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.
The Detroit Three automakers and United Auto Workers agreed on Tuesday to curtail production at U.S. factories and limit the number of workers on the job at one time to prevent the spread of the coronavirus among roughly 150,000 factory employees.
As the coronavirus outbreak and global growth worries cause global stock markets to sink, stock exchanges are tweaking trading rules to protect their markets from intense volatility and speculative trading.
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.
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.
Latin American airlines need prompt government aid or many of them could go out of business as the global coronavirus outbreak forces widespread flight cancellations, the chief of regional airline association ALTA said on Tuesday.
Credit Suisse sharply lowered its forecast for Mexico's economic performance this year and now expects a 4.0% contraction, citing "significant downside risks," according to a note sent to the bank's clients on Tuesday.
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.
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.