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SEASONED small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that have weathered cycles through the years are assessing their liquidity while on good credit standing, even as they have an estimated 30-40 per cent of their existing credit lines still untapped, a top banker from OCBC said.

CIMB Bank Singapore on Wednesday said it will automatically approve the deferment of principal and interest payments on most of the term loans taken up by its commercial banking customers here, a first in Singapore.

Starbucks Corp on Wednesday said it will extend special coronavirus provisions, including pay increases for workers and closed dining areas, for two weeks to May 3.

Just two months after taking office, President Donald Trump in March 2017 traveled to Michigan to announce that he would undo ambitious vehicle emissions standards mandated under his predecessor Barack Obama, portraying the reversal as a boost to the U.S. auto industry centered in the Midwestern ...

Volkswagen AG said on Wednesday it is extending a production halt at its Chattanooga, Tennessee, assembly plant until April 12 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Multi-strategy hedge funds - those that bet on a broad array of markets using teams of traders, leverage and centralized risk management - have flourished as stocks ended their worst three months since the 2008 financial crisis.

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has invited oil executives to the White House to discuss potential aid for the industry as the coronavirus pandemic spurs a historic slump in energy prices, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The Wall Street Journal, which was first to report ......

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to meet with oil executives on Friday to discuss potential aid to the industry, including possible tariffs on oil imports from Saudi Arabia, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified sources.

Boston Federal Reserve Bank President Eric Rosengren said social distancing efforts meant to contain the coronavirus outbreak have "stilled" the economy and could lead the unemployment rate to "rise dramatically."

Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday said a handful of workers staged a demonstration at one of its warehouses near Detroit, reflecting the ongoing concerns among its staff about contracting the coronavirus on the job.