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(Adds further detail and background) ZURICH, June 24 (Reuters) – Switzerland’s government will pay for coronavirus testing, it said on Wednesday, as it approved the launch of its proximity tracing …
SINGAPORE – Hong Leong Finance (HLF) has started an outreach campaign to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) manage cash flow and soften the impact of the coronavirus crisis. The …
(Adds gold, oil settlement prices, new comments) * Apple temporarily closes store due to rising coronavirus cases * Gold gains on safe-haven demand, rises above $1,750 * Dollar gains, bond …
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – The Australian dollar took a knock on Thursday (June 18) as data showed another steep fall in jobs, while the New Zealand dollar weathered figures showing the …
(A look at the day ahead from EMEA deputy markets editor Sujata Rao. The views expressed are her own.) As if economic and pandemic troubles were not enough, the world’s …
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s health minister on Wednesday hailed the use of a steroid called dexamethasone for treating coronavirus patients as the best news so far of the outbreak. Trial …
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Covid-19 is making coffee growing unprofitable for Adan Rojas. Like thousands of small Colombian farmers, the pandemic forced him to use out-of-work locals to harvest his …
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s economy will shrink by 11.8 per cent in the second quarter year on year, a quarterly survey of 23 economists and analysts polled by the Monetary Authority of …
ROME, June 13 (Reuters) – Italy, Germany, France and the Netherlands have signed a contract with Astrazeneca to supply European citizens with a vaccine against the coronavirus, Italy’s health minister …
SINGAPORE – About 25,000 life and health insurance policyholders have applied to their insurers between April 1 and June 5 to temporarily stop paying their premiums for up to six …