(Reuters) – Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) will close some smaller businesses and is positioning itself conservatively as it rides out the coronavirus pandemic, Berkshire Vice Chairman Charlie Munger said in an article published on Friday. “We’re like the…
Oil falls as Chinese economy outweighs Trump plan to ease lockdown
LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Friday, giving up early gains as China’s worst economic contraction on record outweighed news of U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans to get the American economy moving again. Brent was down by 10 cents,…
Wall Street rises as Amazon and Netflix hit record highs
(Reuters) – U.S. stocks rose on Thursday as Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) and Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) surged to record highs, although trading was choppy as investors worried about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on first-quarter earnings. Amazon.com rose 4.4% and…
Facebook to notify users who have engaged with harmful COVID-19 posts
SINGAPORE/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Thursday it would start notifying users who had engaged with false posts about COVID-19 which could cause physical harm, such as drinking bleach to cure the virus, and connect them to accurate…
Coronavirus: Which towns and cities are most at risk from job cuts?
Crawley has been named in a study as the place most at risk of big job losses as a result of the coronavirus crisis. More than half of jobs in the West Sussex town near Gatwick Airport are now likely…