WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand said on Tuesday that retail banks will offer a six-month principal and interest payment holiday for mortgage holders and small business customers whose incomes have been affected by the economic disruption from COVID-19. The government and the banks will also implement a NZ$6.25 billion ($3.62 billion) business finance guarantee scheme […]
By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. coronavirus stimulus bill would add $14 billion to the Agriculture Department’s Commodity Credit Corp spending authority, and authorize another $9.5 billion for U.S. farmers hurt by the fast-spreading pandemic, according to a copy of the bill’s text. The $2 trillion bipartisan legislation, set for a Senate vote […]
A brave mum-of-two managed to escape her abusive partner after staff at a neonatal clinic made up secret codes to get her help. Holly Jepson was cut off from her family, friends and the 'outside world' in the sparse flat on the eighth floor of a tower block that she shared with her 'egotistical, narcissistic […]
