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Economists fear rising number of "zombie companies" in Germany: survey
BERLIN, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- A large majority of economists -- 86 percent -- surveyed by the ifo Institute believed that the number of "zombie companies" in Germany, businesses that are economically unviable, increased at least moderately since March when the COVID-19 crisis hit the country, the ifo Institute announced on Monday.
Couples long to be with each other again
WEDDING bells were supposed to ring this year for engaged Malaysians and their foreign partners.
Japan's 'Suganomics' will target quick wins, not grand visions
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's new prime minister will pursue economic structural reforms through a mixed bag of policies that target specific industries, rather than a grand strategy to reshape society and boost long-term growth.
After port blast, rudderless Lebanon drifts towards the rocks
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Three weeks after the catastrophic explosion at Beirut port, Lebanon is drifting towards even more trouble as its politicians fail to agree a new government that can arrest a financial meltdown.
Chinese academic disciplined after criticising Xi and Communist Party
BEIJING (Reuters) - A retired Chinese professor who called President Xi Jinping a "mafia boss" and the ruling Communist Party a "political zombie" has been disciplined, according to her former employer, the latest such critic to face punishment in recent months.
Special Report: The pub and the pandemic: Regulars, suppliers, owner adrift in lockdown
LONDON (Reuters) - When the Greenwich Pensioner was built in 1827, the girl who would become Queen Victoria was 8 years old and John Quincy Adams was serving as the sixth president of the United States.
Upbeat about the economy
Firebrand economist Paul Krugman feels that we have got a pretty good handle on the economics even though the Covid-19 crisis is really different from anything we've seen before.
South Korea city deserted after coronavirus 'super-spreads' through church
SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) - The streets of South Korea's fourth-largest city were abandoned on Thursday, with residents holed up indoors after dozens of people caught the new coronavirus in what authorities described as a "super-spreading event" at a church.
Oh, Please! - Coronavirus won't turn you into a 'zombie', says Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: The deadly coronavirus will not cause victims to act like zombies, Malaysia's government said on social media, as officials act to correct the spread of misinformation surrounding the outbreak. As medical authorities seek to contain the virus, some social media users in Malaysia made a connection between the disease and the walking dead.
For one Chinese family in New York, it was simply time to go home, virus or not
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jonathan Niu got to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport five hours early on Friday, not least because he had a lot of luggage to check for his flight to his native China: He was hauling back boxes filled with hundreds of face masks.
