COVID-19 Updates
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Real estate CEO says NYC will overcome crisis — the city’s obituary ‘has been written many times’
Real estate executive William Rudin told CNBC on Friday that he is confident New York City’s economy will eventually overcome the challenges wrought by the coronavirus. “The obituary of New…
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Mike Bloomberg plots spending blitz to support Joe Biden’s run for president
Billionaire and former presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg is plotting a massive spending blitz to back Joe Biden’s quest for the White House. The former New York mayor and his closest…
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Migrant workers face cruel summer as Covid-19 batters European tourism
Argentine bartender Manuela Perez Simon hoped to escape her homeland’s economic troubles when she arrived in Barcelona’s touristy El Born district two years ago looking for work.But like many of…
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Donald Trump’s tariffs are costing Americans billions when they can least afford it, but he’s not backing down
Just seven weeks ago, a group calling itself the Coalition for a Prosperous America wrote passionately to Mark Morgan, acting commissioner of the US Customs and Border Protection, demanding that…
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Coronavirus: US vaccine tsar expresses optimism for ‘a few hundred million doses’ by end of the year
The former pharmaceutical executive chosen this week by US President Donald Trump to speed up the development of a coronavirus vaccine said on Friday that he expected to accomplish the…
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Protecting jobs must be the main priority amid coronavirus pandemic
On Tuesday, a group of mainland and locally funded enterprises made a joint undertaking not to lay off employees despite economic hardship. Separately, the wage subsidies scheme set up by…
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Covid-19 pandemic shows why people and the environment should be at the heart of business
One of the central lessons of the current crisis is that working humans are far more than “resources”: the people keeping life going through the Covid-19 pandemic prove daily that…
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Coronavirus latest: Italy to allow free movement; US stockpiling vaccines
Italy’s prime minister took a major step towards opening up the country on Friday, stating that he plans to allow citizens to move freely from the start of next month.The…
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New York City may never be the same again as extended coronavirus shutdown clouds future
New York City extended a two-month lockdown, even as parts of the state began to open up on Friday, leaving America’s cultural and commercial capital wondering what its future holds.While…
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Hong Kong universities help create jobs for students amid double whammy of protests and pandemic
The Chinese University of Hong Kong has set up a relief fund to create hundreds of jobs for students as part of its plans to mitigate the impact of the…