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New oil-trading scandal rocks Singapore
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/05/2020
» SINGAPORE: The turmoil engulfing Singapore’s oil trading community deepened on Friday as police raided the office of ZenRock Commodities Trading Pte Ltd following allegations made by HSBC that the company was involved with a number of “dishonest” transactions.
US suffers biggest job losses in history
AFP, Published on 08/05/2020
» WASHINGTON: With shops and factories closed nationwide due to the coronavirus pandemic, nearly all of the jobs created in the US economy in the last decade were wiped out in a single month.
US jobless rate soars to 14.7%
News Agencies, Published on 08/05/2020
» WASHINGTON: The coronavirus lockdown wiped out 20.5 million US jobs in April, destroying nearly all the positions created in the prior decade in the world's largest economy, the Labor Department reported Friday.
Union opposes privatising THAI, spinning off units
Chatrudee Theparat and Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 08/05/2020
» The Thai Airways International union has made clear its stance against privatisation and spinning off potentially profitable units as part of a rescue plan for the ailing national carrier.
India's lavish weddings go online in virus lockdown
AFP, Published on 08/05/2020
» NEW DELHI: Under lockdown and far apart, Sushen Dang and Keerti Narang went online to say their marriage vows -- and pulled off a spectacular Indian wedding complete with thousands of guests and raucous Bollywood dancing.
Italian season in limbo with new wave of positive coronavirus tests
AFP, Published on 08/05/2020
» ROME: The fate of the Serie A championship remained in limbo on Thursday after state scientists met with football bosses in a desperate effort to save the coronavirus-interrupted season threatened by a new wave of positive tests among players.
Retail impact and opportunity
Business, Jeremy O'Sullivan, Published on 08/05/2020
» The global Covid-19 pandemic has led to the greatest impact on trading conditions around the world in recent memory. More than 3.6 million people have been infected globally, with nearly 3,000 having tested positive in Thailand.