Alstom to buy Bombardier rail unit for up to $6.7 billion
PARIS/MONTREAL (Reuters) – France’s Alstom said on Monday it had agreed to buy the train division of Canada’s Bombardier for up to 6.2 billion euros ($6.7 billion), in the latest…
Apple unlikely to meet revenue guidance due to coronavirus impact
(Reuters) – Apple Inc (AAPL.O) said on Monday it would not meet its revenue guidance for the March quarter because of the coronavirus outbreak slowing iPhone production and weakening demand…
‘Enemy of mankind’: Coronavirus deaths top SARS as China returns to work
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – China raised the death toll from its coronavirus outbreak to 811 on Sunday, passing the number killed globally by the SARS epidemic, as authorities made plans for…
China coronavirus putting more pressure on pork supplies, prices: official
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s coronavirus outbreak has delayed the launch of new pig breeding facilities and put even more pressure on pork supplies and prices, an official with the agriculture…
China to help key industries to return to work as soon as possible: CCTV
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s cabinet says workers in key industries must be helped to return to work as soon as possible in order to resume the production of vital food…
Malaysia expands China traveler ban as coronavirus spreads
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia has expanded a ban on visitors from China to include Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces, after China’s decision to lock down cities in the provinces to…
China’s Hubei to cut costs for small firms to ease coronavirus burden
Community volunteers deliver donated vegetables to elderly residents at Furen community on the Lantern Festival, which marks the end of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations, following an outbreak of…
Fourth person tests positive for coronavirus in England
LONDON (Reuters) – A fourth person in England has tested positive for coronavirus, having contracted the illness from a previously confirmed British patient in France, England’s Chief Medical Officer said…
Spanish authorities confirm Briton is country’s second coronavirus case
General view of the Son Espases hospital, where a case of coronavirus has been detected, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, February 9, 2020. REUTERS/Enrique Calvo MADRID (Reuters) – A British…
China allocates $10.26 billion to fight coronavirus
Medical workers in protective suits attend to novel coronavirus patients at the intensive care unit (ICU) of a designated hospital in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 6, 2020. Picture taken…