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Lacking protective gear, Japan’s Osaka pleads for plastic raincoats
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese city of Osaka has issued an urgent plea for citizens to donate plastic raincoats to hospitals running short of protective gear for staff treating coronavi...
Apr 15, 2020
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Throwing the baby out with the bathwater At the height of a global pandemic, U.S. President Donald Trump has halted funding to...
Apr 15, 2020
Japan health ministry projects 400,000 deaths without virus containment measures: media
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's death toll from the novel coronavirus could reach 400,000 without measures to stem the contagion, according to a health ministry projection reported by local media. A ministr...
Apr 15, 2020
Explainer: What is contact tracing and how can it help fight the new coronavirus?
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters) - Contact tracing has been used for decades to control the spread of infectious diseases. The basic idea is simple: track down infected people, then find everyone who has be...
Apr 14, 2020
Tesla’s China car registrations surge in March as Shanghai factory back up
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc's China car registrations jumped 450% in March, month on month, data from auto consultancy LMC Automotive showed. Tesla's China registrations ...
Apr 14, 2020
Frontier Communications files for bankruptcy protection
(Reuters) - Frontier Communications Corp said on Tuesday it would file for bankruptcy protection in the United States as the high-speed internet company restructures finances to cut down its debt load...
Apr 14, 2020
Glade Brook pitches ‘extraordinary opportunity’ in tech debt amid coronavirus
By Lawrence Delevingne and Joshua Franklin BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Glade Brook Capital Partners LLC, the venture capital firm led by Paul Hudson, is pitching a new fund to investors targeting the ...
Apr 14, 2020
U.S. self-driving car startup Zoox agrees to settle lawsuit with Tesla
(Reuters) - Zoox Inc said on Tuesday it had settled a lawsuit with Tesla Inc after admitting that some new hires from the electric carmaker were in possession of certain Tesla documents when they join...
Apr 14, 2020
China reports 46 new coronavirus cases in mainland vs 89 day earlier
BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported 46 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the mainland, compared with 89 cases a day earlier, according to the National Health Commission on Wednesday. Of the new...
Apr 14, 2020
Airbnb in advanced talks about new $1 billion loan: sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Airbnb is in advanced talks for a new $1 billion debt deal just weeks after it closed a $1 billion investment from private equity firms, according to two sources. One source famil...
Apr 14, 2020
