AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – NIBC <NIBC.AS> has agreed to a proposed takeover by Blackstone <BX.N>, the Dutch bank said on Monday, despite the U.S. private equity firm lowering its bid in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The bid...
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Life after Zoom: corporate travel agents plot safe return to business trips
By Jamie Freed SYDNEY (Reuters) – Corporate travel agents are using the coronavirus-induced lull in bookings to work with companies on how to get their staff out of Zoom videoconferences and safely back in the air. They are...
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Pause, reflect: Five questions for the ECB
By Dhara Ranasinghe and Ritvik Carvalho LONDON (Reuters) – For the first time in months, the European Central Bank has reason to break from crisis-fighting mode — economic activity is picking up after the COVID-19 hit, markets...
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‘Let’s get going’: UK tells businesses to prepare for Brexit crunch
By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is urging businesses and individuals to prepare for the Dec. 31 end of the Brexit transition period with an information campaign titled: “The UK’s new start: let’s get...
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Oil slips as traders eye supply cut easing at OPEC meeting
By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil slipped in early Asian trade on Monday as traders eyed an OPEC technical meeting this week which is expected to recommend an easing in supply cuts that have been propping up crude prices....
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Coronavirus bringing record $1 trillion of new global corporate debt in 2020: report
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Companies around the world will take on as much as $1 trillion of new debt in 2020, as they try to shore up their finances against the coronavirus, a new study of 900 top firms has estimated. The...
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