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As of Sunday, the U.K. has seen 28,446 deaths as a result of Covid-19, closely behind Italy's 28,884 deaths, according to data from JHU.

Gold prices could "break the highs" seen earlier this year, after declining in March along with assets across the board, according to UBS Investment Bank's Joni Teves.

Among Asian economies, corporate debt builds up the fastest and the most in China, South Korea and Singapore, according to a report by Australian bank ANZ last week.

China was the first country to be affected by the coronavirus disease — and it appeared to be among the first to contain the outbreak, as far as official data showed.

The best time to be an entrepreneur is "when everyone is running for the exits," according to The Lean Startup's bestselling author, Eric Ries.

Jing Yang, director of corporate research at Fitch Ratings, expects electric vehicles to outperform an overall slump in China's car sales this year given strong policy support.

South Korea's economy, Asia's fourth largest, suffered its biggest contraction since 2008 in the first quarter as the pandemic took a heavy toll on businesses and consumers.

President Donald Trump said Sunday that he believed that a "mistake" in China was the cause of the spreading coronavirus pandemic, though he did not present any evidence for the claim.

"The doctors had all sorts of arrangements for what to do if things went badly wrong," Johnson said, NBC News reports.

President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he was confident that there will be a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year.

Covid-19 has infected more than 3.4 million people around the world as of Sunday, killing at least 244,229 people.

National Securities' Art Hogan believes the consensus view that markets will stage another sharp pullback is wrong.

Warren Buffett said Berkshire Hathaway is still sitting on its massive cash hoard because the conglomerate hasn't found a company to buy at an attractive price.

Warren Buffett has again ditched the airline sector as coronavirus threatens to be a challenge too big for him to stomach.

Dozens of states have unveiled reopening plans and several, including Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas, have already begun to allow nonessential retailers to reopen.

Different age groups are assigned specific time slots to go out, while everyone must adhere to social-distancing guidelines, staying at least 2 meters apart.

Swiss drugmaker Roche said on Sunday it expects to be able to produce "significantly more" than 100 million of its new antibody tests monthly by the end of 2020, doubling its current production.

Buffett said Berkshire sold its entire stake in United, American, Southwest and Delta Airlines, worth more than $4 billion on December 31.

Covid-19 has infected more than 3.4 million people around the world as of Friday, killing at least 242,270 people.

Berkshire had a record $137 billion in cash and equivalent instruments on its balance sheet at the end of the first quarter.