Coronavirus

Oil prices head for weekly loss on Omicron coronavirus uncertainty

Oil prices dipped on Friday, putting the market on track for a narrow weekly loss, as surging cases of the…

4 years ago

Wall Street firms retreat from office, holiday parties as virus spreads

Wall Street banks and investment firms are retrenching from their push to get staff back to the office, with Citigroup…

4 years ago

COVID curbs freeze Germany’s private sector growth in December – PMI

Growth in German private sector activity evaporated in December as restrictions to break an aggressive fourth wave of coronavirus infections…

4 years ago

U.S. airlines to defend $54 billion COVID-19 government lifeline

Major U.S. airlines Wednesday will defend a $54 billion COVID-19 government lifeline even as they face operational challenges and work…

4 years ago

Dubai leads major Gulf bourses higher as Omicron fears ease

Most stock markets in the Gulf rose in early trade on Tuesday, on receding worries about the impact of the…

4 years ago

CBI cuts UK economic growth forecasts on supply chain hit

Britain's economy looks set to grow more slowly than previously thought this year and in 2023 due to global supply…

4 years ago

Oil rebounds above $71 on Omicron hopes, Iran talks

Oil rose by more than $1 a barrel to above $71 on Monday as hopes that the Omicron coronavirus variant…

4 years ago

Bitcoin below $50,000, at early October levels, after weekend’s battering

Bitcoin hovered around $49,000 on Monday, down 1.5% on the day, as traders nursed losses after a brutal weekend in…

4 years ago

Google delays mandatory return to office beyond Jan. 10

Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google said on Thursday it is indefinitely pushing back its January return-to-office plan globally amid growing concerns over the…

4 years ago

Omicron marches on as Biden prepares U.S. for grim winter

Australia, despite restrictions on international visitors, became the latest country on Friday to report community transmission of Omicron, a day…

4 years ago
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