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U.S. health insurer Humana Inc
reported a 17.6% rise in first-quarter revenue on Wednesday as
it benefited from strong demand for its government-backed
Medicare plans.
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An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 has
struck 48 kilometres (km) south east of Baracoa region in Cuba,
the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.
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U.S. health insurer Anthem Inc
beat quarterly estimates for revenue on Wednesday, helped by the
recent launch of its pharmacy benefits unit and higher premiums.
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Rattled by the shock closure of
some high-profile domestic funds investing in high-yielding
debt, Indian investors are quickly moving their cash into the
safety of bank deposits.
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Britain's markets watchdog has
extended the deadline for ending the use of the Libor interest
rate benchmark in new loans until the end of March next year due
to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Slovakia's central bank
stepped up calls on Wednesday for the government to change or
cancel a bank tax after the country's lenders saw profits fall
by half in the first quarter as the coronavirus outbreak
accelerated.
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General Electric Co reported a
7.6% drop in first-quarter revenue, hurt by weakness in its
aviation and power units due to the coronavirus pandemic, and
fell short of its own free cash flow targets for the quarter.
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Indonesia will subsidise
interest payments for more than 53 million small companies as
part of stimulus efforts to help Southeast Asia's largest
economy weather the impact of the coronavirus, its finance
minister said on Wednesday.
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Southeast Asian stock markets closed
higher on Wednesday, with the Philippines leading gains, as
easing coronavirus restrictions in parts of the world fed hopes
of a recovery in global economic activity.
Oil prices gained as U.S. stockpiles rose less than expected
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Lebanese central bank governor
Riad Salameh defended his record on Wednesday, rejecting
criticism from the prime minister that he was to blame for a
financial crisis and assuring savers there was no need for a
haircut on deposits.