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Trump Hasn’t Ordered Slower Coronavirus Testing: McEnany
Jun.22 -- White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany says President Donald Trump was joking on Saturday when he said at a rally that he had asked his administration to slow down coronavirus testing, and that he had made no such order....
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France, U.K. Post Record Daily Infections
Sep.25 -- Worries are mounting across Europe on another wave of the pandemic. The U.K. and France both reported record daily infections on Thursday. Bloomberg’s Maria Tadeo reports on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe.”
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Gold May Reach All-Time Highs by Year End: Saxo Capital
Jun.24 -- Eleanor Creagh, strategist at Saxo Capital Markets, discusses the outlook for the global economy and markets amid the coronavirus crisis. She speaks with Haidi Stroud-Watts and Shery Ahn on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia."
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Taiwan's KKday Says Pandemic Boosted Domestic Travel Demand
Sep.29 -- Ming Chen, founder and chief executive officer of Taipei-based travel startup KKday, discusses how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting his business. KKday closed its latest $75 million funding round, helped by a pivot to...
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Australian Prime Minister Morrison: Stimulus Focused on Keeping Jobs
Mar.11 -- Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison unveils the details of the country’s economic stimulus plan to counteract the impact of coronavirus on the economy. He speaks to reporters in Canberra.
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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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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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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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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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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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Pfizer Plans to Request FDA Nod for Covid Booster
Jul.08 -- Pfizer Inc. plans to request U.S. emergency authorization for a third booster dose of its vaccine, Robert Langreth reports on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Australia."
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Chile Vice Minister on Vaccinations, Digital Trade Deal
Jul.21 -- Rodrigo Yañez, Chile's vice minister of international economic relations, discusses the country's Covid-19 vaccination program. He also talks about the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement with Singapore and New Zealand. He...
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Newcrest Mining CEO on Earnings, Deploying Cash, Covid Impact
Aug.18 -- Sandeep Biswas, managing director and chief executive officer at Newcrest Mining Ltd., discusses his earnings forecast, deploying the company’s cash and how covid-19 has impacted the business. He speaks on “Bloomberg Markets:...