Bloomberg Mastercard Inc. closed its office in Sao Paulo and an annex location near its headquarters in New York after an employee contracted coronavirus. The Brazil-based employee traveled to the annex office in Purchase, New York, earlier this week, the company said in a statement. The two locations are undergoing a “thorough sanitisation process,” it said. “While it is believed …

Bloomberg UK airline Flybe collapsed into administration after failing to secure a last-ditch bailout from the government, leaving no other option than to ground the regional carrier serving far-flung parts of the UK. Britain’s largest domestic airline had been teetering for months. It avoided liquidation in January, when Boris Johnson’s government came out in support of state intervention and its …

Bloomberg Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA withdrew its financial guidance for 2020 as the coronavirus outbreak wreaks havoc on the airline industry. The troubled Nordic carrier said it can no longer stand by the goals it gave investors less than a month ago, adding to the list of airlines warning of the impact of the epidemic that has led to lower …