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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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Fauci: Not Surprised U.K. Virus Strain Found in California
Dec.30 -- Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says he's 'not surprised' that the new highly transmissible variant of Covid-19 has been detected in a patient in Southern California. He...
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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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Covid Resilience Ranking: Best and Worst Places to Be
Jun.28 -- The U.S. tops the latest Bloomberg’s Covid Resilience Ranking, and European countries like Switzerland, France and Spain are in the top 10. Meanwhile, parts of the Asia-Pacific region that performed well in the Ranking until...
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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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China's Junshi Bio, Lilly to Co-Develop Covid-19 Antibody Therapies
May.12 -- Sheng Yao, co-founder and senior vice president of Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., talks about the company's agreement with Eli Lilly & Co. to co-develop therapeutic antibodies for the potential prevention and treatment of...
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Pandemic Has Accelerated India's Digital Businesses, Twimbit Says
Jun.10 -- Manoj Menon, founder and managing director of research and advisory firm Twimbit, looks at the prospects for India's telecommunications industry and its digital economy. Billionaire Mukesh Ambani added Abu Dhabi Investment...
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UN Warns Starvation Tops Virus Risk for Poorest Nations
Apr.21 -- David Beasley, executive director of the United Nations’ World Food Programme, discusses the impact the coronavirus outbreak is having on global food supply. The economic hardship in the developing world caused by the spread of...
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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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Indian Hotels CEO 'Cautiously Optimistic' of Coming Months
Nov.24 -- Puneet Chhatwal, president of the Hotel Association of India and chief executive officer of the Indian Hotels Co., which is part of conglomerate Tata Group and operates the luxury hotel chain Taj brand, discusses how the...
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NYC Schools to Begin Phased Reopening on Dec. 7: Mayor
Nov.29 -- New York Mayor Bill de Blasio says the city's schools will begin a phased reopening on Dec. 7, abandoning the 3% positive test rate threshold for Covid-19 he set earlier for closing the schools. He speaks at a news conference....
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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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JPMorgan Asset Management Sticking to Quality Bias
Oct.21 -- Aisa Ogoshi, portfolio manager at JPMorgan Asset Management, discusses how the U.S. presidential election and the stimulus package negotiations are affecting financial markets, and the opportunities she sees. She speaks with...
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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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Isaacson: 10-Years Ago We Saw Cuts in Basic Research
Oct. 22 -- Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson discusses the Ebola epidemic and cuts in research on Bloomberg Surveillance. (Source: Bloomberg)
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India Shouldn't Raise Taxes Now, Observatory Group Says
Jan.31 -- Ananth Narayan, senior Indian analyst at the Observatory Group and associate professor of Finance at the S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, previews the budget that is scheduled to be announce later Monday. Finance...
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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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Hong Kong to Shut Schools Again as Covid-19 Cases Jump
Jul.10 -- Hong Kong Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung says high schools, primary schools and kindergartens will be closed again and start summer holiday earlier, beginning next Monday, following an "exponential growth" in the number of...
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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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Covid Debt Crunch Needs Transparency: IMF and World Bank
Mar.07 -- Carmen Reinhart, vice president and chief economist of the World Bank Group, and Ceyla Pazarbasioglu director on strategy, policy and review at the International Monetary Fund, say the coronavirus pandemic and the accompanying...
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Fonterra Returns to Full-Year Profit, Cautious About Year Ahead
Sep.17 -- Judith Swales, Asia-Pacific chief executive officer at Fonterra Cooperative Group Ltd., discusses latest round of earnings, her strategy for the company moving forward and the business in China. She speaks on “Bloomberg...
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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...