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Not Another 2008: Economists Say Coronavirus-Induced Crisis Won’t Last Long, But Will Still Hurt Black Thursday

Not Another 2008: Economists Say Coronavirus-Induced Crisis Won’t Last Long, But Will Still Hurt

Opinion18:54 GMT 13.03.2020(updated 18:57 GMT 13.03.2020) Get short URLGlobal economies are currently simultaneously struggling with two sources of pressure – the coronavirus pandemic that has not only crippled the travel industry, but also production in several countries, as well as drastically falling oil prices. However, economists do not believe that…
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March 13, 2020
Chinese Businessman Jack Ma to Donate 500,000 Coronavirus Test Kits, Other Medical Supplies to U.S. Alibaba

Chinese Businessman Jack Ma to Donate 500,000 Coronavirus Test Kits, Other Medical Supplies to U.S.

Businessman Jack Ma, Asia’s richest man, announced on Thursday he would donate 500,000 test kits for the Wuhan coronavirus and 1 million masks to the U.S. to help fight the outbreak.“Drawing from my own country’s experience, speedy and accurate testing and adequate personal protective equipment for medical professionals are most…
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March 13, 2020
Moon Mission

It's even worse than it appears. Italians in lockdown all over Italy are keeping each other company by singing, dancing and playing music from the balconies. A thread to celebrate the resilience of ordinary people. # I've started a page of notes for Woodstock in the here and now. #…
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March 13, 2020
NYT clarifies a passage in an essay from The 1619 Project that claimed a primary reason the US colonists fought the American Revolution was to protect slavery (Jake Silverstein/New York Times) 1619 Slavery

NYT clarifies a passage in an essay from The 1619 Project that claimed a primary reason the US colonists fought the American Revolution was to protect slavery (Jake Silverstein/New York Times)

2:50 PM ET, March 13, 2020 Sara Jerde / Adweek: Discussion: Columbia Journalism Review, Columbia Journalism Review, @nytclimate, @jennafduncan, @jbenton, @jordanlawrence, @pattyguerra, @startribune, @markmazzettinyt, @katvchrismay, @nickpistor, @foreignaffairs, @coreyhutchins, @joshsternberg, @adweek and @media_evan RELATED: John Koblin / New York Times: Discussion: Awful Announcing, New York Post, Variety, @consumersos, HuffPost, @nytimes, The…
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March 13, 2020
Grubhub Suspends All Charges to Independent Restaurants as Pandemic Continues Pandemic

Grubhub Suspends All Charges to Independent Restaurants as Pandemic Continues

Image: GrubhubDelivery service Grubhub has announced a temporary initiative to offset some of the impacts on independent restaurants struggling as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.The company said Friday it is suspending its “commission payments” to restaurants up to $100 million for independent eateries, which Grubhub said make up the…
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March 13, 2020
Fin24.com | Zimbabwe offers land to recompense dispossessed white farmers after wrecking economy Robert Mugabe

Fin24.com | Zimbabwe offers land to recompense dispossessed white farmers after wrecking economy

Two decades after President Robert Mugabe wrecked Zimbabwe’s economy by urging black subsistence farmers to violently force white commercial farmers and their workers off their land, his successor has thrown in the towel.Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has proposed settling all outstanding claims against it by farmers by offering them land.“The object…
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March 13, 2020
Erling Haaland’s dad aims thinly veiled dig at PSG stars after they mocked son’s celebration Neymar

Erling Haaland’s dad aims thinly veiled dig at PSG stars after they mocked son’s celebration

PSG knock Dortmund outBorussia Dortmund travelled to Paris on Wednesday, to take on Ligue 1 powerhouse PSG in a Champions league last-16 clash.Wednesday’s game at the Parc des Princes was the second of two legs taking place between the sides.The previous leg saw Borussia Dortmund emerge with a 2-1 victory…
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March 13, 2020
Coronavirus: Jack Ma to donate 500,000 test kits and 1 million masks to US Alibaba

Coronavirus: Jack Ma to donate 500,000 test kits and 1 million masks to US

Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma. Photo: BloombergMa’s businesses have already sourced and donated supplies to other countries being hit by the virus, including Japan, Korea, Italy, Iran and Spain The donation comes amid testing delays across the US as officials scramble amid a shortage of lab materials Topic |   Coronavirus outbreakPublished:…
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March 13, 2020