Editor's note: Matteo Giovannini is a finance professional at the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Beijing and a member of the China Task Force at the Italian Ministry of Economic Develo
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses the nation in a televised speech in Tehran, Iran, April 9, 2020. /AP Editor's note: Bobby Naderi is a journalist, guest contributor in print, radio and televis
Public markets around the world have been tanking for the past few weeks, and many companies simply can’t operate during a lockdown. Sheltering in place has had some terrible economic consequences, wi
Looks like things haven’t gone completely smoothly with Quibi‘s launch.The issue appears to have been resolved, but the Quibi customer support account tweeted this afternoon that “s
A post from a U.S. pediatric emergency medicine physician revealing he tested positive for novel coronavirus antibodies has stirred up wide discussions on Twitter in the last two days.The positive
When asked about which country the U.S. should be looking to for models that work and can be applied, Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder who made the company one of the world's most valuable technol
Youssoufa Moukoko of Borussia Dortmund U19 dribbles the ball in the UEFA Youth League game against Inter Milan U19 in Dortmund, Germany, November 5, 2019. /VCG The German Football League (DFL)
03:17 With theaters, movies suspended, and almost all production halted, hundreds and thousands of freelancers have been laid off. The multibillion-dollarmovie industry has taken a hea
Facebook Messenger could soon automatically tell your closest friends you’re at the gym, driving, or in Tokyo. Messenger has been spotted prototyping a ported version of the Instagram close frie
Logos of Borussia Dortmund (left top), RB Leizpig (right top), Bayer Leverkusen (left bottom) and Bayern Munich (right bottom). /VCG The COVID-19 pandemic has not only shut down the European f
Early this morning, Fast, a startup building platform-agnostic login and checkout services, announced that Stripe has led a $20 million investment into its business. Prior investors Index Ventures and
The Red Bull Arena before the UEFA Champions League round of 16 match between RB Leipzig and Tottenham in Leipzig, Germany, March 10, 2020. /VCG Europe may be the financial powerhouse of globa
The Red Bull Arena before the UEFA Champions League round of 16 match between RB Leipzig and Tottenham in Leipzig, Germany, March 10, 2020. /VCG Europe may be the financial powerhouse of globa
Seasoned secondary players were expecting it. As the markets began to plummet in recent weeks, shareholders who’d turned down earlier offers to buy this or that holding were suddenly curious to
Robocalls have been targeting the vulnerable and unsuspecting for years, so it’s no surprise that the scumbags would take advantage of the current global catastrophe to enhance their scams. The
VCG Supply of daily necessities has remained stable in China, including the epidemic-hit Hubei Province, in spite of the ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak that clobbered daily life and factor
People around the world became increasingly closed off from one another Thursday as sweeping travel bans accelerated, walling regions apart as a viral pandemic unfolds