Новости за 05.08.2020

Shenzhen Kangtai Biological Products will produce AstraZeneca Plc's potential COVID19 vaccine in mainland China, the British drugmaker said on Thursday, its first deal to supply one of the world's most populous countries.

The dramatic footage captured the moment when a massive explosion rocked the Lebanese capital on Tuesday, killing 135 people and injuring more than 5,000.

Following the reopening of the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul for worship, Athens' Muslims fear that their own official veneration place will be stifled again.

Deutsche Bank said on Thursday it had revised up its GDP forecasts for 2020, noting that recovery from the coronavirusinduced plunge in economic activity was progressing faster than it had earlier expected.

The Philippine economy fell into recession for the first time in 29 years with a record slump in the second quarter, as strict lockdown measures ravaged economic activity and prompted the government to sharply cut its GDP forecast for 2020.

Locked down, hot and desperate for a dip? If you live in Indianapolis and fancy putting a pool in your back yard there's a threeweek wait but that's just for an appointment to order one for next year.

Britain's construction industry grew at the fastest rate in almost five years in July as business picked up after COVIDrelated shutdowns, survey data showed on Thursday, mirroring a rapid rebound in manufacturing and parts of the services sector.

Deutsche Bank said on Thursday it had revised up its GDP forecasts for 2020, noting that recovery from the coronavirusinduced plunge in economic activity was progressing faster than it had earlier expected.

Glencore became the first major mining company to scrap its dividend this year, saying on Thursday that the economic outlook was too uncertain because of the coronavirus pandemic and it would instead focus on cutting its debt.

Glencore said on Thursday it was scrapping its dividend to focus on lowering debt as the COVID19 pandemic forced it to book a $3.2 billion impairment charge.

Online wine seller Naked Wines said on Thursday it expects total sales in July to rise 73% from a year earlier and that it has seen continued strong rates of new customer growth.

Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways said its core operating loss deepened to $758 million in the first half of the year as passenger traffic fell by nearly 60% due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Shares in Aviva jumped more than 7% on Thursday as new CEO Amanda Blanc said the British life, motor and home insurer would reduce its focus on Asia and Europe, a strategy change welcomed by analysts.

Orders for Germanmade goods rose sharply in June in the latest sign that Europe's largest economy is starting to shrug off the effects of months of lockdown, but volumes were still far below prepandemic levels, according to Statistics Office data.

Tobacco group Imperial Brands Plc said on Thursday Chief Finanical Officer Oliver Tant will retire from the company once a successor is found.

Even death failed to separate a couple from California who died of coronavirus just days apart from each other.

Thai banking executive Predee Daochai has been named the Southeast Asian country's new finance minister in a cabinet reshuffle, according to an announcement published in the official Royal Gazette.

Oil prices slipped just below fivemonth highs on Thursday, with support from a weak dollar and falling U.S. crude inventories undermined by bearish sentiment about fuel demand.

Vietnam's domestic coffee prices edged higher this week as parts of the coffeegrowing region remained under lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, traders said on Thursday.

Stocks slipped on Thursday as investors waited for signs of agreement on a U.S. stimulus package, while the U.S. dollar slumped to a twoyear low on fears that the recovery in the world's biggest economy was lagging others.

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Lufthansa does not expect air travel demand to return to precoronavirus crisis levels until at least 2024, as the German airline posted a 1.7 billion euro quarterly operating loss.

French insurer AXA said on Thursday the planned 1 billion euro ($1.2 billion) sale of its AXA Life Europe unit to Cinven had collapsed, and that it would make no fourthquarter shareholder payouts after net income fell 40% in the first half.

Approvals for a potential COVID19 vaccine later this year could threaten the recent surge in speculative investment in big U.S. technology companies and pull investors back towards more traditional growthlinked cyclical stocks, according to analysts at Goldman Sachs.

Israel's Government Companies Authority said it would recommend allowing Eli Rozenberg to buy control of cashstrapped El Al Israel Airlines.