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'We needed to go': Rich Americans activate Covid-19 pandemic escape plans

New Zealand features prominently in plans for doomsday survival

India's ban on flying to stay until coronavirus no longer a danger

The ban will be lifted only when the government determines that the virus is no longer a threat, Hardeep Singh Puri wrote in a Twitter post

The Music Industry's Lost Summer: No Bieber, No Swift and Mass Layoffs

While sports leagues and restaurants try to figure out when they can reopen to the public, there's growing recognition among music industry executives that concerts won't be coming back anytime soon.

Hong Kong police arrest 14 pro-democracy activists for organising protests

The police action was connected to unauthorized assemblies on Aug. 18, Oct. 1 and 20 in Hong Kong Island and Kowloon last year, Superintendent Lam Wing-ho said at a briefing on Saturday.

Fair to furlough? Britain's massive job-saving plan prompts pushback

While more than half of UK companies are expected to apply for government grants to pay furloughed employees, critics say they expect too much of the cash to go where it's not needed.

Cash levels jump to highest since 9/11 terrorist attacks: BoFA survey

Fund managers have shunned risk, with equity allocations the lowest since the 2009 financial crisis

Gold, equities show unusual sync in March; nosedive, recover at same times

Both nosedived in mid-March amid panic selling and forced margin calls; each then recovered by about 20% as central banks and governments kicked in more stimulus

AstraZeneca plans to test new cancer medicine in coronavirus battle

The treatment for lymphoma may lessen the severity of respiratory distress by reducing the inflammation caused by the new coronavirus

70 vaccines in the works, with three leading candidates, says WHO

The drug industry is hoping to compress the time it takes to get a vaccine to market - usually about 10 to 15 years - to within the next year

Will market recover? Indian stocks lose premium to bonds amid global crisis

The 25% tumble in the index has meant that stocks currently offer an earnings yield of about 5.25%, compared with the domestic benchmark 10-year yield of about 6.50%

SoftBank's $2-billion guarantee at risk as pandemic hits Oyo business

Oyo risks turning into another problem startup for SoftBank and Son, still reeling from the meltdown at the shared-office company WeWork.

Last Porsche 911 of a generation to be sold for coronavirus relief

The automaker will sell its final seventh-generation 911, a Speedster, in an online auction with RM Sotheby's on April 15.

Oyo sends thousands on leave without pay, India escapes for now

Oyo said in a statement it's furloughing employees in countries excluding India without specifying numbers, adding that it's not considering job cuts at this time.

Radhakishan Damani beats coronavirus crisis as net worth soars 11%

Shares of Avenue Supermarts, which contribute nearly all of the wealth to Damani's net worth, have advanced 24 per cent this year.

90% of trucks in India are now off roads amid coronavirus lockdown

Daily movement of trucks has collapsed to less than 10 per cent of normal levels, according to All India Motor Transport Congress

Coronavirus: I really messed up on security, says Zoom chief Eric Yuan

The service, once mostly used for client conferences and training webinars, has emerged in the coronavirus lockdown as a home for virtual cocktail hours, exercise classes, cabinet meetings

Coronavirus impact: Hoarding of food in countries, threatens global trade

Consumers across the globe are still loading their pantries - and the economic fallout from the virus is just starting

Oil's 60% crash due to coronavirus outbreak is tip of an iceberg

Having collapsed by about 60 per cent this year, Brent and West Texas Intermediate crude have stabilised at around $25 a barrel, but the price rout is far deeper for actual cargoes

Nestle secret Maggi bouillon recipe adds show to win in emerging markets

Maggi bouillon, used throughout central and West Africa to add flavour to everything from stews to cassava porridge, represents one of Nestle's best-selling products in the region

The great 2020 coronavirus crash is different as market uncertainty looms

The scariest aspect of the crash is that, for once, it's about something real