General Motors said on Friday it had started delivering the first batch of 54 ventilators to U.S. hospitals treating severely ill COVID-19 patients.
Nigeria's Rivers State has quarantined 22 Exxon Mobil Corp. employees for violating an order introduced last month restricting movement into the state to curb the spread of the coronavirus, its governor said on Friday.
In a bleak year that has seen Brazil's Bovespa slump to the worst performance of any major world stock market amid a coronavirus-linked retreat from risk, electric motor maker Weg SA has been the index's improbable champion.
The Chinese-backed owners of Imagination Technologies told the British government on Friday the chip designer would remain headquartered in the United Kingdom and they would consult over any board changes.
U.S. airlines are estimated to be sitting on more than US$10 billion in travel vouchers that should have been cash refunds from canceled flights, a group of senators released on Friday.
Airbus will implement a mandatory part-time working scheme for some 3,000 employees in France from April 20 to May 17, unions said on Friday.
A British court awarded US$11 million in damages and expenses on Friday to a former partner at global accounting firm Ernst & Young who exposed money laundering at a major gold refinery in the United Arab Emirates.
Online e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc is preparing to launch an ultra-fast grocery delivery service in the United Kingdom, trade magazine The Grocer reported on Friday, citing suppliers.
Investors fled to safety as worries about the coronavirus outbreak increased, leading to heightened volatility and requiring the Federal Reserve to respond rapidly to stem losses from a "synchronized global selloff" and to help markets function, a senior official at the New York Fed said Friday.
Procter & Gamble Co on Friday reported an about 5per cent rise in quarterly sales as consumers stocked up on everything from diapers and detergents to toilet rolls amid sweeping lockdowns around the world to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
