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Thailand says airlines may face virus medical bills

Bloomberg Thailand’s aviation regulator said airlines should ask passengers coming from high-risk territories for health certificates to establish they are free of the new coronavirus. Travellers who can’t provide documentation should be prevented from boarding flights to the Asian nation, according to a Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand notice posted. Carriers are liable for treatment costs if they fly in …

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Oil crashes 31% in worst loss since 1991 in price war

Bloomberg Oil crashed more than 30% after the breakup of the Opec+ alliance triggered an all-out price war, with both Russia and Saudi Arabia poised to flood the market with cheap oil. The former allies pledged swift retribution for the collapse of the cartel’s meeting last week, with the Gulf kingdom slashing its official crude prices and threatening record production, …

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Eskom set for some respite thanks to crude plunge

Bloomberg The plunge in international oil prices has a potential upside for South Africa’s debt-stricken state power utility. Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd can’t generate enough power from its coal-fired power stations to meet demand, and burnt through diesel worth 6.5 billion rand ($407 million) at its open-cycle gas turbines in its last financial year to try and avert or limit …

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Iberdrola buys stake in $2.7bn wind farm

Bloomberg Iberdrola SA agreed to buy the 30% stake it didn’t already own in a wind farm project off the coast of France that will cost an estimated 2.4 billion euros ($2.73 billion) to build as the Spanish utility pursues its fast expansion in the clean power market. Iberdrola, which already had 70% in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc project, is …

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Stocks tumble as oil price crash sends shockwaves

Bloomberg Oil prices crashed, equities plunged and Treasuries soared on Monday as the world headed for a full-blown price war in crude and panic appeared to grip financial markets. In a dramatic start to the week across assets: Futures on the S&P 500 Index fell about 5%, triggering trading curbs designed to limit the most dramatic moves while cash markets …

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India bonds advance, stocks dip over oil rout

Bloomberg Sovereign bonds in India rose to their highest in more than a decade and stocks fell the most since 2015 amid rising risks to the nation’s financial system along with a plunge in crude that led to panic sell-off of risk assets globally. The yield on the benchmark 10-year debt slid below 6% for the first time since 2009. …

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French central bank sees slight first quarter growth

Bloomberg The French economy will barely grow this quarter as the coronavirus outbreak slams the brakes on activity in both services and industry, according to a Bank of France survey. The downbeat assessment comes amid concern that Europe may be headed for a recession after Italy put its industrial heartland into lockdown, and global equities and oil prices tumbled. It’s …

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JPMorgan CEO’s health emergency is casting shadow on China plans

Bloomberg JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon’s emergency heart surgery has put the spotlight on succession, and in Asia, on how much of the lender’s push into China hinges on his commitment. Dimon, who underwent surgery after suffering acute aortic dissection, has temporarily handed control of the largest US bank to his lieutenants. His plan to bring …

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Betsy Duke resigns as Wells Fargo chairmain

Bloomberg Betsy Duke stepped down as chair of Wells Fargo & Co. ahead of a dramatic congressional hearing set for this week examining the board’s role in the bank’s scandals. Democrats atop the House Financial Services Committee made no secret of their intent to target Duke and other past and current leaders, issuing a scathing report last week on the …

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