Economic contagion spreads beyond China to other Asian economies: Reuters poll
The effects of the coronavirus outbreak are likely to reverberate beyond China as most major economies in the region are expected to either slow down...
Liberian former IMF Africa chief named as deputy managing director
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Tuesday nominated former IMF official Antoinette Sayeh to become a deputy managing director at the Fund....
Musk’s SpaceX rocket production facility approved by Port of Los Angeles
SpaceX, the private rocket company of high tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, won final approval on Tuesday to build a research and manufacturing plant for its...
U.S. airlines, hotels extend rebooking options as coronavirus spreads
U.S. airlines and hotels are extending options for customers to rebook travel to a growing list of countries, including Italy, as coronavirus cases spiked outside...
Liberian former IMF official named as deputy managing director
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Tuesday nominated former IMF official Antoinette Sayeh to become a deputy managing director at the Fund....
Fed’s Kaplan says unclear right now if coronavirus calls for U.S. rate change: WSJ
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan said on Tuesday events are still too fluid around the coronavirus outbreak to say the U.S. central...
In first public results, Branson’s Virgin Galactic posts $73 mln quarterly loss
Billionaire Richard Branson’s space tourism company, Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc , said on Tuesday its fourth-quarter net loss widened to $73 million from a year-ago...
U.S. trade rep Lighthizer to meet British counterpart as allies gear up for talks
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will meet with Britain’s trade minister Liz Truss this week, British government officials said on Tuesday, as the two allies...
Stocks, oil fall further on accelerating coronavirus concerns
Stocks and oil prices tumbled again on Tuesday and the benchmark U.S. debt yield hit a record low on growing concern about the effects of...
Once bulletproof, tech stocks now among market’s biggest losers
Technology shares — a key engine of the stock market’s climb to records over the last several months — are now among those leading Wall...