FedEx suspends 2020 profit forecast due to coronavirus outbreak
FedEx Corp suspended its 2020 profit outlook on Tuesday, citing uncertainty due to the coronavirus pandemic.
FedEx Corp suspended its 2020 profit outlook on Tuesday, citing uncertainty due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Impossible Foods is discussing a new credit line worth several hundred million dollars with its lenders, as the plant-based meat company braces for the economic fallout of the coronavirus outbreak, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
Boeing Co is seeking "tens of billions of dollars" in U.S. government loan-guarantees and other assistance as faces it a looming liquidity crunch from the massive coronavirus economic disruption impacting the entire aviation sector, two people briefed on the matter told Reuters.
Some of the hottest stocks of the last couple years have been the hardest hit in recent weeks.
The World Bank on Tuesday said it had increased to $14 billion the amount of fast-track financing available to members to respond to the global coronavirus pandemic, adding $2 billion to an initial package announced on March 3.
The S&P 500 rose 6% on Tuesday, recouping half of the previous session's historic sell-off, as the Federal Reserve and the White House took further steps to boost liquidity and stem damage from the coronavirus outbreak that has gripped the global economy.
Amazon.com Inc will only receive vital supplies at its U.S. and UK and other European warehouses until April 5, its latest move to free up inventory space for medical and household goods in high demand as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.
U.S. package delivery company FedEx Corp suspended its 2020 profit outlook on Tuesday, citing the "significant impact" of coronavirus, and said it would cut costs due to the uncertainty wrought by the pandemic.
SoftBank Group Corp is backing away from part of its planned bailout of WeWork, due to several regulatory investigations of the office sharing company, the Wall Street Journal reported https://www.wsj.com/articles/softbank-backs-away-from-part-of-planned-wework-bailout-11584479235?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=2 on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Miners shuttered or wound down operations in Peru on Tuesday and were girding for extended supply chain disruptions in neighboring Chile as governments tightened restrictions to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus in the resource-rich region.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told the CEOs of U.S. airlines on Tuesday that Democrats agree on the need for "big immediate action" to boost the sagging U.S. aviation industry but have not reached agreement on what a bailout would look like.
Federal Reserve officials are deliberating over next steps in their response to the fallout from the coronavirus epidemic, with some urging a broad debate about how the central bank might help small and medium-sized businesses, policymakers said on Tuesday.
The U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday acted to ensure companies can continue paying workers and buying supplies through the coronavirus epidemic, as top officials scrambled through the day to broaden efforts to blunt the economic fallout from the health crisis.
The S&P 500 rose 6% on Tuesday, clawing back a significant portion of Monday's steep losses, as the Federal Reserve and the White House took further steps to boost liquidity and stem damage from the coronavirus outbreak that has gripped the global economy.
The U.S. Federal Reserve moved again late on Tuesday to broaden the flow of credit in response to the coronavirus epidemic, saying it would offer short-term loans to the two dozen Wall Street primary dealers who are important conduits for the sale of a broad range of bonds and other financial assets.