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Bloomberg Target Corp delivered a sanguine outlook for the year ahead, saying the coronavirus hasn’t had a big impact on operations yet while pressing ahead with growth initiatives online and in the stores. While the retailer has witnessed “aggressive shopping” as consumers stockpile food and other household essentials in recent days, Chief Executive Officer Brian Cornell told investors that he …

Bloomberg More travel restrictions will be announced soon to help prevent the spread of coronavirus, said Transportation Security Administration (TSA) chief David Pekoske. “There will be additional countries, I’m sure, as we continue to work with the task force, and I think those announcements will be relatively soon,” Pekoske told the US Senate Appropriations Committee’s homeland security panel. The comments …

Bloomberg Amazon.com’s Prime Now and Amazon Fresh delivery services have been overwhelmed by demand, a sign that virus-spooked shoppers are turning to the world’s largest online retailer to avoid going to brick-and-mortar stores. Amazon warned customers that both services would have limited availability, meaning orders are being delivered more slowly than usual. The company hasn’t reduced the number of people …

Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc Chief Executive Officer Michael O’Leary said the European discount airline is in talks with Boeing Co about a follow-on order for the US manufacturer’s grounded Max model. While the Max has been idled worldwide for close to a year after two fatal crashes, Ryanair is in “active discussions” to buy more of the narrow-body planes, O’Leary …

Bloomberg United Airlines Holdings is nixing fees for reservations made this month, as the spread of coronavirus roils global travel. The waiver applies to all tickets booked between March 3 and March 31, the carrier said. If customers cancel their flight, they can retain the ticket value for trips within the next 12 months. “The coronavirus outbreak continues to create …

Bloomberg Group of Seven (G-7) finance chiefs said they are ready to act to shelter their economies from the spreading coronavirus, though they stopped short of spelling out what specific measures they would put into place. “We, G-7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, are closely monitoring the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and its impact on markets …

Bloomberg The UK lifted a ban on subsidies for new onshore wind farms after years of denying the technology support, a sign ministers are looking for more ways to meet a goal of net zero emissions by 2050. The capacity of new wind farms sited on land slumped to the lowest levels since 2015 last year after policies to curb …

Bloomberg With liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices reeling from the triple whammy of a mild winter, rising supply and China’s hobbled economy, Japan may be about to land another blow. Electricity consumption, the biggest outlet for LNG in the world’s top importer of the fuel, is expected to drop after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s shock announcement urging schools to shut …

Bloomberg Tasmania will invest $33 million to build a renewable hydrogen industry, as the island state plots a course to commercial exports of the clean fuel by 2030. Australia’s smallest state seeks to benefit from its abundance of hydropower generation and the falling cost of large-scale production from renewables to make emissions-free hydrogen for export to Asia. Hydrogen projects are …

Bloomberg European stocks surged and US equity futures jumped as expectations grow that policy makers and governments will act to guard against the economic threat of the coronavirus. Treasuries were steady as the number of infections continued to grow. Futures on the S&P 500 Index had fluctuated at the start of the day after the underlying gauge climbed the most …