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Empty offices, full homes: Internet feels the coronavirus 'strain'

Residences and neighbourhoods served by lower bandwidth cable and copper-wire connections will be among the first affected.

Coronavirus: To cure the humans, scientists rush to experiment on primates

Covid-19 has infected at least 101,000 people and killed almost 3,500 since the world began keeping track in December

Saudi Aramco puts off oil pricing after failure of Opec alliance in Vienna

Biggest oil exporter usually gives pricing on 5th of each month

OMV AG in talks to buy 39% stake in Borealis from Mubadala for $4.68 bn

Taking over the maker of polyolefins, base chemicals, and fertilizer would accelerate Chief Executive Office Rainer Seele's move toward higher-value, lower-emission oil products

Oil futures skid to 12-year low as Russia-OPEC fail to reach deal in Vienna

The potential collapse of the group led by Saudi Arabia and Russia is the latest blow to a market that was already dragged down by fears over the economic damage from the spread of the coronavirus

Coronavirus outbreak: Mask or no mask? What the experts have to say

With masks in short supply, the argument is that everyone is better off if they are reserved for those who actually require them

Prosecutor urges stiff sentence for Weinstein citing 'lifetime of abuse'

Weinstein, who was convicted Feb. 24 after a jury trial, is set for sentencing on March 11

Bayer investor sues top executives for 'disastrous' Monsanto deal

Bayer shares are down 31% since the company completed the $63 billion takeover of Monsanto, prompting some investors to demand the resignation of Chief Executive Officer Werner Baumann.

Asia's fried-chicken king takes $2 bn hit in market value with US gamble

Fueled by concerns the spread of the disease will weigh on consumer spending, Jollibee shares have dived more than 18% this year, adding to losses in 2019, their worst in two decades.

Exxon CEO Darren Woods calls rivals' climate goals a 'beauty competition'

Much-derided plastic even came in for some praise, with Exxon Senior Vice President Jack Williams arguing that it's "a net benefit to society and to the environment."

Climate crisis: CEOs beware, shareholders want you to go green fast

At least one major UK company already faces a hard-hitting resolution aimed at making it more green.

Lessons for handling virus shocks

The coronavirus has touched off an accelerating series of economic and social disruptions around the world

HDFC Bank in talks with Goldman Sachs Group's Harit Talwar for CEO role

The Mumbai-based lender has a market capitalisation of about $86 billion, giving it a bigger standing than major US banks like Goldman and Morgan Stanley

Microsoft says two employees have been diagnosed with coronavirus

Microsoft had asked workers who can to do their jobs from home through March 25, and that guidance remains unchanged based on the new cases.

China posts worst factory activity on record as coronavirus weighs

The collapse in economic activity seen in the data was largely due to virus control measures that have made it hard for workers to travel back after Lunar New Year

Singer's Elliott Management seeks to replace Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey

Elliott's push comes at a pivotal time with the US election, Summer Olympics and other major events, like the spread of the coronavirus, which tend to attract more users and advertisers to Twitter

Porsche to lean on green financing for its $6.6 billion electric-car plan

Porsche turned to green financing ahead of the debut of the $100,000-plus Taycan, its first battery-powered car

Bezos among biggest losers as coronavirus robs world's richest of $444 bn

The drubbing more than erased the $78 billion in gains that the 500 wealthiest people had amassed since the start of the year through last week, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index

Geneva car show cancelled in bid to contain coronavirus outbreak

The trade fair, which was due to start Monday, will return next year, Palexpo SA, which runs the Geneva convention center, said Friday in a video briefing to exhibitors

J&J ordered by Florida jury to pay $9 million in talc-cancer case

The talc litigation may eventually cost the company as much as $10 billion, according to Bloomberg Intelligence