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Possible delay of Tokyo Olympics dismissed by head of organizing committee
Organizers have been pushing a consistent message that the Games would not be canceled or postponed but sponsors who have pumped in billions of dollars have grown increasingly nervous about how the coronavirus outbreak will impact the event.
UK to Spend £2.5B on Road Repairs; Potholes Cause 90% of Auto Insurance Claims
The finance ministry said damage from potholes accounted for 90% of motor insurance claims in the United Kingdom, as well as endangering cyclists and motorcyclists.
Coronavirus likely to trigger Pandemic Bond payouts to poor countries
The bonds were issued to raise money to help poorer countries respond to a pandemic. Boston-based private company AIR Worldwide Corporation determines whether a trigger event has occurred, based on an outbreak meeting a list of criteria in areas such as geographic spread, rate of growth and number of deaths.
In dramatic step, Trump restricts travel from Europe to US to fight coronavirus
After triggering confusion by suggesting that “trade and cargo” from Europe would also be banned, Trump was forced to clarify his statement with a tweet moments after the speech that “trade will in no way be affected” by the travel restriction.
“The restriction stops people not goods,” he said in the tweet.U.S. stock futures ESv1 slid further as the president spoke, down more than 4% and signaling another day of losses awaits Wall Street.
Seguros Unimed partners with dacadoo to provide digital health services in Brazil
Unimed is the largest Brazilian medical work cooperative and health insurance operator. It is considered the largest of its kind in the world, with more than 150,000 affiliated physicians, 386 Unimed branches and around than 18 million beneficiaries. The insurance arm Seguros Unimed is among the largest insurance carriers in Brazil, offering health, life and various other insurance products to its Unimed beneficiaries and affiliates physicians.
Coronavirus outbreak could cost global economy up to $2 trillion UNCTAD
A preliminary downside scenario sees a USD 2 trillion shortfall in global income with a USD 220 billion hit to developing countries (excluding China). The most badly affected economies in this scenario will be oil-exporting countries, but also other commodity exporters, which stand to lose more than one percentage point of growth, as well as those with strong trade linkages to the initially shocked economies.
Coronavirus outbreak: Foreign investors bleed money; sell $9 billion Asian equities so far
Indian equities, which are also hit by a turmoil at private sector lender Yes Bank, saw an outflow of $1.7 billion. Indonesian and Philippine equities witnessed the least amount of foreign fund outflows, with just about $108 million and $65 million, respectively
Stimulus hopes buoy Wall Street after rout; Dow Jones, S&P rise over 3%
“Investors are trying to look for any signs that there is light at the end of the tunnel,” said Adam Sarhan, chief executive officer of 50 Park Investments in New York.
Japan announces $4 billion coronavirus package,Trump vows ‘major’ steps to aid US economy
President Donald Trump on March 9 said he will be taking “major” steps to gird the economy against the impact of the spreading coronavirus outbreak and will discuss a payroll tax cut with congressional Republicans on Tuesday.
China’s new coronavirus cases rise on infections from abroad, South Korea sees a jump in new cases
As China’s efforts to control the spread of the pathogen at home start to payoff, Beijing is turning its focus on overseas cases as the coronavirus expands its footprint across the globe.
New infections in central Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak, continued to stabilize, with new cases declining for the sixth day.