By Gabriel Stargardter and Drazen Jorgic RIO DE JANEIRO/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Countries around the world have spent billions of dollars bailing out businesses affected by the coronavirus outbreak. Peru’s coca farmers, who grow the bushy plant used to make cocaine, say they want help, too. Prices for coca leaves sold to drug gangs have […]
By Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. banks are pushing the Federal Reserve to change the terms of a $600 billion lending program for small and medium-sized businesses, including reducing minimum loan sizes and allowing more flexibility on underlying reference rates, industry groups said. Over the past few days, Washington-based bank groups have given the […]
A study involving researchers from around the world, including London, Ont., suggests that testing patients for COVID-19 before major elective surgery in regions experiencing a high spread of the virus can reduce the risk of respiratory complications and save lives. The researchers say testing allows surgeons to identify people with COVID-19 who are asymptomatic and […]
