Fast food giant McDonald’s is back in the hot seat as the firm faces claims of racial discrimination. Dozens of former franchisees say the company set them up for failure by steering them toward inner-city neighborhoods, where sales are typically lower. Meanwhile, concerns abound in the European Union as inflation has gone negative for the first time in years amid the Covid-19 outbreak. While Germany looks at a V-shaped recovery, Greece and Turkey have opened a new front for concern as tensions are high in the Mediterranean over oil exploration.
