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Elon Musk dumped 75% of Tesla's bitcoin last quarter, and wants out of his deal to buy Twitter. Plunging asset prices and recession fears may explain why
Musk may be having second thoughts as Tesla, Twitter, and bitcoin have plunged in value this year, …
Theron Mohamed
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China locks down a city of 9 million residents amid a new spike in COVID-19 cases
Residents are required to remain home and undergo three rounds of mass testing, while non-essent…
PTI
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Banks are revisiting COVID-19 lockdown plans as the looming energy crisis brings fears of winter blackouts
Andrew Rogan, director of operational resilience at UK Finance, said that all firms of all sizes we…
Beatrice Nolan
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Incomes are either rising too slowly or falling at the lower end of the bracket
India’s gross domestic product (GDP) has been growing at a much faster clip than expected — most go…
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40% of Chinese people infected with Covid in last month, say experts
According to an internal document of the Chinese CDC, 248 million people were infected by the coron…
ANI
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Oil prices will rocket to $100 on the back of China's easing of its COVID-19 lockdown policies, Energy Aspects' Amrita Sen says
"China reopening will be very, very bullish for oil markets," Energy Aspects' Amrita Sen said, pred…
Jennifer Sor
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Boris Johnson said he didn't know his 2020 office party that violated UK lockdown measures 'could amount to a breach of the rules'
Last week, the prime minister apologized and paid a fine for attending a June 2020 birthday party t…
Lauren Frias
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An NYU professor living in Shanghai says his family has turned into 'hunter-gatherers' and bartered food to survive the city's COVID-19 lockdown
"It's an interesting sociological experience, coming to a city where it's not our home country, and…
Cheryl Teh
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CNN correspondent in Shanghai said authorities taped up his door to ensure he abided by the city's Covid lockdown regulations
"If you thought Wuhan 2020 was bad, welcome to Shanghai 2022," said CNN's David Culver, who's livin…
Matthew Loh
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Shanghai is flying drones over districts to tell citizens under lockdown to 'curb your soul's desire for freedom' and comply with COVID-19 restrictions
A drone broadcasted the message: "Control your soul's desire for freedom. Do not open the window or…
Cheryl Teh
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Global shipping giant Maersk says the Shanghai lockdown will cause delays and drive up transport costs in a fresh blow to the supply chain
Shanghai has been split in two to allow for mass testing. Maersk said trucking services would impac…
Abby Wallace
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DeSantis downplays COVID-19 testing for people without symptoms, calling it a 'lockdown by stealth'
In response to DeSantis' comments, a public health expert told Insider that "wishing" COVID-19 will…
Rebecca Cohen
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Tens of millions of Chinese people are back in strict lockdown. Residents say they feel 'trapped.'
Surging numbers of virus cases prompted the new measures. Daily increases of more 1,000 cases are a…
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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Video shows workers at an Apple and Tesla plant in Shanghai clashing with security guards over fears of an onsite COVID lockdown
The clip appeared to show a female worker smacking someone in protective gear so that a fellow male…
Weilun Soon
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China's gold imports from Switzerland have soared to a 5-year high as Covid-19 lockdowns ease
The 80 tons of gold China imported in July were more than double the volume in June and eight times…
Brian Evans
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COVID-19 situation worsens in Europe — Netherlands, Austria imposes full lockdown
Austria became the first country in the European Union to take such a measure in the face of the…
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Tesla gains as sales in China rebounded in May following a slide spurred by COVID-19 lockdowns
Tesla's May sales improved after a 98% plunge in April as COVID-19 lockdowns in Shanghai forced a p…
Carla Mozée
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The Chinese city of Xi'an is intensifying its lockdown and closing its international airport to bar overseas travelers from landing
Xi'an, a northwestern Chinese city home to 13 million people, has been under strict lockdown measur…
Cheryl Teh
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Oil tumbles towards $100, as renewed COVID-19 lockdowns in China and recession fears depress demand outlook
"Markets remain torn between recession fears in the US, Europe, and China torpedoing growth and thu…
Zahra Tayeb
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Germany is imposing a COVID-19 lockdown for unvaccinated people only
Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel and her successor, Olaf Scholz announced the new measures on Thur…