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Last week's record-setting US jobless claims number will be quickly surpassed, economists and state officials predict, as local labour offices digest a pile of pending applications, and the new stimulus bill extends benefits to the self-employed.

SINGAPORE: Home owners facing financial pressure amid the COVID-19 outbreak will soon be able to apply to defer repayments for their residential property loans until Dec 31 this year. This option applies to either the principal payment, or both the principal and interest payments. Interest will ...

The U.S. Transportation Department on Tuesday proposed minimum flight requirements for passenger airlines receiving aid from the government's US$50 billion grant and loan fund.

SINGAPORE: The World Gourmet Summit, known for its myriad of dining events featuring culinary stars from around the world, will be postponed for the first time since it started 24 years ago. Usually held in April, the annual gastronomy festival has been pushed back to August because of the...

British bank Virgin Money said on Tuesday that it will halt until further notice the planned closure of 52 branches and 500 job losses, as it grapples with the fallout from the coronavirus outbreak.

Thailand will give the public free mobile data as companies initiate work-from-home policies and schools use remote learning amid the coronavirus outbreak, a senior government official said on Tuesday as operators considered investment to expand capacity.

Google on Tuesday defended the impartiality of its search results after users in Japan seeking to corroborate rumors of an imminent state of emergency declaration by the government were met with no results on its website.

Ford Motor Co said on Tuesday it would postpone restarting production at its North America plants to help protect its workers from the coronavirus pandemic.

China's Huawei Technologies reported its smallest annual profit increase in three years, hurt by weak overseas sales amid an intensifying U.S. campaign to restrict its global expansion due to security concerns.

DISTRESSED homeowners can soon apply to banks or finance company to defer either just the principal payment or both principal and interest payments, by up to December 31, 2020, amid the virus outbreak, according to latest measures by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and industry bodies that...