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Trump signs $484b package to rescue small businesses

Bloomberg President Donald Trump signed a $484 billion spending package that includes more money for small businesses, the latest bid by Washington lawmakers to rescue an economy devastated by the coronavirus pandemic. “Great for small businesses, great for workers,” Trump said in the Oval Office. “This is a tremendous victory.” The new law would revive a small-business loan program that ...

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Intel withdraws its 2020 forecast on ‘uncertainty’

Bloomberg Intel Corp. withdrew its full-year sales forecast, citing “significant economic uncertainty” caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The company’s shares fell more than 5% in late trading. The world’s largest semiconductor maker reported a 23% jump in first-quarter revenue and better-than-projected profit, bolstered by demand for chips that run the laptops and server machines companies need to keep people working ...

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France’s Renault poised to get $5 billion state-backed loan

Bloomberg Renault SA is poised to get a state-backed loan of about $5.4 billion to cushion the struggling French carmaker from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic that has clobbered the auto industry. French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said the funding package is still under negotiation, while at the same time announcing an even bigger one for Air France-KLM, ...

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