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Business owners in limbo as rent subsidy program ends
The federal government’s rent subsidy program, meant to help small businesses through the pandemic, has expired leaving businesses and their landlords in limbo while they wait for a promised replacement program.
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Color of Change Study Finds Most Black Voters Support Eliminating Student Loan Debt
We were joined by Arisha Hatch, Vice President at Color of Change to speak about the nonprofit's new survey. The Color of Change survey reveals that most black voters support eliminating student loan debt and if no action is taken, 40%...
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NJ Sen. Bob Menendez Says SCOTUS Vote Should Wait
After ripping President Trump on the Senate floor regarding alleged $750 tax bills in 2016 and 2017, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) said the American people are absolutely concerned about the president's finances. Menendez also discussed his...
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Mexico economy: Gov't rules out stimulus as businesses suffer
Global economies are suffering, but the COVID-19 fallout is hurting Mexico particularly hard.
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Chile's economic illusion: Coronavirus exposes inequalities
How the pandemic is exposing the fault lines in Chile's economic system.
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Senegalese worried over Chinese companies' fishing licences
Move draws criticism from citizens of indebted African country who say their waters are already overfished.
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Why we want to be PM
Conservative leadership candidates Derek Sloan and Leslyn Lewis explain why they want to become prime minister of Canada.
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Sloan and Lewis on why they want to be PM
Conservative leadership candidates Derek Sloan and Leslyn Lewis explain why they want to become prime minister of Canada.
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Futures Get A Boost After Pfizer Says Covid Vaccine Could be Ready For Emergency Use by Late November
U.S. futures got a boost this morning to end the week. Stocks were pointing to a higher open on positive coronavirus vaccine news, with Pfizer saying it could be ready to apply for emergency use authorization by late November. Kevin...
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EU coronavirus recovery package is massive shift for bloc that will work 'wonders'
Brussels says the way through the economic crisis from the coronavirus pandemic is a 750 billion euro fund they're calling Next Generation EU. They are pinning their plan on dividing it into 500 billion to be distributed in grants and...
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More than 90 countries request IMF bailout
International Monetary Fund has collected trillions from donors as COVID-19 fuels global economic crisis.
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How the pandemic could shape Canada's future economy
One of the U.S.'s big three credit agencies, Fitch Ratings, has downgraded Canada's credit rating to AA+ from AAA, citing the federal government's move to borrow about a quarter of a trillion dollars to prop the economy up during the...
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Lebanon government approves financial rescue plan
PM Diab says Lebanon will also try to secure $11bn in funding previously pledged by donor countries.
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Lebanon signs request for IMF assistance
It is one of the main parts of a sweeping economic plan the government says will help save Lebanon from bankruptcy, but that was not enough to satisfy angry protesters.
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How do I bring up rent issues with my landlord without risking eviction?
Financial experts answer your questions about coping during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Canada's economy to be particularly hard hit by COVID-19, says expert
Canada faces several economic disadvantages as it emerges from the pandemic but having the U.S. as its major trading partner could help, says Peter Hall, the chief economist for Export Development Canada.
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Lebanon Central Bank governor defends role in economic crisis
Statement comes as protests against Lebanon's deepening financial problems turn violent for a second night.
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EU leaders look to Commission to come up with pandemic recovery plan
It's the start of a plan forming to find funding, but EU leaders have called on the EU Commission to come up with a plan. “We are not talking about billion(s), we’re talking about (a) trillion," EU Commission President Ursula von der...
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UN: Latin America, Caribbean face worst-ever recession
Virus movement restrictions and oil-price crash to push region into worst recession in history, according to UN body.
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Financial giants baulk at Argentina's debt relief proposal
International creditor group including BlackRock says it will not support the government's debt restructure plan.
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EU summit: coronavirus rescue plans test Union's solidarity
As the immediate health crisis eases, and countries tentatively begin to unlock, how to restart Europe’s economy, get people back to work and businesses to reopen is the unenviable task facing the EU. It has led to divisive debates among...
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Macy's Hires Lazard to Recuperate Some Finances
Macy's has hired the investment bank Lazard to support its finances after the retailer lost most of its revenue due the coronavirus pandemic. The company has also hired debt restructuring lawyers.
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Canadians taking mortgage deferrals charged interest on interest
Canadian banks, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, are offering customers the option to defer mortgage payments. But some say the banks are profiting from the crisis by piling interest on the deferred interest.
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North-south divide stalls EU decision on coronavirus financial package
Marathon talks over a financial package to deal with an expected economic downturn from the coronavirus lockdowns are being extended. Deep, longstanding divisions between northern and southern countries haven’t been changed by the...