Big mining companies that rely on indigenous workforces or operate near remote communities have acted fast to curb the spread of the coronavirus and avoid a public health crisis that could damage their reputations.
General Motors Co signaled it has pushed back the tentative date for restarting operations at its auto assembly plant in the central Mexican city of Silao to May 21 from May 20, according to a message to workers seen by Reuters on Tuesday.
The Las Vegas gaming industry will offer COVID-19 tests to employees before they return to work, the Culinary Union announced Tuesday, moving the hard-hit sector a step closer to reopening.
NEW YORK: Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson announced on Tuesday (May 19) it would stop selling talc-based baby powder in the United States and Canada, where sales had already been hit by changing consumer habits and fears the product causes cancer. The company has long denied claims that the ......
Businesses have made that leap to remote working, which has major implications for office space in Singapore and could accelerate trends already underway, says Sing Tien Foo.
COVID-19 is reshaping the way we work and earn, says the Financial Times' Patti Waldmeir.
NEW YORK: Wall Street stocks ended lower on Tuesday (May 19) as top US economic officials warned the US economy faces continued risks, causing the market to give back some of the gains from the prior session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished down 390.51 points (1.59 per cent) at 24,206.86...
GLOBAL clearing house LCH has cleared the first Sing-dollar interest rate swaps referencing the Singapore Overnight Rate Average (SORA), it said on Tuesday.
THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will allow financial institutions (FIs) here to reopen more customer-service locations under the first phase of the lifting of circuit-breaker measures on June 2.
Billionaire investor Daniel Loeb is taking back the reins as sole chief investment officer at his hedge fund Third Point LLC, less than one year after he appointed long-time colleague Munib Islam to be his co-chief investment officer, according to a letter the firm sent its investors.
