Bloomberg India’s central bank is weighing opening a new credit facility for banks aimed at boosting their lending to mutual funds, which have been hit by a flood of redemptions, according to people familiar with the matter. The Reserve Bank of India and finance ministry are in favour of a proposal from the industry regulator to open a cash window ...

Bloomberg Canadian banks are giving their workers extra pay for going into the office or manning branches during the coronavirus pandemic. Most of the country’s biggest lenders are offering an additional C$50 ($34) a day to those employees who aren’t able to work from home. They join US counterparts including Citigroup Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp. ...

Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG cut former Chief Executive Officer Tidjane Thiam’s pay by about 15% in his last year in charge, after the Swiss bank became embroiled in a spying scandal that led to his ouster. “Mr. Thiam has taken accountability for the events and accepted a reduction of his non-financial assessment score,” board member Kai Nargolwala wrote in ...

Bloomberg For at least a decade, experts have been predicting the demise of the big box supermarket as online rivals like Ocado Group Plc muscled in. Giant warehouse-style grocery stores with thousands of products seemed anachronistic in an era when consumers increasingly wanted to shop for fresh, locally produced food, or from the comfort of their living rooms. Now the ...

Bloomberg Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd furloughed 80% of its 10,000-strong workforce and said it will only keep flying for essential services as restrictions due to the coronavirus eviscerate demand for travel. Shares rose. Domestic capacity will be cut by 90% as 125 aircraft are grounded, with flights retained only for essential services, critical freight and logistics, the airline said in ...

Bloomberg Delta Air Lines Inc lost its coveted investment-grade status from one rater as S&P Global Ratings cut the company to junk. “The steep decline in airline bookings due to the coronavirus outbreak will sharply reduce Delta Air Lines Inc’s revenue and cash flow,” S&P said in a statement as it lowered the carrier two notches to BB, or two ...

Bloomberg Britain has ruled out immediate direct aid to the aviation sector as the coronavirus outbreak wipes out all but a handful of UK flights. In a letter to airlines and airports seen by Bloomberg News, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak said that firms must first tap all commercial avenues to raise funds, and that any assistance the state ...

Bloomberg Yum! Brands Inc said it’s suspending its share repurchase program and working to assist some franchisees as the coronavirus outbreak erodes sales. The owner of the KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell brands said in a filing that comparable-store sales — a key measure for restaurant companies — will likely decline in a range of mid to high single ...

What’s missing is confidence. Anyone who claims to know how this economic collapse will end is either lying or woefully overconfident. But whatever the prospects, they would be better if consumers, business leaders and investors were more optimistic. The economy’s performance is often a self-fulfilling prophecy. Optimism breeds optimism, and pessimism breeds pessimism. The best we can do as forecasters ...

Just two days after the French government’s lockdown went into effect, the bakery in my village outside Paris started rationing baguettes. The limit of five per family per day is still a lot of bread, but it is disconcerting that anyone is trying to stockpile the most perishable of loafs. I can’t judge them, however. Although I haven’t been panic-buying, ...