan Chase & Co's top boss Jamie Dimon on Monday said he sees a "bad recession" in 2020, and that the largest U.S. bank could suspend its dividend if the coronavirus crisis deepens.



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Cemex to shut Mexico operations until at least April 30 due to coronavirus

Mexican cement company Cemex will suspend its operations in the country until at least April 30 in line with government guidelines aimed at stopping the spread of coronavirus, the firm said in a statement on Monday.



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BT boss gives salary to health workers, lifts pay for key staff

The head of Britain's biggest telecoms firm BT said he would donate his salary to health workers for at least six months and award a pay rise to his frontline staff who are maintaining broadband networks during the COVID-19 shutdown.



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Canada, U.S. farms face crop losses due to foreign worker delays

Mandatory coronavirus quarantines of seasonal foreign workers in Canada could hurt that country's fruit and vegetable output this year, and travel problems related to the pandemic could also leave U.S. farmers with fewer workers than usual.



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SeaWorld CEO steps down after just five months on the job

SeaWorld Entertainment Inc said on Monday Sergio Rivera, the theme park operator's chief executive officer for just five months, has resigned due to disagreements with the board.



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Total among companies seeking force majeure on EDF contracts: sources

Energy major Total is among several power suppliers that tried to declare force majeure on buying nuclear power from EDF, sources said, as the coronavirus outbreak has pushed prices in the French electricity market far below existing contracts.



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HSBC Hong Kong shareholders mull legal action over dividend suspension

HSBC shareholders in Hong Kong are calling for an extraordinary meeting with the bank's management and considering legal action against its decision to scrap dividend payments.



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Safaricom, Vodacom finalise M-Pesa acquisition from Britain's Vodafone

Kenya's leading telecom firm Safaricom and South Africa's Vodacom said on Monday that they had completed the acquisition of popular mobile money platform M-Pesa from Britain's Vodafone .



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Central banker bulletin: COVID-19 cash concerns to drive digital currency

Ledger Insights | April 6, 2020 A bulletin from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the body owned by 62 central banks, highlights cash concerns because of the COVID-19 virus. It states that perceived risks, valid or not, brings the potential for digital payments to the fore. And the BIS specifically makes a case for Central Bank

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Marco Rubio expects the Senate to pass at least one more coronavirus relief bill

"The appetite is there," Rubio said in a CNBC "Squawk Box" interview. "I think everyone I've talked to recognizes we're going to have to go back and do more, and probably more than once."

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CVS ramps up drive-through coronavirus testing sites with faster kits

CVS Health Corp , called on by the Trump administration last month to help test Americans for infections from the new coronavirus, said it was launching two offsite testing locations with Abbott Laboratories' faster diagnostic kit and would be able to handle 1,000 tests per day.



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Could Bitcoin on DeFi displace banks? Yes

Daily Fintech | Ilias Louis Hatzis | April 6, 2020 Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is building a new financial system. The DeFi movement is picking up steam. DeFi has been successful in remittances, loans, stable coins, and other core elements of the fiat world. With a little over a year under its belt, DeFi hit a

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