 | | | | The Trump administration is weighing tax relief for airline, cruise and travel industries to help such companies cope with a growing coronavirus outbreak that has dried up bookings, a source familiar with the plan said on Friday. | | |
| | | Mastercard Inc closed its office in Sao Paulo and an annex location near its headquarters in New York after an employee was diagnosed with coronavirus. | | |
| | | The number of people infected with coronavirus surpassed 100,000 across the world on Friday as the outbreak reached more countries and intensified economic damage, with business districts beginning to empty and stock markets tumbling. | | |
| | | The Saudi ministry of sports announced on Friday it will suspend public attendance at all sports events starting Saturday, a statement from the ministry reported. | | |
| | | Colombia confirmed its first case of coronavirus on Friday, joining other South American countries already reporting cases of the fast-spreading disease. | | |
| | | The outbreak of the new coronavirus is hammering Canada's tourism industry, a senior government official said on Friday, as the number of visitors from China plummeted and after the cancellation of a major technology convention. | | |
| | | Austria is introducing "spot" health checks at its border with Italy for two weeks as of next week in response to the coronavirus outbreak, in which Italy is the hardest-hit country in Europe, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Friday. | | |
| | | Brent suffered its biggest one-day loss in more than 11 years on Friday after Russia balked at OPEC's proposed steep production cuts to stabilize prices as the coronavirus outbreak slows the global economy and hurts energy demand. | | |
| | | Bargain-hunting investors are eyeing the shares of airlines, hotels, cruise lines and other companies that have been among the worst-hit by the coronavirus outbreak. | | |
| | | Bank of America Corp is splitting its trading staff with about 100 employees working out of the Stamford location effective Monday, according to a source familiar with the matter. | | |
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