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Virus Fallout in Asia Was Significant: Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group CEO
Mar.05 -- James Riley, chief executive officer at Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, discusses the impact of coronavirus on the business, occupancy rates in Asia and the performance of the hotel in Hong Kong. He speaks exclusively on...
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Goldman Sachs Backtracks on Return-to-Office Plan
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is the latest to delay its return to the office for employees due to the surge in covid-19 cases. Bloomberg's Nabila Ahmed reports on "Bloomberg Markets: Asia."
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Hong Kong Reports 140 Covid Cases, Highest Number in Year
A new outbreak is testing Hong Kong's zero-Covid strategy, with a 140 new cases reported Sunday. That's the most in more than a year. Meanwhile, a cluster in Beijing continues to grow as authorities try to contain the outbreak two weeks...
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Obama: Fighting Ebola Top National Priority
Oct. 7 -- Bloomberg Money Clip Host Adam Johnson updates the latest news on the spread of the Ebola virus. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Macau Recovery Seen Lagging Peers
Vitaly Umansky, global gaming senior research analyst at Bernstein, discusses Macau's new proposed gaming law, his investment strategy for the sector and how travel restrictions have impacted the casinos. He speaks on "Bloomberg...
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Beijing Reports Omicron Case 3 Weeks Before Winter Olympics
Beijing authorities reported the city's first case of the omicron variant of Covid-19, less than three weeks before the start of the Winter Olympics. Yvonne Man reports on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia."
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Getting Back to Normal in 2022
Will economies finally return to normal service in 2022? The U.K. government thinks so and they plan to be one of the first major economies to transition from Covid being a pandemic to endemic. With no lockdown imposed in the U.K.,...
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Nurse Monitored for Ebola in N.J. Heads to Maine
Oct. 27 -- The nurse who complained that her confinement in a New Jersey hospital for Ebola monitoring was completely unacceptable is being discharged, and now plans to travel to Maine. Bloomberg's Shelby Holliday updates the latest...
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NYC Plans to Reopen Public Schools in Sept., Mayor Says
Jul.02 -- New York Mayor Bill de Blasio says the city plans to reopen the nation's largest public-school system in September with social-distancing guidelines. He speaks at his regular news briefing. (Excerpt)
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ECB’s Stournaras Says Virus Bond-Plan Exit Depends on Inflation
Jul.29 -- The European Central Bank will decide when to unwind its pandemic stimulus program based mostly on how inflation develops, according to policy maker Yannis Stournaras, suggesting that emergency asset purchases may continue...
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Work From Home Creates More Flexibility, Says Euronext CEO
Jul.30 -- Stephane Boujnah, chief executive officer at Euronext NV, discusses the rejection of the shorter trading hours, diversity in the industry, working from home and his outlook for the second half of the year. He speaks exclusively...
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WHO to Resume Hydroxychloroquine Trial, Tedros Says
Jun.03 -- World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said an international trial using hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19 patients will be restarted after questions arose about a study linking the...
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Buying Non-Performing Loans in Southeast Asia, Arena Management Says
Feb.26 -- Dan Zwirn, chief executive and chief investment officer at Arena Management, discusses the opportunities he sees in Asian credit markets. He speaks with Paul Allen and Haslinda Amin on "Bloomberg Markets: Asia."
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WHO Incident Manager for COVID-19 Discusses Virus Outbreak
Mar.09 -- Abdi Mahamud, incident manager for COVID-19 at the Western Pacific regional office of the World Health Organization, talks about the coronavirus outbreak. He speaks with Haidi Stroud-Watts on "Bloomberg Markets: Asia."
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Pompeo Steps Up Criticism of China's Response to Virus Outbreak
May.07 -- Secretary of State Michael Pompeo again ratcheted up his criticism of China’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. repeating the U.S. allegation that the Chinese government is still refusing to share virus samples or details...
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Trump Says He’s Taking Anti-Malaria Drug Hydroxychloroquin
May.18 -- President Donald Trump says he is taking hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malaria drug that he’s promoted as a treatment to combat coronavirus infection. The Food and Drug Administration on April 24 cautioned against the use...
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CDC: Pandemic Highlighted Shortcomings of U.S. Public Health System
Jun.04 -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield discusses the action his organization has been taking amid the coronavirus outbreak as well as the issues he sees in his opening statement at a hearing of the...
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N.Y. Schools Reopen Decision to Come Aug. 1-7: Governor
Jul.08 -- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says a decision on whether schools will reopen for in-person learning in September will be made by the state during the first week of August. The federal government has no authority on school...
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WHO Says Covid-19 'May Never Go Away'
May.13 -- Mike Ryan, head of the World Health Organization’s health emergencies program, says Covid-19 "may never go away," and that the "massive moonshot" of finding a vaccine will be only the first step toward eradicating the disease....
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Want Coronavirus Tests Results in 90 Minutes? Here’s How
Aug.07 -- Christofer Toumazou, founder of DnaNudge and professor at Imperial College in London, discusses his coronavirus testing machine, how it works and the plans to scale up the business. He speaks on “Bloomberg Markets: European Open.”
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Trump Shifts Tone on Virus
Mar.16 -- President Donald Trump has shifted his tone on the coronavirus outbreak. It was a remarkable pivot from last week and Trump acknowledged the situation is quite bad and warned that it could last for several months. Bloomberg’s...
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Pandemic Preparations: How India Has Handled Coronavirus
Jul.20 -- Ramanan Laxminarayan, founder and director at Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy, discusses the coronavirus outbreak in India, how the government has handled the crisis and his outlook for vaccine. He speaks on...
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India Expects Demand Revival in Festival Season: Adviser
Aug.10 -- Krishnamurthy Subramanian, the Indian government's chief economic adviser, discusses the outlook for the economy, which heads for its first full-year contraction in more than four decades amid the coronavirus outbreak. He...
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Snack Demand Increasing Amid Pandemic, Mars Wrigley Says
Jul.07 -- Blas Maquivar, president of global emerging markets at Mars Wrigley, discusses how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting demand for its products such as M&M’S and SNICKERS, and the supply chain. He speaks with Shery Ahn and...