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Global Shippers May Lose About $20 Billion If Container Rates Fall
Apr.27 -- Tim Huxley, chairman of Mandarin Shipping Ltd., Hong Kong’s leading provider of container feeder tonnage, discusses how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting the industry. He speaks with Shery Ahn and Haidi Stroud-Watts on...
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State Street Global CIO on Virus Outbreak, Global Growth, Markets
Feb.03 -- Richard Lacaille, chief investment officer at State Street Global Advisors, talks about the outlook for the global economy, markets, and the coronavirus outbreak. He speaks with Paul Allen and Taylor Riggs on "Bloomberg Markets."
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Compass Group Asia-Pacific MD on Catering Demand Amid Virus Outbreak
Apr.19 -- Mark Van Dyck, managing director for Asia-Pacific at the U.K.-based catering company Compass Group Plc, discusses how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting demand for its services. He speaks with Haidi-Stoud Watts and Shery Ahn...
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Coronavirus Vaccine Unlikely to Become Available This Year, Professor Says
Mar.03 -- Caitlin Rivers, professor of epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, discusses how the U.S. is dealing with the coronavirus outbreak. She speaks with Paul Allen and Emily Chang on "Bloomberg Markets."
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China Coronavirus Cases Top 20,000
Feb.03 -- China says confirmed coronavirus cases have topped 20,000 and the death toll has risen above 425. Beijing is also preparing more steps to contain the economic and human damage. Bloomberg’s Selina Wang reports on “Bloomberg...
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Das: RBI to Reduce Benchmark Repo Rate by 75 Basis Points
Mar.27 -- Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das discusses the central bank’s decision to cut interest rates and to boost liquidity to combat the fallout from the spread of coronavirus. Das speaks after an emergency meeting of...
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BlackRock’s Fink Sees Economy Forever Changed
Mar.31 -- BlackRock CEO Larry Fink thinks that as dramatic as the coronavirus has been, the economy will recover steadily, in part, because he says the situation lacks some of the obstacles to recovery of a typical crisis. Bloomberg’s...
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China Pledges Stronger Monetary Policies to Support Economy
May.10 -- China's central bank said the country faces unprecedented economic challenges from the coronavirus pandemic and it will resort to "more powerful" policies to counter the hit to growth. Tom Mackenzie reports on "Bloomberg...
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New York City Curfew Has Ended, Mayor de Blasio Says
Jun.07 -- New York Mayor Bill de Blasio talks about the protests in the city and his decision to end the curfew. He speaks at his daily press briefing. (Excerpts)
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WHO: Covid-19 Increase in Latin America 'Deep Concern'
Jun.10 -- Mike Ryan, head of the World Health Organization’s emergencies program, says the persistent increase in Covid-19 cases in Latin America is of "deep concern." He spoke Wednesday at the agency's briefing in Geneva. (Excerpt)
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Hilton: Industry Won't Return to Pre-Covid Levels Anytime Soon
Jun.12 -- Alan Watts, Asia Pacific president at Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., discusses how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting the hotel operator's businesses in the region. He speaks with Haslinda Amin and Yvnne Man on "Bloomberg...
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U.K. Jobless Claims Start Amid Virus Outbreak
Apr.21 -- Rain Newton-Smith, chief economist at the Confederation of British Industry, looks at how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting the country's economy and the government's efforts to support growth. U.K. jobless claims increased...
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California Sees $54 billion Budget Deficit Amid Shutdowns
May.07 -- California Governor Gavin Newsom says "more federal support" is needed as the state is projecting a $54 billion budget deficit through June 2021 amid surging unemployment caused by the pandemic-related shutdowns. He speaks at...
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Siemens Scraps 2020 Guidance Amid Virus Outbreak
May.08 -- Siemens AG abandoned its full-year sales and earnings forecasts after Europe’s largest engineering company saw profit sink at all divisions amid an industrial slump caused by the coronavirus. Oliver Sachgau reports on...
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ADB: Policymakers Should Cooperate to Contain Virus Within 3 Months
May.15 -- James Villafuerte, senior economist at the Asian Development Bank, looks at how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting economies and policies. The cost of the pandemic could reach as much as $8.8 trillion, or almost 10% of...
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AstraZeneca Rises on Report Positive Vaccine Results Coming
Jul.15 -- AstraZeneca Plc rose after a report that a medical journal will release positive news on the coronavirus vaccine the company is developing with the University of Oxford researchers. Bloomberg’s Jodi Schneider reports on...
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U.S. Raises South Korea Travel Curbs
Mar.01 -- South Korea has responded to the expanded U.S. travel curbs due to the coronavirus outbreak, urging Washington to refrain from excessive measures, as the nation’s death toll climbs to 18 and cases top 3,700. Bloomberg’s Jihye...
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Skanska CEO: Not Concerned by Order Backlog
Jul.23 -- Anders Danielsson, chief executive officer at Skanska AB, discusses how the coronavirus impacted second-quarter earnings, demand in the second half of the year and the company’s Chinese investment. He speaks on “Bloomberg...
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New York, New Jersey Deaths Double in 3 Days
Apr.02 -- Coronavirus deaths in the U.S. continue to climb sharply in New York and New Jersey with governors releasing data showing a doubling of fatalities in the past three days. New York’s death toll reached almost 2,000 while New...
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Japan Is Set to Lift State of Emergency for Tokyo
May.25 -- The Japanese government is on the brink of lifting the state of emergency for Tokyo, its surrounding regions and the northern island of Hokkaido, allowing more parts of the economy to re-open as new coronavirus cases tail off....
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Herd Immunity for Covid-19 Is 'a Fantasy': Dr. Haseltine
Jun.15 -- William Haseltine, who designed the strategy to develop the first treatment for HIV/AIDS and is now chair and president of consulting group ACCESS Health International, talks about the coronavirus outbreak. He speaks with Haidi...
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Aldar CEO Sees Pent-Up Demand for Abu Dhabi Properties
Aug.13 -- Talal Al Dhiyebi, chief executive officer at Aldar Properties PJSC, discusses the demand he’s seeing heading into the end of the year, the impact of coronavirus on his business and where he’s seeing growth. He speaks...
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Singapore 2Q GDP to Be 'Deeply Contractionary': Oxford Economics
Jun.02 -- Sung-Eun Jung, economist at Oxford Economics, looks at how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting Singapore and Indonesia. Singapore on Tuesday enters the first of three phases to ease partial lockdown measures that have been in...
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Are Vaccines Essential to End the Coronavirus Outbreak?
Jul.27 -- Catherine Bennett, chair in epidemiology at Deakin University, looks at the coronavirus outbreak is Australia. The number of confirmed cases in the country stands at 14,935 and fatalities reached 161 as of 7:30am Sydney,...