The world is running short of sugar, and it could get worse
Just as the world’s top sugar traders forecast a global shortage of the commodity, No. 1 raw-sugar importer Indonesia says it wants a record amount of the sweet stuff......»»
A NYC hospital has figured out how to turn sleep apnea machines it got from Elon Musk into ventilators for coronavirus patients
Mount Sinai New York is running short on ventilators, the breathing machines that could be the difference between life and death for some coronavirus patients. Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan has figured out a way to tu.....»»
"The shut down is not good for anyone": Famed "Big Short" investor Michael Burry unloads on coronavirus lockdowns, says the response has been worse than the disease itself
Getty Images/ Astrid Stawiarz Michael Burry, whose bets against the housing market were documented in bestselling novel and film "The Big Short," sees government lockdowns as more detrimental to Americans than the coronavirus itself. The famous in.....»»
Millions of aviation jobs at risk, airlines beg for govt support: IATA
Global airlines said 25 million jobs across the world could be at risk from the coronavirus travel downturn, as the industry's representative body launched a plea for urgent government support amid warnings that carriers are running out of cash......»»
Austria and Denmark are planning to lift their coronavirus lockdowns. But experts say easing measures too early might bring the virus back worse than before.
Jan Hetfleisch/Getty Images As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread around the world at different rates, some countries have begun considering lifting lockdown measures. Several countries that were once hotspots for the disease,.....»»
US special operations troops are getting busier, and concerns about their behavior have only gotten worse
Omar Haj Kadour / AFP via Getty Images US special operations forces are deployed all around the world, dropping in.....»»
The World Is Running Out Of Condoms As Factories Face COVID-19 Lockdown
The World Is Running Out Of Condoms As Factories Face COVID-19 Lockdown.....»»
Bay Area transit is running almost empty in midst of COVID-19 shutdown
Commuting around the Bay Area is a world different than it was before the spread of the coronavirus and the shelter-in-place orders that began on March 17. As of Monday, San Francisco's Municipal Transportation Agency temporarily shut down its sub.....»»
Will The Post-COVID-19 World Be Far Worse Than The Pre-COVID-19 World?
Will The Post-COVID-19 World Be Far Worse Than The Pre-COVID-19 World? Authored by Eric Zu.....»»
IMF managing director says world has entered recession
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva in Washington, D.C. on Friday said "it is clear" that world has "entered a recession as bad or worse" than the global financial crisis in 2009......»»
Market Extra: The world is running out of tanks to store oil as coronavirus and price war lead to flood of crude
A flood of crude is threatening to overwhelm the infrastructure of the world’s refining system......»»
The US is well on the way to having a coronavirus outbreak worse than China"s or even Italy"s
REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs The World Health Organization has said that the US could .....»»
The US is well on the way to having a coronavirus outbreak worse than China, or even Italy
REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs The World Health Organization has warned that the US could become the next center of the global corona.....»»
Trump claims if stopping coronavirus "were up to the doctors" the world would be shut down "for a couple of years"
Drew Angerer/Getty Images President Trump has begun to grow impatient with the measures that are being taken to slow the coronavirus due to their impact on the economy. On Monday, he said that, "We can't have the cure be worse than the prob.....»»
IMF sees pandemic causing global recession in 2020, recovery in 2021
The coronavirus pandemic will cause a global recession in 2020 that could be worse than the one triggered by the global financial crisis of 2008-2009, but world economic output should recover in 2021, the International Monetary Fund said on Monday......»»
IMF sees global recession in 2020, recovery in 2021
The coronavirus pandemic will cause a global recession in 2020 that could be worse than the one triggered by the global financial crisis of 2008-09 but world economic output should recover in 2021, the International Monetary Fund said Monday......»»
Marriott Cuts Jobs, Sends Thousands On Furlough, CEO Calls Coronavirus Worse Than 9/11
Benzinga is covering every angle of how the coronavirus affects the financial world. For daily updates, sign up for our coronavirus newsletter. read more.....»»
Economy week ahead: Judging the economic damage of the pandemic
Economies around the world will start to get a sense of the damage wrought by the coronavirus this week, as global central banks and governments continue their running battle to allay market fears over the scale of their response......»»
Elon Musk and Trump are touting a 1940s malaria pill as a potential coronavirus treatment. But supplies are already running short as prescriptions spike.
Crystal Cox/Business Insider Demand for malaria pills has skyrocke.....»»
Elon Musk and President Trump are touting a 1940s malaria pill as a potential coronavirus treatment. But supplies are already running short as prescriptions spike.
Crystal Cox/Business Insider Demand for malaria pills has skyrocketed, based on the hopes that the .....»»
Capitol Report: Coronavirus and the economy: U.S., world bracked for shockwaves, threat of recession
Severe restrictions to slow the spread of the coronavirus are taking a big toll on the global economy and it’s going to get worse before it gets better. Talk of recession is also back......»»