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Stocks surged as major victories from Joe Biden during Super Tuesday sparked a massive rally within the health-care sector.

The Strategic National Stockpile currently holds approximately 12 million medical-grade N95 masks and 30 million surgical face masks.

The release of the upcoming James Bond film "No Time to Die" has been pushed to November from April, becoming the first Hollywood film to shift its global rollout due to the coronavirus outbreak.

The closure would come into effect beginning Thursday and will last until March 15.

The plans, announced Wednesday, are subject to consultation.

Multiple venture capital firms are taking precautionary measures against the coronavirus. One is even blocking all travel to Asia.

The euro is expected to strengthen against the U.S. dollar in the coming months, regardless of whether the European Central Bank (ECB) announces further stimulus measures.

Mycoskie has founded "personal transformation" company Madefor with former Navy SEAL Pat Dossett

U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers are unmoved by political pressure, according to Cleveland Fed President and CEO Loretta Mester.

South Africa slid into its second recession in two years in the final quarter of 2019, as the economy shrank 1.4% following a revised 0.8% contraction in the third quarter.

Researchers in China have found that two different types of the new coronavirus could be causing infections worldwide.

Energy use at the facility has fallen by 15%, according to the company.

So far, Biden's delegate total was at 453, ahead of Sanders' 373, NBC News said.

Ant Financial has invested in Swedish financial technology start-up Klarna as part of a global e-commerce partnership between the two firms.

The U.S. Federal Reserve's emergency interest rate cut gives China's central bank much more leeway to lower its own rates, and boost the internationalization of the yuan, analysts said.

The ECB and the Bank of England are expected to announce new stimulus in the coming days, after the Fed surprised markets with a large rate cut.

From postponing large-scale events to closing schools, the United Arab Emirates is taking wide-ranging measures in a bid to stop the spread of the coronavirus in the country.

Poland has confirmed its first case of the coronavirus disease, according to the country's Health Minister Lukasz Szumowski.

The airstrike was the first by the United States against the Taliban in 11 days.

Other major central banks have scheduled meetings in the coming weeks and could follow the Fed's lead.