Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc will close some smaller businesses and is positioning itself conservatively as it rides out the coronavirus pandemic, Berkshire Vice Chairman Charlie Munger said in an article published on Friday.
Alphabet Inc's Google would waive off the fee it collects from news publishers using its ad services for the next five months, the search giant said on Friday.
Canada will invest around CUS$2.5 billion (US$1.8 billion) in measures to help the hard-hit oil and gas industry survive during the nation's coronavirus outbreak that has killed 1,250 people, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday.
Netflix Inc has increased the amount of money in its coronavirus emergency relief fund by US$50 million, bringing the total for displaced production workers to US$150 million, a company spokeswoman said on Friday.
As the U.S. quarterly earnings season picks up steam next week, investors will get an early glimpse of how companies are weathering the coronavirus outbreak, including the strength of their balance sheets.
The Members Exchange (MEMX), a new bourse backed by major Wall Street firms looking to take on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Inc through lower fees, said on Friday it delayed its planned launch date due to the coronavirus crisis.
Nigeria's Rivers State has quarantined 22 Exxon Mobil Corp. employees for violating an order introduced last month restricting movement into the state to curb the spread of the coronavirus, its governor said on Friday.
In a bleak year that has seen Brazil's Bovespa slump to the worst performance of any major world stock market amid a coronavirus-linked retreat from risk, electric motor maker Weg SA has been the index's improbable champion.
The Chinese-backed owners of Imagination Technologies told the British government on Friday the chip designer would remain headquartered in the United Kingdom and they would consult over any board changes.
