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Sharp increase in death toll from pandemic over 24 hours

When the world feels like it is ending, it can be comforting to look to history and see that such global convulsions have happened before and the earth kept on turning.

TC Energy Corp on Tuesday said it would start construction on the $8 billion Keystone XL pipeline after securing financial backing for the project from the Alberta government, pushing the long-delayed pipeline closer to fruition.

Greece's National Bank (NBG) reported sharply lower net profit in the fourth quarter compared to July-to-September on the back of weaker trading and net interest income and higher provisions for impaired loans.

Canada's small financial institutions are waging a war for deposits, offering customers higher interest rates as they try to shore up funding, despite a drop in official interest rates to a decade-low. While Canada's biggest banks have a variety of funding sources including wholesale markets, smaller players are more dependant on...

Bank of Montreal doesn't believe divesting from the fossil fuel industry is a productive solution to climate concerns and collapsing energy prices, and is working with oil and gas clients on a case-by-case basis, its chief executive said on Tuesday.

JPMorgan Chase & Co told employees on Tuesday it is changing its customer complaint system and how staff choose which customers are eligible for certain banking products after the New York Times reported allegations of racial discrimination against black customers at the bank last year.

European Union states are giving guarantees to credit insurers in a bid to keep coronavirus-hit companies afloat, as some firms cut cover for trade involving bloc members such as Italy and Spain, sources said.

Surge in supermarket sales and shutdown of hospitality sector disrupts finely-tuned system

HMRC urges health sector workers to beware of scams