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Daily Crunch: Apple and Google announce contact tracing initiative

Apple and Google reveal a joint effort to track the spread of COVID-19, a new study shows how fringe coronavirus theories are making their way to the mainstream and — in happier news — we get some hi

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Checking on Utah’s startup scene as the economy slips

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.TechCrunch is taking a closer look at a few markets as the world changes. Followin

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China's producer prices down 1.5 pct in March

China's producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, dropped 1.5 percent year on year in March, compared with a 0.4-percent decline

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U.S. weekly jobless claims set second straight record as COVID-19 paralyzes economic activity

WASHINGTON, April 2 (Xinhua) -- The number of initial jobless claims in the United States soared to reach 6.65 million last week, doubling the record set a week earlier, as the economic impact of the

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Singapore announces additional border controls after 23 new COVID-19 cases confirmed

Singapore confirmed 23 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, of which 18 are imported and five are local cases. This brings the national total to 455 cases, said the Minist

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Japan continues to prepare for Olympics, PM Abe says

Japan continues to prepare to host the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Saturday, despite widening concern about the viability of t

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Wealth polarization in U.S. hits 50-year high: human rights report

In the United States, "the persistence of extreme poverty is a political choice made by those in power," said the report, citing Philip G. Alston, United Nation special rapporteur on extreme povert

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Democratic front-runner Biden to give speech on U.S. response to coronavirus outbreak

Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden will deliver a speech on the country's response to the coronavirus outbreak on Thursday, one day after he canceled upcomi

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COVID-19 market turmoil tests NYSE’s shutdown circuit-breakers

For the second time this week trading on the New York Stock Exchange halted for 15 minutes this morning when a market drop triggered the exchange’s internal circuit breaker, shortly after 9:30am.The c

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Belgium confirms five new cases of COVID-19

Five new cases of COVID-19 were detected during the night of Monday in Belgium, bringing the total number of cases to 13, according to a press release issued on Tuesday by the Federal Public Health

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Mauritius bans visitors from South Korea, Italy over COVID-19 fears

Mauritian officials hold a meeting to discuss the country’s COVID-19 response./Photo Courtesy: Government of Mauritius In response to the widening coronavirus outbreak, Mauritius enacted a ban

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Coronavirus fears hit markets, bringing US shares down as tech and SaaS slip

Fears over the potential impact of the coronavirus spreading in Europe, Asia and the Middle East have sent stocks plummeting in Monday’s open — with tech stocks among the hardest hit.The r

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Policymakers fret over risk to global growth from coronavirus outbreak

The rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak in China is emerging as a potentially major new risk to the global economy and leaving policymakers around the world, still grappling with the impact of

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APD | Taal Volcano’s status lowered effective Sunday morning

By APD writer Melo M. AcuñaMANILA, Jan. 26 (APD) – The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology has lowered Taal Volcano’s alert level from hazardous eruption

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Chinese economy in good position for future growth: U.S. economist

The Chinese economy is in a good position for future growth as the country is making headway in further reform and opening-up at an appropriate pace, a senior U.S. economist has said. "China is in a