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Amazon General Counsel David Zapolsky said fired worker Chris Smalls should be the focus of Amazon’s public-relations campaign countering activist employees, said the person who saw an internal memo.

The company is “working on options to make sure parents have the support and the flexibility to adjust their schedules as needed,” according to the note.

When the virus was first discovered, doctors likened it to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS, the illness that sickened 8,000 people mostly in Asia in 2003.

Google said the mobility reports don’t impinge on privacy because they only use data from people who have agreed to share their location with the company, and the information can’t be tied to individual accounts.

The guest list is crucial as Saudi Arabia has made clear it will only cut production if others, including the US, shoulder some of the burden. Saudi Arabia called for the meeting, saying it should aim for a “fair agreement.”

The S&P BSE Sensex Index slid 1.2 per cent to 27,913.75 as of 9:57 a.m. in Mumbai, following Wednesday’s worst start to a new fiscal year since 2007.

A shorter containment period could limit the damage to $2 trillion, or 2.3 per cent of world output, the Manila-based lender said in its Asian Development Outlook report released Friday.

Traffic forecasts by the International Air Transport Association suggest airlines’ emissions could drop 38% in 2020

The S&P 500 Index gained for the first time in three days after Trump said he expects the two countries to cut crude output by about 10 million barrels after he spoke by phone with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman on Thursday.

The Russian leader said certain parts of Russia, including Moscow, hadn’t managed so far to get the situation under control.

Having delayed a planned release in 2019, the timing of the colourful social simulator couldn’t have been better: the slow paced village life and virtual interactions have proved the ideal distraction and been hailed as “the perfect way to spend quarantine.”

Late Wednesday, Bloomberg News reported that Apple as relaxed its rules requiring a 30% cut for any content sold inside video apps on its iOS platform.

The Czech Republic was among numerous European countries to receive virus test kits and other medical supplies from China in recent weeks. “This isn’t a humanitarian gift or aid,” Hrib said. “From China’s perspective, it’s business.”

As many as 200,000 Americans are projected to die in the US coronavirus outbreak, a top White House official said Tuesday, even with another 30 days of the most stringent public health restrictions in place. Reviewing the projections, President Donald Trump warned Americans of a difficult period ahead.

Deborah Birx, the State Department immunologist advising the White House on its response to the outbreak, said Tuesday that China’s public reporting influenced assumptions elsewhere in the world about the nature of the virus.

Mass assembly is only one part of the iPhone maker’s supply chain, which encompasses hundreds of suppliers. Apple and its many partners spend months or even years sourcing individual components that are assembled into final products

Apple is asking retail store employees to temporarily become remote technical support staff while stores remain closed.

The reality is that there is no actual shortage. Warehouses in India, the world’s largest exporter, are brimming over with rice and wheat on record harvests.

At 65, Angela Merkel is more in demand than ever as Europe’s most powerful leader steers her country through what she describes as the greatest challenge since the war.

As India now conducts the world’s biggest lockdown, budget pressures are set to worsen.