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Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc is asking warehouse employees who have stayed away from work during the pandemic to return for scheduled shifts beginning from May 1, or request a leave of absence. The move sets up a critical choice for employees at a company that has become a lifeline for Americans locked down to contain outbreaks of Covid-19. After the coronavirus …

Bloomberg London’s Heathrow airport has asked the British government to consider allowing it to screen people for the coronavirus to help allay passenger fears once flights resume. Heathrow Chief Executive Officer John Holland-Kaye wrote to Health Secretary Matt Hancock saying a more stringent regime may be required at airports. Such measures could include temperature tests that the UK has ruled …

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, discussed with David Beasley, Executive Director of UN World Food Programme, ways of accelerating coordination in getting assistance to those affected by Covid-19 pandemic. This came over a phone call His Highness Sheikh Mohamed …

Bloomberg Volkswagen AG is rebooting plants, Airbus SE is up and running and UK builders will soon be erecting homes again as Europe starts returning to work after coronavirus shutdowns plunged the region into its worst economic slump in living memory. Factory doors are reopening after nations from Denmark to Germany began easing restrictions on public life, with Italy, France …

Bloomberg Low oil prices are usually a curse for green energy, but this time might be different. The collapse of the crude market has seen prices fall below zero for the first time in history. Yet Royal Dutch Shell outlined a bold programme to slash carbon emissions and invest in clean energy, while Eni said it’ll consider accelerating its ambitious …

Bloomberg Eni SpA reported a 94% drop in first-quarter profit and cut its production forecast for the year as demand is crushed by the coronavirus pandemic. While the large decline in earnings reflects in part a high tax rate, it provides signals for the rest of the industry, with the worst impact of oil’s historic plunge likely in the coming …

Bloomberg Bank of China (BOC) Ltd’s estimate for the carnage to retail investors from the collapse in a product linked to US crude oil futures has surged 11-fold to more than $1 billion as it consolidated reports from its nationwide network, according to people familiar with the matter. The lender’s estimate of losses to customers across China increased from about …

Bloomberg Carl Icahn isn’t buying stocks right now. He’s hoarding cash, shorting commercial real estate and preparing for the coronavirus to wreak more havoc. This is a time to be “extremely careful,” Icahn said in an interview on Bloomberg Television. From his home on Miami’s Biscayne Bay, the billionaire investor has surveyed the damage to stock prices — and to …

Bloomberg E-commerce companies have emerged as a favourite play on Wall Street during the coronavirus pandemic, amid a growing consensus that upcoming results will reveal a potentially permanent shift in consumer behaviour towards online shopping. While online sales have long been growing their market share as a percentage of overall retail spending, the trend has been accelerated as shutdowns force …

Bloomberg Canadian stocks rose in Toronto, capping a fifth straight week of gains, the longest stretch in over a year. The S&P/TSX Composite index added 1.2%, with the health-care and technology sectors posting the biggest increases. Tech stocks have gained 25% this year, led by e-commerce company Shopify Inc.’s more than 75% surge. The e-commerce sector has been a favourite …