• PNC to buy Spanish bank BBVA’s US business for $11.6 billion

    PNC to buy Spanish bank BBVA’s US business for $11.6 billion

    American bank PNC has reached a deal to buy Spanish finance giant BBVA’s US business for $11.6 billion, the companies announced Monday. The cash acquisition will expand Pittsburgh-based
  • China Supplied Faulty Coronavirus Test Kits to Spain, Czech Republic

    China Supplied Faulty Coronavirus Test Kits to Spain, Czech Republic

    The majority of rapid test coronavirus test kits supplied by China to Spain and the Czech Republic are faulty, local news outlets reported. Up to 80 percent of the 150,000 portable, quick coronavirus test kits China delivered to the Czech Republic earlier this month were faulty, according to local Czech news site Expats.cz. The tests can produce …
  • Amazon workers at 6 US warehouses test positive for Chinese virus

    Amazon workers at 6 US warehouses test positive for Chinese virus

    SEATTLE – The U.S. coronavirus outbreak has spread to at least six Amazon warehouses, infecting workers racing to deliver massive volumes of packages for consumers leery of leaving their homes to shop. In the past few days, Amazon workers tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel virus, in New York City; Shepherdsville, …
  • Coronavirus Deaths Worldwide Exceed Those Inside China

    Coronavirus Deaths Worldwide Exceed Those Inside China

    Deaths from the Wuhan coronavirus outside of China exceeded those inside for the first time on Sunday. As of Sunday, about 3,300 deaths from the illness were recorded outside China, while China itself has reported about 3,200 deaths, according to figures compiled by Johns Hopkins University and first reported by the Wall Street Journal. Also, …