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Coronavirus: Insurance Companies Pause Dividend Payments

Insurers have followed regulatory advice to scrap dividends during the coronavirus crisis Read more

First It Was Toilet Paper. Then Pasta. Now Broadcom Suspects Hoarders Are Behind Its Surprisingly Good-looking Q2 Sales

But warns things probably aren’t great long term, which HPE has just done too Broadcom has told investors that its se... Read more

Who's Essential Right Now? Medicos, Of Course. Food Producers, Natch. And In Singapore Social Media Workers Have Made The List

The spicy memes must flow even under new ‘circuit breaker’ corona-crackdown Singapore has explicitly singled out so... Read more

Coronavirus: Three Perspectives On Furloughing

Three people react to the furloughing scheme put in place in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Read more

Coronavirus: Whats Life Like When You're On Furlough?

With growing numbers of people being furloughed, how is this affecting them and their employers? Read more

Microsoft To Find Virtual Ways Of 'absorbing Interns' Energy' As Students Told To Stay Home – And Events Off Until Next Year

Meanwhile, the Xbox gang spreads cloudy joystick joy to more countries Roundup  Amid mutterings from the peanut galler... Read more

Samsung's Q1 Forecast Defies Coronavirus Downward Trends But It's Unlikely To Continue

Don't get comfortable, Sammy Samsung has published its earnings guidance for Q1 2020, and it's looking fairly sunny for... Read more

Coronavirus: Six Industries Crying Out For Help

With the UK economy in crisis, many sectors are still demanding further help from the government. Read more

Capita Inks Deal With NHS To 'bring Back Staff': Workers Get An Hour Of Training To Recruit And Vet Retired Doctors, Nurses

Asked to verify the identity of medics using video chat apps Zoom and Facetime Exclusive  The Register can reveal Capi... Read more

'Anything' Related To Remote Working Is A Winner For Euro Disties, But Classic Enterprise Hardware? That's Another Story

Official stats reach Vulture Towers Tech distributors' sales jumped 9.5 per cent to €5.9bn in Western Europe for the ... Read more

Drones In Africa: How They Could Become Lifesavers

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame says drones will become important for his nation, but can they really deliver? Read more

The Shop Where You Can Still Buy Huge Bags Of Pasta

Wholesalers are opening their doors to members of the public keen to buy supplies in bulk. Read more

'We All Have Resilience... You've Got To Make It Grow'

Professional explorer Mike Horn reflects upon his daredevil career so far. Read more

Coronavirus: Flower Grower Donates Blooms To Key Workers

Horticulturalist Ben Cross is working with supermarkets to donate flowers to NHS workers. Read more

Madam CJ Walker: 'An Inspiration To Us All'

How an African-American orphan and single mother founded a business empire - 114 years ago. Read more