Boeing scours idle 737 MAX plant for industrial snags
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Insiders note an “eerie” calm at Boeing Co’s (BA.N) 737 MAX factory, formerly a bustling hub that has helped fuel the aviation industry’s record growth over the…
European shares suffer worst day since 2016 as virus spreads
LONDON (Reuters) – Europe’s share markets suffered their biggest slump since mid- 2016 on Monday, as a jump in coronavirus cases in Italy, South Korea, Japan and Iran sent investors…
Hundreds of Americans flown home from cruise ship, 14 with coronavirus
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif./GENEVA (Reuters) – More than 300 American cruise liner passengers, including 14 who tested positive for coronavirus, were flown home to military bases in the United…
Chinese support measures buoy world stocks
LONDON (Reuters) – Global shares were buoyant on Monday as the promise of further policy stimulus from China to counteract the economic hit from a coronavirus outbreak calmed nervous investors.…
French government to ensure Alstom-Bombardier deal creates value: minister
PARIS (Reuters) – The French government will make sure the acquisition of Bombardier’s train business by Alstom creates value for the European rail industry and the staff of both companies,…
Euro zone ministers discuss fiscal boost options as virus worries weigh
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Euro zone finance ministers discussed ways to pursue a more growth-friendly fiscal policy mix on Monday, in a potential nudge to Germany and the Netherlands to spend…
Timeline: Bombardier’s journey from Ski-Doo maker to business jet maker
(Reuters) – Alstom SA on Monday agreed to buy Bombardier Inc’s train business for up to 6.2 billion euros ($6.7 billion), days after Airbus SE agreed to buy out Bombardier’s…
Alstom to buy Bombardier rail unit for up to $6.7 billion
PARIS/MONTREAL (Reuters) – France’s Alstom said on Monday it had agreed to buy the train division of Canada’s Bombardier for up to 6.2 billion euros ($6.7 billion), in the latest…
In French Alpine village, families line up for coronavirus tests
LES CONTAMINES-MONTJOIE, France (Reuters) – Residents, a few wearing facemasks, lined up in a French Alpine village on Sunday to get tested for the new coronavirus as authorities sought to…
Briton in French Alps may have spread coronavirus to others across Europe
LONDON/MADRID (Reuters) – A British man who contracted the new coronavirus while attending a conference in Singapore may have infected seven other people when he stopped off at a chalet…