Oaktree Capital co-chairman Howard Marks says he's leaning towards a more negative outlook because of the uncertainty that the pandemic has brought on, but still, he said investors can do some buying as "things have gotten cheap enough."
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been granted the right to rule by decree for an indefinite period of time, and these new sweeping powers are raising concerns in Europe.
Bitcoin has fallen less than major U.S. equity indices in the first quarter but still hasn't proven it can act as a "safe haven" in times of market turmoil.
Results of a private survey released on Wednesday showed China's manufacturing activity 50.1 in March as factories began to come online amid a coronavirus outbreak.
A restaurant in Singapore once again takes the top spot on Asia's 50 Best Restaurant List. Helmed by French chef Julien Royer, the French-Asian inspired Odette was also named the 18th best restaurant in the world in 2019.
"The Chinese government would not sit there and watch Huawei being slaughtered. I believe there would be counter-measures," Eric Xu, rotating chairman at Huawei, told CNBC, amid reports the U.S. was preparing new restrictions against the tech giant.
Major automakers are due to report U.S. sales this week, giving investors a better grasp of the damage from coronavirus containment measures, which have shut both dealerships and factories across the country.
The data underscores the challenge Prime Minister Shinzo Abe faces in stopping the pandemic wiping out the benefits his "Abenomics" stimulus policies have brought to the economy.
While the Southeast Asian nation continues to report new cases of infections daily and has seen recent spikes, it has managed to steer clear of the kind of catastrophic outbreaks that have occurred in other countries.
"We are not at war. Sailors do not need to die. If we do not act now, we are failing to properly take care of our most trusted asset — our Sailors," wrote Capt. Brett Crozier of the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
The digital fitness company extended the free trial of its app to 90 days, which led to a surge in downloads as gyms across the nation close due to stay-at-home mandates
"One of the things we need to learn from this is we have to invest in our public health infrastructure, invest in our science ... so things like this never happen again," Dr. Ian Lipkin told CNBC.