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Bakers in Seattle, San Francisco and New York City are losing thousands of dollars of Pi Day sales as companies close offices due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

U.S. consumer prices unexpectedly rose in February but are likely to decline in the months ahead as the coronavirus outbreak depresses demand for some goods and services, outweighing price increases related to shortages caused by disruptions to the supply chain.

The United Arab Emirates joined Saudi Arabia on Wednesday in promising to raise oil output to a record high in April, as the two Gulf Arab oil producers in OPEC took a united stand in a standoff with Russia that has hammered global crude prices.

U.S. stock index futures were down 2% on Wednesday after strong gains in the previous session, with investors growing frustrated about the lack of details on fiscal stimulus floated by President Donald Trump to combat the coronavirus epidemic.

Oil prices fell on Wednesday, giving up earlier gains, pressured by Saudi Arabia's plans to boost oil production capacity for the first time in more than a decade and weakened demand due to the spread of the coronavirus.

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Japan's Sharp Corp said on Wednesday it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against U.S. TV brand Vizio Inc and two others, seeking an injunction to ban one of Vizio's TV products in the United States.

The escalating coronavirus outbreak is giving the U.S. Federal Reserve a policy headache like never before: how to judge the potential impact on the economy in the absence of reliable data on how fast the flu-like illness is spreading across the United States.

Oil prices fell on Wednesday, giving up earlier gains, pressured by Saudi Arabia's plans to boost oil production capacity for the first time in more than a decade and weakened demand due to the spread of the coronavirus.

The deep declines in the U.S. stock market over the last three weeks has left a dent in retirement portfolios and brokerage accounts, costing on average each person in the United States around $16,000 as of Monday's close before a rebound Tuesday erased some of those losses.

Executive compensation and coronavirus are likely to be the focus of investor questions at Walt Disney Co's annual meeting on Wednesday - the first to feature the company’s new chief executive officer, Bob Chapek.

As U.S. President Donald Trump touted the signing of a U.S.-China trade deal in January, he told cash-strapped farmers they would soon need bigger tractors and "a little more land" to meet additional Chinese demand for U.S. agricultural goods.

German sportswear makers Adidas and Puma warned on Wednesday of a major decline in sales in China due to the coronavirus and said while there were early signs of improvement there the impact had spread to other markets.

There is no reason why the coronavirus outbreak should damage Britain's economy as badly as the financial crisis did in 2008, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said on Wednesday.