A U.S. banking regulator proposed a set of standards Tuesday for how it would consider special charters to allow non-banks to accept deposits and engage in other limited banking activities.
Shares in Japan's Fujifilm Holdings Corp were untraded at their daily limit high amid a glut of buy orders on Wednesday after a Chinese official said the company's Avigan anti-flu drug appeared to help coronavirus patients recover.
Tesla Inc cannot continue to operate its main U.S. vehicle factory normally as the San Francisco Bay Area has begun a three-week lockdown to rein in the spread of coronavirus, a spokesman for the county sheriff's office said on Tuesday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Some of the hottest stocks of the last couple years have been the hardest hit in recent weeks.
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.
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.
FedEx Corp suspended its 2020 profit outlook on Tuesday, citing uncertainty due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc Tuesday began suspending shared rides on their ride-hailing platforms in the United States and Canada to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
The Bank of England and Britain's finance ministry launched a scheme on Tuesday to purchase debt known as commercial paper issued by companies hit by the coronavirus.
Most companies in Britain don't have insurance cover for closures caused by the coronavirus outbreak, the Association of British Insurers said on Tuesday.