Hong Kong's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 4.2% in the January to March period, the highest in more than nine years, as the coronavirus restricted activity in an economy already in ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s civil servants will gradually return to work starting May 4
"My guess is that about one week out, perhaps around May 1, shortages will begin developing at retail meat counters," said Dennis Smith, a commodity broker/livestock analyst with Archer Financial ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong prepares to reopen: Carrie Lam
Government employees will start returning to offices on May 4 and the city is preparing to open facilities including museums and libraries. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Coronavirus Example
The WHO covers for a secretive China, but Taipei is a real model. ( read original story ...)
Lam Wing-Kee — Hong Kong bookseller ‘fights back China’ with his Taiwan shop
Kee has opened a new book shop in Taipei despite threats from China. Lam told DW that his Causeway Bay Books will continue to provide inspiration to protesters in Hong Kong and Taiwan. ( read original story ...)
‘It’s been a rough ride’—Georgia small business owner on eagerness to reopen
Bruce LeVell, small business owner in Georgia and executive director of the National Diversity Coalition for Trump, joins "Squawk Box" to discuss Georgia partially reopening its economy on Friday and ... ( read original story ...)
Why didn’t the Bears take a shot on Georgia’s Jake Fromm or another developmental QB? ‘The board fell a certain way,’ Ryan Pace says.
Georgia's Jake Fromm clearly wasn’t the Bears' choice for a developmental quarterback selection in the fifth round, but why didn't they take a shot at another? ( read original story ...)
Dying for cute toes? I hate to say it, Georgia, but on this one, we’re as dumb as we look.
We still don’t know who is spreading this awful virus, how many cases we really have, or what will happen as the state reopens in earnest. It's scary. ( read original story ...)
Ben Carson: ‘We’ll Soon Know’ Impact of Georgia Reopening
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Ben Carson said that the rest of the country will learn a lot from Georgia's experiment. ( read original story ...)
Oman confirms 82 new coronavirus cases; tally at 2,131
The Omani Health Ministry Tuesday confirmed 82 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing to 2,131 the country's overall infections including 10 deaths. The newly diagnosed cases are 40 Omanis and ... ( read original story ...)