Finance

Coronavirus: 'Drop in global trade to be worse than 2008 crisis'

MORE NEWS THIS CATEGORIES

Senate fails to overturn Trump's veto of Yemen resolution

The Senate passed the Yemen War Powers resolution in March with a vote of 54-46, but the Thursday vote fell short of the two-thirds majority (67) that was neede...

Five Call of Duty franchises announced

Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard announced the news in the call:"The upcoming launch of our new " Call of Duty " esports league reaffirms our leaders...

New Zealand unemployment rate falls to almost 10-year low

New Zealand's unemployment rate fell in early 2019, but not for good reasons . StatsNZ said the number of New Zealanders of working age but not in the labour ...

Fiji Airways bringing A350 service to Auckland by end of 2019

They will be incorporated into the current fleet of widebody aircraft, six A330s, to further expand capacity on their Pacific routes. Fiji Airways plans to us...

Fears for thousands of Belfast jobs as Bombardier sells aerospace factories

Bombardier Aviation will retain a geographic footprint stretching from Montreal to Texas and Mexico. "We can now finally zoom in on the businesses that will cre...

Chase bank draws backlash with 'Monday Motivation' tweet

Chase charges a monthly $12 service fee for Total Checking Accounts for accounts with a balance of less than $1,500, and a monthly $25 service fee for Ch...

Pissed, Blue and Don't Give a F--- meals debut at Burger King

Burger King has rolled out a line of "Real Meals" named for different moods with the goal of raising mental health awareness, while taking a swipe at competito...

Steve Moore Withdraws From Consideration For Fed Board

He lost Republican support in the Senate, which would have to vote on a potential nomination. After several Republican senators revealed concerns about Moore's ...

Fed in focus as markets round world close for Vacation

It also slashed its profit forecast for the full year, while United Parcel Service said its net income fell 17% on almost flat revenue. The market's latest gy...

Chevrolet Camaro Facelift Gains SS Shock Concept-Inspired Front End

Gone is the ridiculous black plastic grille. In response to flagging sales that have moved the Camaro behind the Challenger for third place in the three-c...

Chase faces backlash after 'Monday Motivation' tweet

Unless you have a condition where you absolutely can not walk, nobody I know who is strapped for cash is going to splurge for a cab that's an otherwise four min...

Canada GDP contracted -0.1% mom, missed expectations

The February data are consistent with an economy that continues to grapple with a number of headwinds and may have barely grown in the first quarter of 2019, ex...

Facebook makeover drops iconic blue app bar, puts more focus on groups

The final statement drew a few strained chuckles from attendees. "Haha, good times", one Twitter user said , reminding the online community of the Cambridge An...

Visa and Mastercard agree deal with European Union to cut card fees

This is because the fees, which are a lucrative source of revenue for banks, are ultimately borne by the merchant. For online purchases, the companies will lowe...

Tesla Launches Ridiculously Low Range Model 3 In Canada

While the rules were created to prevent luxury vehicle buyers from taking advantage of the incentive, Electrek discovered Tesla found a way to effectively cir...

Beto O’Rourke’s $5 Trillion Climate Plan

On Monday morning, he's to tour Yosemite National Park, which closed for almost three weeks a year ago because of smoke from the Ferguson fire, which burned alm...

Qualcomm Beats Street On Q2 Earnings, But Offers Lower Guidance (NASDAQ:QCOM)

Elsewhere on the balance sheet, Qualcomm said MSM chip shipments were 155 million, down 17% year-over-year and below the midpoint of its previous guidance ran...

Sirius Minerals launches $3.8 billion financing to fund Yorkshire project

Sirius Minerals revealed in March 2019 that it had paused discussions with prospective lenders to work on an alternative financing proposal with JP Morgan Ca...

Gold gains as disappointing China data bruises Asia stocks

An illustration picture shows euro and U.S. dollar banknotes and coins, April 8, 2017. However, optimism over the start of trade negotiations between the US and...

President: Iran to Bring US to Its Knees

There's a possibility that prices could ratchet even higher if OPEC fails to fully anticipate falling output elsewhere. According to data sourced from the Dir...

Tesla sued over fatal crash blamed on autopilot navigation error

Tesla Inc. was sued by the family of a man who died as the result of a crash allegedly caused when the Autopilot navigation system of his 2017 Model X malfunc...

Marriott to take on Airbnb with new luxury home-sharing platform

An Accor spokeswoman said the company is "continuing its work to turn onefinestay around, primarily through rationalization programs", and that it was introduci...

Burger King parent Restaurant Brands misses profit expectations, sales were in line

Tim Hortons comp store sales dropped 0.6 per cent. Burger King is opening more stores there, while Tim Hortons has opened three in that market, with plans for...

Wynn Resorts fined $35 million, retains license for Everett casino

The decision comes almost a month after commission investigators concluded that Wynn Resorts mishandled sexual misconduct allegations against founder Steve Wy...

Ford opening the door to Amazon Key in-car delivery service

Last week Ford announced plans to follow Amazon in backing startup electric automaker Rivian with a $500 million investment, but it's not the only new connect...

Ex-Google boss Eric Schmidt to head for door at Alphabet

Diane Greene, who formerly ran Google's cloud division, won't seek to be elected again either. Android Authority reached out to Alphabet regarding Schmidt's...

US consumer spending surges 0.9% in March

American consumer spending leapt last month to post the biggest gain in 10 years, recovering from a weak start to 2019, while inflation remained tame, according...

Trump's Fed pick defends record, regrets some past writings

Stephen Moore says the articles were meant as humor columns, but "some weren't amusing, so I am apologetic". Moore made similar comments on a conservative rad...

Aussies lost $6.1m to cryptocurrency scams past year

In a separate statement , ACCC deputy chair Delia Rickard, said that total combined losses (fiat and cryptocurrency) reported to the ACCC's Scamwatch program...

Port Kembla gas terminal gets planning approval

This built-in supply cost advantage, along with the AIE consortium's global purchasing power through JERA, will help AIE's Port Kembla gas terminal revolutionis...