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Air India Sale Likely to Happen, Former SpiceJet COO Says
Dec.17 -- Sanjiv Kapoor, an aviation veteran who’s held management positions at SpiceJet Ltd. and Vistara, the Indian affiliate of Singapore Airlines, discuses the prospects for India's aviation industry. He speaks with Haslinda Amin and...
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Omicron's Spread Pushed Global Cases Over 1 Million Again
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Professor and Virologist Andrew Pekosz discusses the omicron variant, the hospitalization rate for the variant and the infection rate of children. He speaks on "Bloomberg Surveillance." The...
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IMF Cuts China's 2022 Growth Forecast to 4.4% From 4.8%
Helge Berger, the International Monetary Fund's mission chief for China, discusses the outlook for the world's second-largest economy, fiscal and monetary policies. The IMF has cut its economic growth forecast for this year to 4.4% from...
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Covid Pandemic in India Has Not Peaked Yet, Doctor Says
Apr.30 -- Dr. Giridhara Babu, professor of Epidemiology at the Indian Institute of Public Health, discusses the Covid-19 situation in the country, which is now the main hotspot of the pandemic. The number of confirmed cases stands at...
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U.S. Monitoring China Covid Cases Impact on Supply Chain
The Biden administration is monitoring real-time data obtained from businesses operating in China to determine whether outbreaks of the omicron variant of coronavirus pose a risk to U.S. supply chains, according to an official. Yvonne...
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BlackRock Pursuing Partnerships in China: Buckingham
Jun.23 -- Geraldine Buckingham, head of Asia-Pacific at BlackRock Inc., talks about the outlook for global markets amid the coronavirus outbreak, and the asset manager's strategy for China. She speaks with Shery Ahn and Paul Allen on...
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Traders' Remote Working to Be 'Semi-Permanent': IPC CEO
Jul.02 -- Robert Santella, chief executive officer of IPC Systems, a technology and service provider for financial firms, discusses how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting the financial-services industry and his company. He speaks with...
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Regulators Still Cautious on Buybacks, Says Allianz CFO
Feb.19 -- Giulio Terzariol, chief financial officer at Allianz SE, discusses company buybacks, the covid impact he’s seeing for 2021 and the company’s business strategy. He speaks on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe.”
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Kossan Rubber CEO: Pandemic to Boost Glove Demand by 30%-50%
May.14 -- Kuang Sia Lim, founder and chief executive officer of Malaysia's Kossan Rubber Industries Bhd., which produces 28 billion disposable latex gloves annually, talks about the rising demand for its products amid the coronavirus...
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Omicron Becomes Dominant Strain in U.S.
Omicron has become the dominant strain in the U.S., accounting for 73% of all sequence cases, up from around 3% last week. And in the U.K. where the variant is surging, Prime Minister Boris Johnson held off on introducing stricter rules....
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Pandemic Has Proven Robustness of Cloud Technology: TCS COO
Jan.18 -- N. Ganapathy Subramaniam, chief operating officer at Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., discusses how the company was impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, productivity from work-from-home employees and the technologies he sees...
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Singapore Says in Talks With Europe, U.S. on Vaccinated Travel
Oct.04 -- Singapore Minister for Trade and Industry and co-chair of the covid-19 multi-ministry taskforce Gan Kim Yong discusses the current covid-19 restrictions, their travel program for vaccinated people and the decline in the...
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Pence: a Vaccine Could Be Going to Clinical Trial in 6 Weeks
Mar.02 -- Vice President Mike Pence discusses the latest coronavirus cases and death toll in the U.S., and the measures the Trump administration is taking. Pence and members of the task force speak at a press briefing in at the White...
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H.K.-Singapore Travel Bubble Is Major Milestone: Tourism Board's Cheng
Oct.20 -- Dane Cheng, executive director at the Hong Kong Tourism Board, discusses how coronavirus has impacted Hong Kong tourism, the Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble and promoting domestic tourism within the city. He speaks...
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Ebola Panic Level: High! But Why?
Oct. 16 -- Lots of people are freaking out about ebola in the United States, but come on, it's not like the country is going to hell in a hand basket... (Source: Bloomberg)
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Assessing the Pandemic Impact on Women in Finance
Dec.17 -- On this episode of "Bloomberg Equality," Lisa Kaplowitz, finance professor at Rutgers University and the co-founder and executive director of the Rutgers Center for Women in Business, looks at how the coronavirus pandemic is...
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Australia's New South Wales Records 5,715 New Covid-19 Cases
The Australian state of New South Wales reported 5,715 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 years. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday urged the country's state and territory leaders to move ahead with reopening plans even...
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Virus Outbreak a 'Big Crisis' for China's Auto Industry, Consultant Says
Jan.30 -- Michael Dunne, chief executive officer of automotive consultant ZoZo Go LLC and a former president of General Motors Indonesia, discusses how the coronavirus outbreak affects the global auto industry. Wuhan, the epicenter of...
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Tokyo Governor Koike Looks to End Virus Alert This Week
Jun.11 -- Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike says she hopes to lift the Japanese capital's virus alert this week as recent uptick in cases stabilized. Koike also says she is not considering the possibility of canceling the Olympic Games, which...
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How Is the Virus Outbreak Affecting Asian Startups?
Apr.29 -- Jixun Foo, managing partner at GGV Capital, looks at how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting startups in Asia. GGV has invested in 60 unicorns including DiDi Chuxing. Foo speaks with Haslinda Amin and Yvonne Man on "Bloomberg...
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India Eases World's Largest Lockdown to Revive Growth
Apr.21 -- Pranjul Bhandari, chief India economist at HSBC Holdings Plc, discusses how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting the economy. India has recorded 18,539 cases and 592 deaths linked to the global health crisis, according...
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Singapore's Tourism Chief: Coronavirus Impact Could Be Worse than 2003 SARS
Feb.10 -- Singapore could see a 25% to 30% decline in tourist arrivals and receipts this year due to the coronavirus outbreak, its tourism chief Keith Tan says. During an exclusive interview with Bloomberg's Haslinda Amin, Singapore...
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EU Chamber Calls on China to Change Covid Strategy
Joerg Wuttke, president of the EU Chamber of Commerce in China, discusses how the Chinese government's Covid Zero strategy is affecting European companies doing business in the country. The European Chamber now has more than 1,700...
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Shanghai Supporting Imports of Covid Vaccines, Medicines
Shanghai authorities are encouraging banks to cut lending rates for retailers, offering more tax cuts for small businesses and offering subsidies and tax rebates for companies hit by covid. These measures come as the city government...