TOKYO / BOSTON (Reuters) – Asian stocks fell on Friday after loud Chinese economic data and concerns about a slowdown in U.S. fiscal stimulus that discouraged some investors from taking risks. FILE PHOTO: A visitor wearing a protective face mask, after an outbreak of the coronavirus, walks past for a …
Read More »Note: What we know about possible COVID-19 transfer of cargo and packages
WELLINGTON / BEIJING (Reuters) – China this week reported several cases of frozen food packaging infected with the novel coronavirus, while New Zealand said it was investigating the possibility that its latest COVID-19 cases could be recovered after imported cargo. PHILO PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel …
Read More »Asian shares to pause ahead of data from China, US ‘altitude sickness’
BOSTON (Reuters) – Asian equities were set for a largely flat start on Friday as markets waited for a break in Wall Street’s multiple source for several months and awaited the release of Chinese economic data later in the year. the session. FILE PHOTO: A visitor wearing a protective face …
Read More »Chinese companies flood into US IPOs despite writing off threat
HONG KONG (Reuters) – The US government is threatening to remove Chinese companies that do not meet US accounting standards, but mainland companies are rushing to offer their shares on New York exchanges, sometimes in blockbuster deals. FILE PHOTO: The 11 Wall St. door of the New York Stock Exchange …
Read More »Chinese cities find coronavirus in imports of frozen food, WHO reduces infection risk
BEIJING / SHANGHAI / BRAZIL (Reuters) – Two cities in China have found traces of the new coronavirus in loads of imported frozen food, local authorities said on Thursday, although the World Health Organization reduced the risk of the virus entering the food chain. A man looks at frozen food …
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