Bloomberg Republic Bank Ghana Ltd. is urging the government to cut tax rates to cushion the economy from the fallout of the coronavirus. The government should consider easing corporate-income tax to 20% from 25% and give workers relief, Benjamin Dzoboku, the Accra-based lender’s general manager for finance and strategy, said by phone. Banks, insurers, telecommunications firms, breweries and miners pay ...

Bloomberg The Federal Reserve said it will create a program to help speed the flow of funds to small companies through the government’s coronavirus stimulus, marking its latest step to shield the US economy from the pandemic. The facility will provide term financing to banks against loans issued under the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program, the Fed said in ...

Bloomberg New Zealand’s central bank is open to increasing the size and scope of its asset-purchase program to boost stimulus as the coronavirus pandemic threatens to throw the economy into a deep recession. “We’re in a rapidly evolving situation, the assessment of the economy in financial markets is moving very quickly, and that’s what we will have to take into ...

Bloomberg India’s sovereign bond yields are climbing just as the government is kicking-off its record borrowing plan, in a sign of market discomfort with the heavy debt supply. The benchmark 10-year yield extended rise on April 7, after jumping by the most in over a year in the previous session, in reaction to the government’s 4.88 trillion rupees ($64 billion) ...

Bloomberg Deutsche Lufthansa AG is scaling back its fleet and closing the Germanwings discount arm to resize the airline group for depressed levels of travel that could last for years after the coronavirus crisis passes. The German flag-carrier will reduce capacity at its hubs in Frankfurt and Munich, retiring 18 wide-body aircraft including six Airbus SE A380 double-deckers that were ...

Bloomberg The crowd outside Wuhan’s Tianhe International Airport on Wednesday pushed forward as anxiety grew over catching their flights out of town — the first to depart since January 23. Many were people who had come to the central Chinese city for a Lunar New Year vacation in January and found themselves stuck in a protracted, nightmarish stay as the ...

Bloomberg Hong Kong’s Airport Authority is in talks with banks for a HK$20 billion ($2.6 billion) loan to help fund the city’s third runway, according to people familiar with the matter. The five-year facility, which is also meant for general corporate purposes, offers an interest margin of 72 basis points over the Hong Kong interbank offered rate and a top-level ...

Bloomberg Employee furloughs in the retail industry are now well over 1 million after the owner of TJ Maxx and Marshalls, one of America’s biggest clothing store chains, suspended its store workers. TJX Companies Inc said that it would furlough the majority of its US workforce at stores and distribution centres. It employs about 286,000 people worldwide, with most based ...

Bloomberg Boeing Co has identified two new software problems with the grounded 737 Max that must be fixed before the jetliner can carry passengers again. The issues involve the flight-control computer and don’t affect the plane’s estimated return to service in mid-2020, Boeing said. The Max’s software has been undergoing a redesign after being linked to two fatal crashes that ...

Bloomberg Macy’s Inc, in the middle of navigating a broad US shutdown of nonessential businesses, said that Chief Financial Officer Paula Price is leaving her role. Price, who has been in the position for less than two years, “has made the decision to leave the company as of May 31,” the department-store operator said in a statement. She will remain ...