How big is India’s anti-viral package, and how effective will it be? The flashy $265 billion figure Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in his televised address wasn’t all new spending. It included the $22.5 billion of fiscal support — mainly cash payments for the poor — announced in March as the country was entering total lockdown. The central bank’s funding-for-lending ...

Ever since Michael Flynn resigned as President Donald Trump’s national security adviser three years ago, the president and his allies have taken a keen interest in the practice of “unmasking.” Now his administration has revealed the names of the Obama officials who learned Flynn’s name in intelligence reports — but the information is hardly a smoking gun. Unmasking is a ...

Bloomberg Airbus SE is preparing for permanent job cuts after warning unions that it needs to rein in production amid a collapse in demand, people with knowledge of the situation said. Discussions have begun with labour groups in Germany, France and Spain, the people said, with the formal process expected to start next week. The number of positions to be ...