Oil futures rose Monday, on track to end August on an upbeat note after data showed a stronger-than-expected pickup in China’s service sector. “The move follows moderate week-on-week gains during last week’s trading, with continued improvement to global demand levels combining with a weaker dollar and ongoing supply cuts to …
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U.K.-based budget airline EZJ, +0.11% said on Tuesday it is considering shutting three of its airport hubs because of the steep drop in travel demand caused by coronavirus. The carrier said in a statement it could close bases at London Stansted, London Southend and Newcastle airports as part of wider …
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The coronavirus pandemic is “not even close to being over,” according to the head of the World Health Organization, and the worst is still to come, in what was a grim assessment of the state of affairs some six months after the first cases were reported in China. “Six months …
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Read More »The Wall Street Journal: DoorDash close to funding deal that would value company at $15 billion pre-infusion
DoorDash Inc. is close to securing new funding that would value the largest U.S. meal-delivery company at more than $ 15 billion before the infusion, as a wave of deal making sweeps over the red-hot industry. The closely held company plans to sell hundreds of millions of dollars of equity …
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