BlackRock’s assets under management shrink amid market turmoil
BlackRock Inc’s assets under management dipped sharply in the first quarter amid turmoil in global markets caused by concerns about the economic fallout of the...
Individual ashtrays, hourly disinfection: French carmakers eye production restart
Peugeot-owner PSA and Renault are planning new safety measures in a push by France’s major industrial groups for a breakthrough with workers to reopen some...
Column: Dropping Medicare age to 60? No more than a start in the right direction
In what now seems like a galaxy far, far away, Republican lawmakers routinely talked up the idea of raising the Medicare eligibility age from 65...
Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency revamped after backlash
Facebook’s planned cryptocurrency Libra will be linked to individual national currencies and overseen by global watchdogs in a scaled-back revamp it hopes will win regulatory...
Measures to control coronavirus weigh on U.S. homebuilding
U.S. homebuilding fell by the most in 36 years in March amid a broad decline in activity, offering further evidence that the economy was buckling...
Fed says backstop for small business loans fully operational
The Federal Reserve’s program to back emergency government loans to small businesses is “fully operational,” the U.S. central bank said on Thursday, a boost to...
Oil prices rise after sharp losses caused by U.S. stockpile surge
Oil prices rose on Thursday after sharp losses in the previous session, with investors hoping that a build-up in U.S. inventories may mean producers have...
Airbus evaluates requests for delays to jet deliveries
European planemaker Airbus is examining multiple customer requests to defer deliveries after travel demand collapsed because of the coronavirus epidemic, it said on Thursday....
Exclusive: Hedge fund Elliott says stocks could fall 50% from February highs – letter
Billionaire Paul Singer’s Elliott Management said global stocks could tumble more — ultimately losing half of their value from February’s high — as the world...
Google’s fast-growing Meet video tool getting Zoom-like layout, Gmail link
Google will allow business and education users on Gmail.com to directly take calls on its video conferencing tool Meet starting Thursday, a new feature being...