Articles by R. Ghosh

Coronavirus: Amazon to put new customers on waitlist as online food delivery orders surge

Amazon has boosted order capacity by 60% and is adding more but is still struggling to meet demand of millions of Amazon Prime subscribers

Apr 13, 2020

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US officials hopeful about May 1 target to ease restrictions: Is it too early?

FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn told ABC on Sunday, "We see light at the end of the tunnel." However, he said other factors need to be taken into consideration

Apr 12, 2020

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SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son to donate 300 million masks to Japan per month to fight coronavirus

SoftBank has tied up with Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD Co Ltd to supply 100 million N-95 masks and 200 million regular masks per month

Apr 12, 2020

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Coronavirus: Some countries are lifting lockdown, easing restrictions: Here's how they're doing it

Despite WHO warning against early lifting of lockdown, a few countries like Austria, Denmark and Czech Republic are planning to ease restrictions

Apr 11, 2020

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Have to save the airlines, says Trump as details of $32 billion grant awaited

Under the $2.3 trillion CARES Act, passenger airlines are eligible to get $25 billion for payroll while cargo airlines can get $4 billion

Apr 11, 2020

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Coronavirus: US may lose 4.5 million jobs with only half likely to be recovered, say experts

Per the forecasters, unemployment rate could peak to 12% in the second quarter of 2020 compared with 4.4% in March

Apr 10, 2020

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Federal Reserve to pump in another $2.3 trillion to help local governments, stabilize economy

The Fed will work through banks and offer four-year loans to companies with up to 10,000 employees and less than $2.5 billion in revenues in 2019

Apr 10, 2020

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US weekly jobless claims hit 6.6 million; loses 10% workforce in three weeks

The total claims over the past three weeks crossed 16 million. Most job losses were in restaurants, drinking establishments and healthcare industry

Apr 9, 2020

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Unemployed Americans to start getting extra payments from this week

The enhanced payment includes a $600 weekly increase for up to four months, which is above the state benefits already in place

Apr 9, 2020

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Here's how Santa Clara slowed down its coronavirus cases

Santa Clara along with San Francisco and four other Bay Area counties so far have reported 3,532 coronavirus cases in a population of 6.7 million

Apr 9, 2020

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Sex toy sales surge in Denmark, US as more people stay home amid coronavirus

A study says that one in every four Americans was using sex toys more often after going into quarantine following the coronavirus outbreak

Apr 8, 2020

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Global airlines could lose 25 million jobs; cannot afford refunds amid coronavirus, says IATA

The IATA said that refunds won't be viable for airlines as they are already cash strapped. Instead, government should come forward and bail them out

Apr 7, 2020

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GlaxoSmithKline's gene therapy to cure bubble boy disease

GlaxoSmithKline partners with Vir Biotechnology for potential coronavirus vaccine, treatments

The partnership will bring together GSK's expertise in functional genomics and Vir's monoclonal antibody platform technology

Apr 7, 2020

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Japan to declare emergency, gears up for $990 billion coronavirus stimulus amid criticism

The US and Germany have particularly been critical of Japan's failure to enforce social distancing in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak

Apr 6, 2020

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Airlines must give refunds not vouchers amid coronavirus, warns Department of Transportation

Customers have been complaining that airlines are not refunding. Instead, they are issuing vouchers to use for travel at a later date

Apr 5, 2020

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China's Guangxi suspends cross-border passenger transportation as imported coronavirus cases rise

The administration is also encouraging general public to report cases of illegal immigration with cash rewards between 3,000 to 10,000 yuan

Apr 4, 2020

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This small town around Mirandola is Italy's heartbeat in its coronavirus fight

Mirandola is home to around 100 medical companies like ventilator manufacturer Medtronic, respiratory support group Intersurgical and Fresenius SE

Apr 4, 2020

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3M to churn out more face masks, respirators after Trump slams company

The US President on Thursday had said that if 3M fails to follow ramp up production of ventilators and masks, it "will have a big price to pay"

Apr 3, 2020

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Facebook takes on Zoom with desktop version of Messenger App, as video calls surge amid coronavirus

Facebook said that there has been a 100% surge in people using desktop browser for audio and video calling on Messenger over the past few weeks

Apr 3, 2020

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EU announces new measures to help revive economies amid coronavirus outbreak

The measures include a short time work scheme, SURE, to help economies in the European Union. Also, there will be schemes to help farmers and fishermen

Apr 2, 2020

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