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New York AG raises concerns about Amazon's pandemic safety practices: source

Amazon.com Inc may have violated safety measures and labor practices amid the coronavirus pandemic as it fired a warehouse protest leader last month, New York Attorney General Letitia James's office wrote in a letter to the company last week.



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No rescue deal yet for German airline Lufthansa: sources

Lufthansa has not yet agreed on a 9 billion euro ($9.73 billion) rescue package, company and government sources said on Tuesday, following a report overnight that said an agreement was complete.



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Norwegian Air slightly amends terms of conversion plan after talks with bondholders

Norwegian Air , the budget carrier that is fighting for its survival, has made some amendments to the terms of its debt-to-equity conversion plan in response to demands from bondholders, it said on Tuesday.



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Another day, another 20% plunge in WTI oil

Another big fall in oil prices dragged hordes of petrocurrencies under on Tuesday but even an HSBC warning of mounting bad credit and a near 80% plunge in BP's profits could not keep stock markets down for long.



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Lufthansa CEO warns of too much government influence: Die Zeit

Lufthansa would be hard to steer if governments had too much influence on the company, its CEO was quoted as saying by German weekly Die Zeit on Tuesday, as the airline is struggling with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.



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Oil prices fall on brimming storage, bleak recovery prospects

Oil prices plunged for a second day in a row on Tuesday on concerns about dwindling global capacity to store more crude and fears that demand may be slow to recover even after countries ease restrictions to combat the coronavirus pandemic.



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Tesla's Musk nears $750 million options payday ahead of results

Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk is on the cusp of a roughly $750 million payday as the electric carmaker's stock recovers from a slump caused by the coronavirus, which led the company to close its factories and furlough workers.



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UK corporate profitability hit 10-year low in late 2019

British companies' profitability dropped to its lowest in more than a decade in the final three months of 2019, when concerns about Brexit and political uncertainty - rather than the coronavirus - were to the fore, official data showed on Tuesday.



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Oil moves mixed on easing lockdowns, looming storage shortage

Oil prices were mixed on Tuesday as optimism about the easing of coronavirus-related restrictions reassured markets, although traders remained cautious with storage capacities filling up fast and supply cuts not deep enough to counter falling demand.



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Futures jump with focus on earnings, easing lockdowns

U.S. stock index futures climbed higher on Tuesday ahead of the next round of quarterly earnings reports, with investors also keenly looking at the safety of reopening economies hit hard by the coronavirus-induced shutdowns.



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PepsiCo beats revenue estimates but scraps forecast over virus crisis

PepsiCo Inc beat first quarter revenue estimates, but ditched its full-year forecast on Tuesday, citing uncertainty around the globe due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.



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March global sales slump spells trouble ahead for Japan's carmakers

Global vehicle sales by Japanese automakers dropped by 34% in March when the coronavirus outbreak spread worldwide, and are set to fall further in the months ahead as the crisis continues.



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Lufthansa still considering protection from creditors: company source

The idea of German flagship carrier Lufthansa using a type of protection from creditors is not yet off the table, a source at the airline said on Tuesday.



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Berlin government, Lufthansa pursue rescue deal: sources

Lufthansa and the Berlin government are pursuing a 9 billion euro ($9.76 billion) rescue package for the airline, company and government sources said on Tuesday, but gave no timing for an agreement after a report overnight said the deal was complete.



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Southwest posts first quarterly loss in nine years and warns of more coronavirus clouds

Southwest Airlines Co posted on Tuesday a $94 million net loss in the first quarter, its first quarterly loss in nine years, due to the coronavirus pandemic and said it sees no major improvement in air travel in the second quarter.



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