February 2020

Automakers in China gradually reopen after virus shutdown

Automakers are gradually reopening Chinese factories that were idled by an anti-virus campaign, sending thousands of employees back to work as they try to reverse a sales slump in the global industry’s biggest market By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer February 17, 2020, 10:49 AM 3 min read BEIJING — Automakers are reopening factories in […]

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Senator Tom Cotton Repeats Fringe Theory of Coronavirus Origins

Senator Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas, has repeated an unsubstantiated conspiracy theory that has spread from small-town China to the right-wing news media in the United States: The new coronavirus originated in a high-security biochemical lab in Wuhan, the Chinese city at the outbreak’s center. In a television interview on Fox News on Sunday, Mr.

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This Week: Walmart earns, Fed meeting minutes, US home sales

Walmart serves up its fiscal fourth-quarter results Tuesday February 17, 2020, 8:00 AM 2 min read A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming this week: STRONG FINISH? Wall Street expects that Walmart closed out its last fiscal year on a high note. Analysts predict the nation’s largest retailer’s fiscal

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