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Coronavirus test ramp-up to help Abbott weather 'toughest quarter'

Coronavirus test ramp-up to help Abbott weather 'toughest quarter'

Abbott Laboratories Inc said on Thursday a recent ramp up in coronavirus tests production would help it ride out a tough current quarter as the outbreak chokes demand for its other diagnostic kits.



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Oil prices recover from sharp losses caused by U.S. stockpile surge

Oil prices recover from sharp losses caused by U.S. stockpile surge

Oil prices ticked up on Thursday after sharp losses in the previous session, with investors hoping that a big build-up in U.S. inventories may mean producers have little option but to deepen output cuts as the coronavirus pandemic ravages demand.



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Southwest asks unions to start considering post-aid concessions

Southwest asks unions to start considering post-aid concessions

Southwest Airlines Co has approached unions representing pilots, flight attendants, mechanics and other employees to discuss potential concessions to prepare for a slow industry recovery, a company official told Reuters on Thursday.



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Millions unemployed, homebuilding collapses as coronavirus ravages U.S. economy

Millions unemployed, homebuilding collapses as coronavirus ravages U.S. economy

A record 22 million Americans have sought unemployment benefits over the past month, with millions more filing claims last week, almost wiping out all the job gains since the Great Recession and underscoring the toll on the economy from extraordinary measures to control the novel coronavirus outbreak.



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China's long-term growth will not be affected by COVID-19: stats bureau

China's long-term growth will not be affected by COVID-19: stats bureau

China's long-term growth potential will not be affected by the short-term impact of the coronavirus pandemic, a spokesman for the National Bureau of Statistics said on Friday.



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Dollar at one-week high as investors seek safety after jobless data

Dollar at one-week high as investors seek safety after jobless data

The dollar hit a one-week high on Thursday as investors fled to safe-haven assets following the release of weekly U.S. jobless data showing a record 22 million Americans have sought unemployment benefits in the last month.



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Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance Publishes First Global Report on Alternative Finance: Over $300 Billion in Volume in 2018

Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance Publishes First Global Report on Alternative Finance: Over $300 Billion in Volume in 2018

Crowdfund Insider | JD Alois | April 16, 2020 Benchmarking Study Tallies $304.5 Billion in Alternative Finance Transaction Volumes During 2018 The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), part of the University of Cambridge Judge Business School, has published the single most comprehensive report on the evolution of alternative finance. The benchmarking report provides unique

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Etihad has full support of state owner, will resume flights in May: CEO

Etihad has full support of state owner, will resume flights in May: CEO

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways has the full support of its state shareholder as it plans a partial resumption of passenger flights from May 1, its chief executive Tony Douglas said on Thursday.



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China expects second quarter economic performance to be much better than first quarter

China expects second quarter economic performance to be much better than first quarter

China's economic performance in the second quarter of this year is expected to be much better than in the first, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Friday.



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Ford's first-quarter China vehicle sales down 35% year-on-year to 88,770 units

Ford's first-quarter China vehicle sales down 35% year-on-year to 88,770 units

Ford Motor Co said on Thursday that its China vehicle sales in the first three months this year fell 34.9% from a year earlier to 88,770 units, as coronavirus epidemic hit demands in the world's biggest auto market.



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China's January-March property investment down 7.7% from a year earlier

China's January-March property investment down 7.7% from a year earlier

Real estate investment in China fell 7.7% in the first three months of 2020 from a year earlier, official data showed on Friday.



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China March industrial output falls 1.1% year-on-year, better than forecast; first-quarter investment slides 16.1%

China March industrial output falls 1.1% year-on-year, better than forecast; first-quarter investment slides 16.1%

China's industrial output fell a less steeper-than-expected 1.1% in March from a year earlier, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Friday, as the coronavirus crisis and strict containment measures severely disrupted the world's second-largest economy.



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Op-Ed: Since you can't beat the market, the key is to only take the risk you can handle

Op-Ed: Since you can't beat the market, the key is to only take the risk you can handle

What is an investor to do in the face of unpredictable events like coronavirus? Instead of trying to "beat" the market, the key is to only take the amount of risk you can afford to take financially and psychologically. There are four important principles to follow.

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Royal Caribbean sheds 26% of U.S. workforce as coronavirus hits travel

Royal Caribbean sheds 26% of U.S. workforce as coronavirus hits travel

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd said on Wednesday it would lay off or furlough about 26% of its workforce in the United States, affecting nearly 1,300 of its more than 5,000 employees in the country, as the coronavirus chokes international travel.



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Oil sinks after record 19 million-barrel U.S. crude build

Oil sinks after record 19 million-barrel U.S. crude build

U.S. crude prices fell to an 18-year low and Brent lost more than 6% on Wednesday after the United States reported its biggest weekly inventory build on record, while global demand is expected to fall to quarter-century lows due to the coronavirus pandemic.



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