Bloomberg Some of Argentina’s key creditors are rejecting invitations to speak with the nation’s finance team this week as both sides jockey for more favourable terms in a $65 billion debt restructuring. Tensions are building as the clock counts down on two key deadlines: May 8 for a debt-exchange offer and May 22, when a 30-day grace period for coupon ...

Bloomberg The Trump administration said it’s approved more than $52 billion in loan requests for small businesses so far in the relaunch of a coronavirus relief program, even as lenders said they’ve struggled to submit applications and advocates worry that funds will run out before many mom-and-pop firms get help. The US Small Business Administration (SBA) said it’s processed almost ...

Bloomberg Volkswagen AG joined other automakers around the globe in warning of the unprecedented fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. Supply and demand disruptions from government measures to slow the spread of the disease will cause operating profit to drop “severely” this year, the world’s largest automaker said on Wednesday. But efforts to rein in spending will allow the company to ...