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  • People wearing protective masks at Santa Lucia Train Station in Venice, Italy, on February 24, 2020. More than 210 people were infected by Covid-19 in Italy, with 5 people deaths. Italy is at the third place in the world ranking as infected countries, after China e South Korea. Italy has disposed the closure of schools, university, pubs and imposed a stop to religious functions in Lombardia and Veneto regions.
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    Italy reports the most coronavirus cases outside of Asia, causing worries for the country’s economy. And Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes President Trump to India, with both hoping for a trade deal to resolve long-simmering tension.

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  • A Chinese employee wearing a protective facemask walks past a cargo ship at a port in Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong province.
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    The coronavirus hit in Asia is bigger than expected. How the epidemic’s expansion is affecting the auto and airline industries in China. One CEO who’s juggling the current challenges that come with doing business between the U.S. and China.

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  • Democratic presidential hopefuls participate in the ninth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season co-hosted by NBC News, MSNBC, Noticias Telemundo and The Nevada Independent at the Paris Theater in Las Vegas, Nevada, on February 19, 2020.
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    On streaming sites, political ads aren’t always required to disclose who paid for them. How coronavirus is hitting inmates of China’s prison system. What we can learn from Tokyo about affordable housing.

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  • How much is coronavirus impacting global business?
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    Services sectors remain somewhat resilient, while manufacturing is struggling with supply-chain disruption from China’s coronavirus outbreak. No India-U.S. trade deal expected on President Trump’s imminent visit. Will steel jobs lost in North East England during the 1970s ever come back?

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  • When ignorance is a good thing
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    Home construction ticked up in January. What a jump in the price of acetaminophen in India means for the world’s largest generic drug exporter. A look at economic equality through the “veil of ignorance.” 

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  • Shoppers walk past a Victoria's Secret store along the Magnificent Mile on Nov. 21, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois.
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    L Brands prepare to sell control of Victoria’s Secret. ViacomCBS reports its earnings for the first time since a December merger. The Beatles teach us something about taxes.

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  • Banknotes and coins in front of the flag of the European Union

    EU leaders meet to work out the bloc’s budget, without the $10 billion contributed by the UK. Acetaminophen prices jump 40% in India. Gold trading is removed from the UK’s official trade statistics.

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  • Feb 19, 2020

    Photoshop turns 30

    The Knoll Brothers sold Photoshop to Adobe in 1990.
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    The EU issues proposed rules on artificial intelligence. The rise in home-building permit applications shows developers are confident about the future. How social media is helping fuel coronavirus fears. Thirty years of Adobe Photoshop, for better and worse.

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  • Chairman of the Milken Institute Michael Milken speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference 2017 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on May 3, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California.
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    Chinese residents forgoing travel helps contain the spread of coronavirus. Black homeownership ticks up slightly, but it’s still way lower than it should be. A primer on Michael Milken, the former “junk bond king” whom Trump just pardoned.

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  • New rules for regulating Big Tech in Europe

    The European Commission is expected to unveil new proposals for more oversight over tech giants like Google, Facebook and Amazon. How do perceptions of risk factor into the impact of events like the coronavirus outbreak?

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