The US President Donald Trump has extended the introduced stay-at-home guidelines until April's end, backing off a potential plan to boost the economy by resuming businesses, due to high concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.
Germany is aiming to release a smartphone app in the upcoming weeks designed to help trace the spread of the coronavirus infection after a pilot-version launched by Singapore showed it can be effective and not invade people's privacy.
Alphabet Inc is planning to donate over $800M in funds on producing medical supplies to battle COVID-19, the company's CEO Sundar Pichai announced.
Goldman Sachs sees S&P 500 dividends declining by 25% in the current year due to vulnerability of certain big dividend-paying industries to the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Fiat Chrysler is planning to resume its vehicle production at some plants in Italy starting the next week if the government grants the approval, a union representative stated on Monday.
EasyJet, the UK low-cost airline, announced it had grounded the entire fleet of more than 330 planes and had no forecasts on when the flights could be resumed, marking the heavy pressure put on airlines due to the coronavirus outbreak.
American Airlines Group has entered advanced negotiations to hire James Millstein, the Guggenheim Securities co-chairman, for aid advice on tapping the $50B industry relief package that is available from the US Treasury Department deemed to battle the coronavirus pandemic.
On Monday, crude oil price benchmarks declined below the $20 level, as demand for crude oil continued to decline.
Amazon.com Inc is luring its own warehouse workers with higher pay, seeking to recruit them to the Whole Foods grocery unit due to growing demand and an employees shortage.
The Chinese carmaker BAIC Group and Didi Chuxing, the local ride-hailing service provider, are planning to partner other industry players with intention to lease BAIC's vehicles to customers due to new car sales slowdown.
The Chinese group Geely Automobile Holdings said on Monday it expected 2020 to be one of the harshest years in the carmaker's history due to the coronavirus hit on its sales and production, following a 35% drop in its 2019 profit.
On Monday, Toyota Motor Corp announced it would extend its suspension at the European factories, except its Russian plant, expecting a restart to be not earlier than April 20.
On Sunday, the presidential candidate of the centre-right Civic Platform Party Malgorzata Kidawa-Blonska called for Poland's presidential election to be boycott in May due to the coronavirus outbreak.
On Sunday, the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged people to stick with the lockdown measures imposed by his administration and warned that the spread of the coronavirus could to get worse.
On Friday, the government of China revealed that it is planning additional economic stimulus measures.
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson stated on Sunday that the spread of the coronavirus is expected to get worse.
On Sunday, Top Glove Corporation, which makes one in five gloves on the world, revealed that it expects a global glove shortage.
Reuters revealed on Sunday that the United Kingdom has ordered ten thousand ventilators from a consortium of various companies.
On Sunday, the government of Slovakia announced that it would issue almost one billion Euros in an economic aid package.
The European Union will provide $500M to Morocco to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Oliver Varhelyi says.
The China Securities Regulatory Commission has approved IPO applications of Shanghai Golden Union Business Management, Beijing Wantai Biological Pharmacy, Anhui Coreach Technology and Tianjin Ruixin Technology.
One of the China's leading telecommunications operators, China Telecom, announced a decline in revenue and net income in 2019 despite an increase in the number of clients.
The Brazilian government announced a $8B financial aid package for small and medium-sized businesses amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The Bank of Canada cut its key interest rate to 0.25% from 0.75% amid the coronavirus outbreak, a statement published by the bank shows.