U.S. package delivery company FedEx Corp suspended its 2020 profit outlook on Tuesday, citing the "significant impact" of the coronavirus, and said it would cut costs due to the uncertainty wrought by the pandemic.
H&M is temporarily closing all its 460 stores in Germany, its number one market for sales, and all 590 in its second largest market the United States, due to the coronavirus outbreak.
British supermarket group Sainsbury's is to restrict customer purchases to combat panic buying, close its in-store cafes and counters and beef-up online services to get it through the coronavirus crisis, it said on Wednesday.
Credit Suisse sharply lowered its forecast for Mexico's economic performance this year and now expects a 4.0% contraction, citing "significant downside risks," according to a note sent to the bank's clients on Tuesday.
German sportswear maker Adidas on Tuesday joined rivals in announcing store closures in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Delta Air Lines has received over 4,500 requests from flight attendants for voluntary unpaid leave in April, according to a March 14 paper seen by Reuters.
U.S. airlines are seeking to quickly reduce their workforces through early retirement packages or unpaid leave of up to 12 months with medical benefits in an effort to cut costs as the rapid spread of the coronavirus keeps people from flying.
Tesla Inc cannot continue to operate its main U.S. vehicle factory normally as the San Francisco Bay Area has begun a three-week lockdown to rein in the spread of coronavirus, a spokesman for the county sheriff's office said on Tuesday.
Shares in Japan's Fujifilm Holdings Corp were untraded at their daily limit high amid a glut of buy orders on Wednesday after a Chinese official said the company's Avigan anti-flu drug appeared to help coronavirus patients recover.
A U.S. banking regulator proposed a set of standards Tuesday for how it would consider special charters to allow non-banks to accept deposits and engage in other limited banking activities.
U.S. stock futures stepped back in choppy early Asian trade on Wednesday as concerns about the widening coronavirus epidemic weighed against hopes policy support would combat its economic fallout.
Exxon Mobil Corp paid a big premium to raise $8.5 billion in new debt on Tuesday, as a rout in energy prices and stock market jitters fueled by the coronavirus outbreak eroded investor confidence in the largest U.S. oil producer.
SoftBank Group Corp is considering pulling out of a $3 billion bid to buy additional shares in WeWork, because it feels the office-space sharing firm has not met the conditions for the deal, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
Credit Suisse sharply lowered its forecast for Mexico's economic performance this year and now expects a 4.0% contraction, according to a note sent to the bank's clients on Tuesday, adding to a series of downgrades since the coronavirus spread.
Australia on Wednesday joined a growing list of countries offering financial aid to its ailing aviation sector as global airlines announced deeper capacity cuts due to plummeting demand and stricter border controls associated with the coronavirus.