(Adds detail, quote, updates prices) By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA, April 24 (Reuters) – Brazil’s currency, stocks and bonds sank on Friday, lashed by a deepening political crisis as the resignation of the country’s popular justice minister prompted investors already nervous
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Coronavirus: City of Kawartha Lakes eyes ‘soft re-opening’ of some outdoor services on May 12
All City of Kawartha Lakes municipal amenities and boat launches remain closed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. But it may not be that way come May 12 — the same day the provincial state of emergency is slated to
Italy can't afford to wait until June for approval of EU recovery fund – deputy EconMin
ROME, April 23 (Reuters) – Italy’s Deputy Economy Minister Laura Castelli said on Thursday the country could not afford to wait until June for the approval of Europe’s joint recovery financing after the coronavirus pandemic. “Thinking of waiting until June
Australia loses 6% of jobs to coronavirus crisis: Official data
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Australia may have lost three quarters of a million jobs between mid-March and early April when large chunks of the economy were shut down in the fight against the coronavirus, new data showed on Tuesday (April 21).
Too much oil: How a barrel came to be worth less than nothing
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – Something bizarre happened in the oil markets on Monday (April 20): Prices fell so much that some traders paid buyers to take oil off their hands. The price of the main US oil bench mark fell
UPDATE 1-Brazil cenbank rules out aggressive QE, says bond buying will be like FX intervention
(Adds detail, quotes) By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA, April 20 (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank president Roberto Campos Neto on Monday poured cold water on the prospect of widespread bond buying to help cushion the economy from the coronavirus crisis, saying
Dental clinics don’t qualify for COVID-19 small business grant in Nova Scotia
The COVID-19 pandemic has hurt small businesses across Nova Scotia, forcing many to change its business plan or to close altogether. In a step to ease the financial burden, the provincial government rolled out the COVID-19 small business impact grant
EMERGING MARKETS-Latam stocks, FX drop as U.S. unemployment data sullies sentiment
* Mexican peso leads losses * China Q1 GDP data eyed * Recovery in U.S. jobs to be slow -economist By Ambar Warrick April 16 (Reuters) – Most Latin American stocks and currencies slipped on Thursday after a spike in
105,000 Colorado filed for unemployment last week — that’s more than the state recorded in all of 2019
WASHINGTON — The wave of layoffs that has engulfed the U.S. economy since the coronavirus struck forced 5.2 million more people to seek unemployment benefits last week and Colorado set a staggering new record for claims in a single week.