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Tayyip Erdogan

Manufacturing Hit, Senate Clears Stimulus, ECB Bond Buy: Eco Day

(Bloomberg) -- Welcome to Thursday, Europe. Here’s the latest news and analysis from Bloomberg Economics to help you start the day:Coronavirus’s economic impact is shifting from service-driven industries to the manufacturing sector on both sides of the Atlantic, leading to a synchronized shutdown of heavy industry not seen since the…

bubmagMarch 19, 2020

Black Swan

How to navigate the current market

The Coronavirus pandemic is dragging the markets down every day. The key index – S&P BSE Sensex – is down around 30% in a month. Obviously, many mutual fund investors worried about their investments in equity mutual funds. Radhika Gupta, CEO, Edelweiss Mutual Fund, has some tips for investors to…

bubmagMarch 19, 2020

Sleeping Pods

Sleeping pods for economy-class flyers

Economy passengers on long-haul flights will be able to sleep with the Skynest sleeping pod | Photo source Air New Zealand Innovation Travel & Tourism Sleeping pods for economy-class flyers Travel & Tourism Air New Zealand is developing bunk-bed style sleeping pods for its economy-class passengers Spotted: To provide economy-class…

bubmagMarch 19, 2020

Space Debris

Mission Control adjusts to coronavirus conditions

Responsible for spacecraft orbiting Earth, the Sun and exploring the Solar System, teams at ESA's ESOC mission control deal with in-flight challenges every day, from faulty hardware, problematic software and hazardous space debris to computer viruses that could affect ground stations. So how do they keep missions flying when a…

bubmagMarch 19, 2020

Brexit

Brexit Britain is running out of time

LONDON — Even as a global pandemic sweeps the planet, Britain remains stubborn. Despite no indication trade negotiations with the EU will begin again soon, Boris Johnson insists the transition period designed to smooth the U.K.'s exit from the bloc will end as planned in December this year. He told MPs…

bubmagMarch 19, 2020

Electric Car

Samsung reveals long-range, solid-state, EV battery prototype

At 50 percent smaller by volume than a typical lithium-ion battery, Samsung's prototype solid-state pouch cells could enable 500-mile electric car ranges and cycle lives over 1,000 charges in a much safer package.The drive towards solid-state is one of the key fronts in the battle to break through to the…

bubmagMarch 19, 2020

Biological Warfare

Coronavirus hits ‘Friends’ reunion production

The production will not go ahead at least until May.PTI|Last Updated: Mar 19, 2020, 10.02 AM ISTAgenciesA new date has not been set.LOS ANGELES: The much-awaited "Friends" reunion special has been postponed in the wake of the coronavirus scare. Sources told The Hollywood Reporter that the unscripted episode, set at…

bubmagMarch 19, 2020

Impeachment

Surgeon general’s TV praise of Trump earns his ‘star’ label

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. surgeon general caught the eye of Donald Trump in a tried-and-true way: praising the 45th president on television.At a recent briefing with his coronavirus task force standing behind him, Trump turned to Dr. Jerome Adams and declared the previously low-profile 20th surgeon general among the…

bubmagMarch 19, 2020

Silk Road

China Showers Europe With Virus Aid While Sparring With Trump

(Bloomberg) -- Last month, Beijing’s ambassador to Estonia accused the Baltic nation’s intelligence service of having a “Cold War mindset” for labeling China a threat, warning that its “distorted” conclusions damaged bilateral relations.Four weeks later, Estonian officials took part in a video conference hosted by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign…

bubmagMarch 19, 2020

Hrant Dink

The History of Finding (or Building) Noah’s Ark

Beneath almost every culture, faith tradition and geography, there is a story of a massive flood, and the ship that managed to sail it. The story has gripped generations … so much so that copycats and true believers have spent decades building replicas and even searching for the real thing.…

bubmagMarch 19, 2020

Manufacturing Hit, Senate Clears Stimulus, ECB Bond Buy: Eco Day

How to navigate the current market

Sleeping pods for economy-class flyers

Mission Control adjusts to coronavirus conditions

Brexit Britain is running out of time

Samsung reveals long-range, solid-state, EV battery prototype

Coronavirus hits ‘Friends’ reunion production

Surgeon general’s TV praise of Trump earns his ‘star’ label

China Showers Europe With Virus Aid While Sparring With Trump

The History of Finding (or Building) Noah’s Ark

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