(RTTNews) - Roche (RHHBY) said the U.S. FDA has issued an Emergency Use Authorization for the cobas SARS-CoV-2 Test for the qualitative detection of SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus. Roche said Hospitals and reference laboratories can run the test on the company's fully automat
Turkey, which unleashed massive stimulus to recover from a 2018 currency crisis, is poised to stretch its central bank and public finances even more to defend the economy and tourism sector from the global coronavirus pandemic.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued emergency authorization for a coronavirus test made by Swiss diagnostics maker Roche, a move aimed at boosting screening capacity to help contain the growing epidemic.
Japan's exports likely fell for a 15th straight month and machinery orders were seen down again, a Reuters poll found on Friday, amid mounting fears the coronavirus outbreak is tipping the economy into recession.
Nepal has closed all of its Himalayan peaks including Mount Everest this climbing season because of fears of the coronavirus outbreak, a government minister said on Friday.
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is seeking court permission to reconsider certain aspects of its decision to award a $10 billion cloud computing contract to Microsoft Corp, court filings showed on Thursday.
(RTTNews) - Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (JAPSY.OB) announced Friday its decision to temporarily reduce domestic services between March 16 and March 28 in response to the Coronavirus or COVID-19 outbreak.
Chinese shares, the yuan and government bond futures fell on Friday amid a global market meltdown triggered by intensifying fears over the global spread of the coronavirus.
Chinese shares, the yuan and government bond futures fell on Friday amid a global market meltdown triggered by intensifying fears over the global spread of the coronavirus.
Turkey's industrial production output is expected to have expanded 8.5% annually in January, for a fifth consecutive month of growth, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday.
The head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention testified on Thursday on Capitol Hill that public health officials discussed coronavirus information in classified rooms on occasions “too numerous to count," though he said the information wasn't treated as classified.
(RTTNews) - Indian shares crashed in early trade on Friday, following extremely weak cues from other global markets amid rising worries over the spread of coronavirus across the world.
SoftBank Group Corp said on Friday it will buy back up to 7% of its own shares for as much as 500 billion yen ($4.8 billion) - a decision that comes after activist investor Elliott Management pressed for $20 billion in stock buybacks.
The Turkish lira traded steady at 6.32 against the dollar early on Friday after the government took measures to curb the spread of coronavirus, closing schools and universities and deciding to hold sports events without spectators.
Malaysia's industrial production rose 0.6% in January from a year earlier, the second straight month of slower expansion on a decline in the mining and electricity sectors, government data showed on Friday.
Oil fell a third day as the horror show for crude investors continued on Friday amid panic about evaporating demand from the coronavirus pandemic, with Brent set for its biggest weekly loss since 1991 and U.S. crude heading for its worst week since 2008.