Instacart’s aggressive hiring spree is continuing due to COVID-19 shelter in place orders. Today, the company announced it is adding 250,000 more shoppers to meet consumer demand, and to help the com
U.S. equities ended sharply lower on Tuesday as Monday's steep sell-off in oil futures rattled investors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 631.56 points, or 2.67 percent, to 23,018.88. The
The government of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Monday refuted Fitch's downgrade of Hong Kong's credit rating from "AA" to "AA-" with a stable outlook. The HKSAR gov
India's Central Bank has extended its curtailed timing for trading of call money, foreign exchange, bonds to April 30 following the extension of the nationwide lockdown
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and some other major oil producing countries on Thursday reached a tentative agreement to cut production to stop a market free-fall amid
Riga International Airport announced a massive layoff of staff on Tuesday, as all its operations have been at a virtual standstill because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The airport said in a statement t
A spokesperson of the Commissioner's Office of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Tuesday slammed some U.S. politicians for their arbitrary interfe
02:07 An unprecedented number of people are cooped up in their homes. Many are turning to video conferencing platforms to learn, work, and play. No platform is gaining more attention t
The Walt Disney Co. announced Friday that its theme park resorts in Florida and California will remain closed indefinitely "until further notice" amid the COVID-19 pandemic. "While there is still
03:22 A Spanish emergency doctor shares her working experience amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of her colleagues are in isolation as they have come in contact with confirmed COVID-19
The British government launched Monday two new schemes with more than 330 billion pounds (384.4 billion U.S. dollars) of loans and guarantees to help firms keep operating amid the novel coronaviru
The U.S. Federal Reserve on Monday mounted an extraordinary new array of programs to offset the "severe disruptions" to the economy caused by the coronavirus outbreak,
Scopely, the mobile gaming publisher behind titles including Marvel Strike Force, Scrabble Go, Yahtzee with Buddies, and Star Trek Fleet Command, has added another $200 million to its hoard of cash fo
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday ordered strict restrictions on people's movements to slow the spread of the coronavirus, and said the army would be drafted in to help move the sick to hosp
The London Marathon is the latest in a string of sporting events to be affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. /PHOTO Courtesy: London Marathon- Twitter The 2020 London Marathon has been postponed
TEHRAN, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday said that people should minimize all their trips to help government to contain the COVID-19 epidemic, official IRNA news
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a national inquiry into the "Black Summer" bushfires. The Royal Commission into the bushfires which claimed at least 33 lives and destroyed tho