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Xerox to postpone meeting with HP shareholders
(Reuters) - Xerox Holdings Corp said on Friday it would postpone a meeting with HP Inc shareholders amid the coronavirus outbreak. (Reporting by Amal S in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)
Mar 13, 2020
Madrid region orders shutdown of all bars, shops except supermarkets and chemists: reports
MADRID (Reuters) - All restaurants, bars and shops expect supermarkets and pharmacies in the Madrid region will need to close over the coronavirus pandemic, Spanish media said on Friday. El Mundo wrot...
Mar 13, 2020
WHO officials rethink epidemic messaging amid pandemic debate
By Kate Kelland and Stephanie Nebehay LONDON (Reuters) - The World Health Organization is considering changing the way it classifies and describes international epidemics, amid a protracted public deb...
Mar 13, 2020
Zhang Yiming, founder of TikTok owner ByteDance, gears up for the global stage
By Yingzhi Yang and Julie Zhu BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - The founder of China's ByteDance, owner of the wildly successful TikTok app, has for years aspired to make ByteDance the first Chinese firm ...
Mar 13, 2020
Takeaway.com: ‘No-touch’ delivery in response to coronavirus
(Reuters) - Just Eat Takeaway (JET), Europe's largest online food ordering and delivery company, said on Friday its Takeaway subsidiary would begin dropping orders at the door as a precautionary measu...
Mar 13, 2020
Pentagon seeks to reconsider parts of $10 billion cloud contract awarded to Microsoft
By Rama Venkat (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is seeking court permission to reconsider certain aspects of its decision to award a $10 billion cloud computing contract to Microsoft C...
Mar 13, 2020
Hong Kong records fourth coronavirus-related death – hospital spokeswoman
HONG KONG (Reuters) - An 80-year old man became the fourth patient in Hong Kong to die due to the coronavirus, a Nethersole Eastern Hospital spokeswoman said on Friday. Hong Kong has so far confirmed ...
Mar 12, 2020
Policymakers ramp up support as coronavirus shreds markets
By Tom Westbrook and Steve Holland SINGAPORE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Governments and central banks readied more emergency measures to tackle the economic impacts of the coronavirus on Friday as Asian m...
Mar 12, 2020
Mainland China reports eight new confirmed cases of coronavirus
BEIJING (Reuters) - Mainland China had eight new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections on Thursday, the country's National Health Commission said on Friday, down from 15 cases a day earlier. That ...
Mar 12, 2020
SoftBank Group to buy back as much as 7 percent of its shares
TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp on Friday said it will buy back up to 7 percent of its own shares for as much as 500 billion yen ($4.77 billion). The buyback will begin on Monday and will take p...
Mar 12, 2020
