Bloomberg CVS Health Corp. said it plans to hire 50,000 people in full-time, part-time and temporary jobs to tackle surging demand for drugstore services and health goods during the US coronavirus outbreak. The drugstore chain said it plans to hire store workers, delivery drivers, distribution center workers and customer service employees. CVS and other pharmacies are inundated with people stocking ...

Bloomberg UK inflation slowed slightly in February before the impact of the coronavirus really hit the economy. Consumer prices rose 1.7% from a year earlier, from 1.8% previously, the Office for National Statistics said on Wednesday. Since the information was gathered the inflation outlook has been thrown into turmoil by economic crisis wrought by coronavirus pandemic, and the curbs on ...

Bloomberg Google and other digital advertising companies are seeing revenue growth wither as marketers slash spending ahead of an expected recession triggered by the coronavirus. The global pandemic and the ensuing slump in economic activity is crushing several industries that have been big buyers of Google and Facebook Inc. ads, including online travel agents, automakers, restaurants and retail. “I’m hearing ...

Bloomberg Deere & Co. is halting production in agricultural behemoth Brazil as the coronavirus outbreak erodes sales for the world’s biggest tractor maker. In a bid to protect employees and families, Deere said it will suspend two facilities in Brazil on Wednesday for an undetermined period while four other units will stop on Monday. Deere, the world’s biggest tractor maker, ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said he would stop using the term “Chinese virus,” the latest indication that the US and China are seeking to deescalate their blame game over the deadly pandemic. “I don’t regret it, but they accused us of having done it through our soldiers, they said our soldiers did it on purpose, what kind of a thing ...

Bloomberg IS claimed responsibility for an attack in northern Mozambique near an area where natural-gas projects worth billions of dollars are being developed, SITE Intelligence Group said. The March 23 raid on the town of Mocimboa da Praia in Cabo Delgado province was carried out by members of IS’s Central Africa Province unit (SITE) which monitors militant groups, the group ...

Bloomberg President Jair Bolsonaro followed Donald Trump’s playbook as he urged Brazilians to resume normal life to protect the economy even as cases of coronavirus swell. Defying the medical advice to pursue social distancing, the Brazilian president lashed out at state governors who have ordered shops and schools closed to slow down the pandemic that threatens to overwhelm the health ...

Bloomberg The British government is planning to shut down Parliament for four weeks from Wednesday night in the latest attempt to slow the spread of coronavirus. The UK outbreak is most advanced in London and several politicians have fallen ill, including a health minister. Parliament had been scheduled to break for Easter on March 31, but the House of Commons ...

Bloomberg Climate activist Greta Thunberg says she has recovered after being infected with the coronavirus on a trip to central Europe. In an Instagram post, the Swedish teenager said she’s isolated herself in a borrowed apartment after returning to her home country. She says she started feeling mild symptoms of the disease around the same time her father became more ...

Bloomberg Holding a general election in Singapore before April 2021 is not “impossible” although the present situation may not be ideal as the country tackles the coronavirus outbreak, Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean said. Singapore needs a government that the people have confidence in “to take us through this unprecedented situation”, Teo told parliament on Wednesday. He added that the ...