Air traffic globally has fallen 90% as lockdowns and border closures triggered by the coronavirus pandemic dealt a hammer blow to international travel.
Tencent's financial figures got a boost from people in China playing the company's smartphone games while under lockdown, while other parts of the business such as advertising held up well.
Chinese companies are developing and producing more high valued goods, while companies are moving production out of the country due the trade war with the U.S. and the coronavirus pandemic.
But negative interest rates wouldn't be "very helpful" to the economy, said Zach Pandl, co-head of global foreign exchange, rates and emerging markets strategy at Goldman Sachs.
Washington argues it can trigger a return of U.N. sanctions because a 2015 Security Council resolution enshrining the deal still names the U.S. as a participant.
Antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" could lead to more deaths, said Julie Gerberding, who was director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2002 to 2009.
"We're finding that a lot of foreign managers globally (are) reshuffling their holdings in this turmoil," Todd Willits, head of EPFR, said in a phone interview. "Allocations to China are something people are looking to increase."
The urgency to ramp up coronavirus testing in the U.S. "has eased the usual scrutiny" applied by the Food and Drug Administration before the release of a new test, according to the authors of the study.
While the rest of the world openly courted tourist dollars, Bhutan dammed the tourist flow. In doing so, it protected its people and its travelers, the latter of whom rave about the authenticity of this small, land-locked country.
Trump did not single out which specific answer from Fauci that he found unacceptable, but referenced Fauci's testimony about reopening schools in the fall.
Many public companies that tapped the PPP have so far escaped scrutiny because they aren't household names. CNBC found 49 companies with a market capitalization of at least $100 million that hadn't disclosed plans to return the money as of May 12.
After operating its factory in defiance of Covid-19 health orders for days, Tesla HR tells employees in an e-mail Wednesday: "choose not to work, it may impact your unemployment benefits"
The equipment complications show another wrinkle that large companies like Alphabet must manage as they transition their employees to working from home.
"While that can ruffle some feathers along the way, many investors adore absolutely adore that and see that as a strength," Morgan Stanley's Adam Jonas said on "Squawk Alley."
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