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April 9, 2020As we approach the holiday weekend, I wanted to write on behalf of the Board to thank all our stakeholders who are supporting our Company in challenging times.
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April 28, 2020American Airlines is updating and enhancing its cleaning procedures on board and will begin offering personal protective equipment to customers as it continues to prioritize customer and team member well-being in its response to coronavirus...
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April 8, 2020Anglo American is providing an update on how it is supporting its employees, host communities and countries of operation in its global response to the fast-evolving COVID-19 pandemic.
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April 11, 2020As the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic continues its global onslaught, the health and safety of our employees, communities and contractors are our utmost priority. We want to share with you the steps the Barrick Hemlo mine is taking to address...
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April 18, 2020As part of BASF’s “Helping Hands” campaign in the fight against the corona pandemic, BASF is donating 100 million protective masks to the Federal Republic of Germany. The company is also donating 1 million masks to the State of...
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March 25, 2020The voluntary special audit at Bayer AG has been completed following the presentation of the review report by Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Böcking of the Goethe University, Frankfurt, and has yielded a positive outcome for the company. The purpose of...
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April 9, 2020In these difficult times, sitting down for nice roast dinner this Easter is a real comfort but we'd like to ask our eight million customers to be kind to the 94,000km of sewer pipes that take away the Midlands’ waste.
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April 15, 2020BRP Inc. (TSX:DOO; NASDAQ:DOOO) has announced a series of additional measures in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. After slowing down and temporarily suspending manufacturing at all our powersports and marine operations sites around the world, we...
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April 13, 2020The preliminary investment volumes for the CEE region for Q1 2020 have reached ca. €3.7 billion, despite the onset of Covid-19 in CEE at the beginning of March. This volume was significantly boosted by the ca. €1.3 billion acquisition of the...
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March 27, 2020Cigna is making it easier for hospitals to transfer patients to long term acute care hospitals (LTACHs) and other subacute facilities to help manage the demands of increasingly high volumes of COVID-19 patients.
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April 14, 2020Colliers International’ latest report “COVID-19 European Real Estate Markets Government Response” presents information on how the national governments across EMEA are supporting businesses with specific reference to commercial and residential...
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April 22, 2020The COVID-19 crisis is having a devastating effect on all social and economic sectors. In a series of briefs, the ILO analyses how the pandemic is affecting the functioning of these sectors and how they are responding to alleviate its effects.
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April 13, 2020easyJet cabin crew volunteers will be supporting the NHS ExCeL field hospital to provide vital help as part of the country’s nationwide effort to support frontline clinical staff faced with battling the coronavirus pandemic currently impacting...
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April 24, 2020Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, announced today that its Emergency Care and Resuscitation (ECR) business is resuming manufacturing and shipping of external defibrillators for the US, following...
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March 22, 2020Airbus SE (stock exchange symbol: AIR) announces that it expects production and assembly work to partially resume in France and Spain on Monday, 23 March following health and safety checks after the implementation of stringent measures. In...
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March 28, 2020On Saturday, the Minister-President of Lower Saxony, Stephan Weil, and the HR Board Member of Volkswagen, Gunnar Kilian, took delivery of a first consignment of face masks from China in Brunswick. The Volkswagen Group is organizing medical...
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April 11, 2020George Weston Limited ("George Weston" or the "Company") (TSX: WN) provided an update relating to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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April 21, 2020Today an international alliance of UN, governmental, and nongovernmental agencies working to address the root causes of extreme hunger have released a new edition of their annual Global Report on Food Crises.
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April 2, 2020New operations at existing Honeywell Aerospace site will enable Honeywell to produce a total of more than 20 million masks per month to fight COVID-19 in the U.S.
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May 3, 2020The latest ILO data on the labour market impact of the COVID-19 pandemic reveals the devastating effect on workers in the informal economy and on hundreds of millions of enterprises worldwide.
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April 23, 2020The current situation in the world is unprecedented. Nearly every person on the planet is impacted in some way by the coronavirus and we are working together to combat it – individuals, businesses, governments and nonprofits. As someone who...
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April 7, 2020Intertek’s first priority is always the health, safety and security of our people and delivering outstanding service levels to our highly-valued customers.
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March 31, 2020KeyBank today is detailing several steps it has taken to help support its clients facing economic hardship due to the spread of COVID-19. In addition to financial programs already in place, KeyBank announced it will defer payment for at least 90...
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April 1, 2020National Bank launched an online form enabling its clients to request a deferral on their personal loan payments. Clients who are currently experiencing financial difficulties due to COVID-19 will be able to postpone their principal and interest...
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March 30, 2020Leidos UK announced its continued support of The Open University’s Disabled Veterans’ Scholarships Fund. The Scholarship Fund gives disabled veterans across the United Kingdom the opportunity to access life-changing education free of charge....
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April 17, 2020The rapidly spreading Coronavirus pandemic and the travel restrictions imposed worldwide as a result have triggered the return of an unprecedented number of holidaymakers and travellers since mid-March. After just over a month, the repatriation...
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April 2, 2020First of all, we would like to wish all those who have been affected by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) a speedy recovery, and express our deepest condolences to those who have lost loved ones. We are also very grateful for your efforts to...
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April 20, 2020Today, P&G Canada and its brands announce donations totaling over $2.5 million in hygiene products, hand sanitizers, face masks and financial support to healthcare workers and Canadians impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.
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April 14, 2020Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today provided an update on its plans to double the production of its hospital ventilators by May 2020 and achieve a four-fold increase by the third quarter of 2020. This...
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April 22, 2020As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, market expectations for Daimler’s first quarter 2020 appear to show a large degree of variation. Against this background Daimler announces the following:
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