H&M, the world's second-biggest fashion retailer, said on Wednesday it had started producing protective aprons at a supplier and would deliver one million aprons to the Swedish healthcare system over the coming two weeks.
British fashion brand Barbour has turned over its production line to making protective gowns for frontline healthcare workers battling the coronavirus outbreak, reviving memories of its patriotic efforts in both world wars.
Global accounting and consulting company Deloitte said partners at its UK arm would have their pay cut by a fifth this year to protect jobs during the pandemic.
Proxy advisory ISS has backed Credit Suisse's proposals for its annual general meeting on April 30, recommending shareholders vote in favour of the group's pay proposals and approving the performance of its leadership.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc reported a 49per cent fall in quarterly profit on Wednesday, as the bank put aside nearly US$1 billion to meet future loan defaults and booked heavy losses on its debt and equity investments.
Honda Motor Co said it has remodeled 50 of its minivans to transport COVID-19 patients to hospitals and quarantine facilities in Japan, sealing off the rear section of the vehicles to keep drivers safe from infection.
Argentina is braced for the first case of coronavirus to be confirmed among the thousands of port workers and grains handlers involved in the country's key agricultural export sector, local industry officials said.
DBS Group will pay its shareholders their final dividend for fiscal 2019 of 33 cents per share on May 26, once it gets approval from shareholders via a virtual annual general meeting (AGM) on April 30 at 2.30pm, Singapore's largest bank said on Wednesday.
South Africa's Vodacom Group will spend more than 500 million rand (US$27 million) over two months to increase network capacity as traffic surges across its mobile and fixed networks during the national lockdown.
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Airlines (SIA) group's carriers posted a 60.4 per cent decline in passenger carriage in March as overall travel demand was "severely impacted" by travel restrictions imposed due to the COVID-19 outbreak, according to its operating results published on Wednesday (Apr 15) ...
