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Stocks News : Top officials from the U.S. and China held a phone call late Thursday Eastern time to discuss trade matters including the “phase one” deal that was signed in January. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer also spoke to Chinese Vice Premier Liu He about the economic and public health issues, […]

Stocks News: The US 10-year Treasury bond yield fell 0.7 percent in response to the latest report of jobless claims. That comes a week after the Treasury said it would borrow a record $2.99 trillion this quarter, and launch a 20-year bond. RT’s Boom Bust talks to former Federal Reserve insider Danielle DiMartino Booth about

There’ll be a new name in beauty appearing at shopping centres after the lockdown ends. Next has snapped up space in five former Debenhams stores to extend its online Beauty concept to bricks and mortar. The retail fashion chain launched its beauty business in 2018 and now offers 200 different brands online. “We’re creating a

Heathrow Airport has been granted permission to appeal against a block on its plans for a third runway. In February the Court of Appeal found the government decision to allow the plans to go ahead was unlawful. At the time the court said the government had not taken its climate commitments into account, but Heathrow

STOCKS NEWS 24 – Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday that financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was “mandatory” for an economic recovery, as the country sinks deeper into financial turmoil. Lebanon is in the thick of its worst economic crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war, compounded by the coronavirus epidemic. Forty-five

STOCKS NEWS 24 – Qatar Airways has warned its employees of “substantial” redundancies as it struggles with a collapse in demand. Its chief executive Akbar Al Baker wrote to staff warning of the job losses, although he did not say how many were under threat. Qatar Airways said it needed to “act decisively to protect

stocks news 24 – The Bank of England has warned that the coronavirus pandemic will push the UK economy towards its deepest recession on record. It said the economy was on course to shrink 14% this year, based on the lockdown being relaxed in June. Scenarios drawn up by the Bank to illustrate the economic

STOCKS NEWS 24 – Gym chain Gold’s has become the latest big name to file for bankruptcy protection as it struggles with the impact of coronavirus lockdowns. The company said the move would mean the permanent closure of 30 company-owned gyms. More than 700 gyms operate around the world under the Gold’s brand, most of

New car registrations almost ground to a halt in April after coronavirus lockdown measures were introduced, the motor industry has said. Figures from industry body the SMMT show only 4,321 cars were registered, the lowest monthly level since 1946. April’s figure marked a 97% plunge in sales from the same month last year. The closure

STOCKS NEWS 24 – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the country will not have open borders with the rest of the world for “a long time to come”. Ms Ardern was speaking after attending part of Australia’s cabinet meeting via video link. The meeting discussed a possible “trans-Tasman bubble”, where people could go

STOCKS NEWS 24 — Wall Street stocks tumbled Friday following disappointing results from Amazon, Exxon Mobil and other companies amid worries of increased tensions between China and the United States over blame for the coronavirus. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 2.6 per cent, or more than 620 points, at 23,723.69. The broad-based S&P 500

STOCKS NEWS 24 – Ministers should immediately set out plans for a “carefully phased” lifting of the UK’s coronavirus lockdown, a business group has said. “This is a time to be bold,” said the British Chambers of Commerce, adding high public spending should continue if needed to restart the economy. Boris Johnson has said he