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Boeing Co was sued for $336 million on Wednesday by a Kuwaiti leasing company that accused it of wrongly refusing to return advance payments on a now-canceled order for 40 of its troubled 737 MAX planes.

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The U.S. is probing whether traders with inside information on Russia's discussions with other oil producing countries profited from illegal wagers on crude price swings, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people close to the matter.

The United States Oil Fund LP, the largest oil-focused exchange-traded product (ETP) in the country, is moving to spread out its investments in oil futures in response to extreme market turbulence, it said in a filing https://bit.ly/2XWrj3L%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B on Wednesday.

Whitty warns against lifting lockdown as health secretary vows to ‘reopen NHS’ and ramp up testing

European Union leaders will move on Thursday towards joint financing of a recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic by asking the European Commission to propose a fund sufficiently big for the job that targets the most affected sectors and regions.

The Republican leader of the U.S. Senate said on Wednesday that Congress may decide to provide additional assistance to state and local government as part of another coronavirus relief bill, but that any aid needs to focus on the pandemic.

Furniture retailer La-Z-Boy Inc said on Wednesday it would partially resume production at several U.S.-based plants next week after temporarily shutting them down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday opened the door to allowing U.S. states to file for bankruptcy to deal with economic losses stemming from the coronavirus outbreak that are punching big holes in their budgets.

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The Czech parliament's lower house approved on Wednesday a bill to provide state guarantees on commercial bank loans to small and mid-sized companies hit by the coronavirus outbreak amid criticism it is giving too little support too slowly to cash-bleeding businesses.

The U.S. House of Representatives expects to pass a nearly $500 billion coronavirus relief bill on Thursday but will put off any decision on changing its voting rules during the pandemic, avoiding a potential partisan fight.