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.
The President of Mexico Andres Obrador stated on Sunday that the government would respect the public opinion to stop realization of Constellation Brands Inc's brewery project worth $1B.
The Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar al-Baker stated on Sunday that the company would continue scheduled flights, though cash was expected to run out in nearest future.
China's biggest commercial lender, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, reported an increase of 4.9% in net income in 2019, compared to the previous year.
Guotai Junan Securities, a leading Chinese broker, reported a 28.76% increase in net profit in 2019, compared to the prior year, data published by the Shanghai Stock Exchange show.
Consumer confidence in Taiwan deteriorated in March, compared to February, data published by the Research Center for Taiwan Economic Development show.
Alok Sharma, Britain's Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, said on Saturday that the British government would assist stricken UK companies by easing regulations.
The Chinese government plans to roll out more stimulus measures in the coming weeks to help revive the country's economy hit by the coronavirus outbreak.