MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE A more apropos adage for today’s market bears may be that when an outbreak of coronavirus grinds the world’s second-largest economy to a halt, the rest of the world catches a recession. See full story. Berkshire Hathaway posts $ 29.2 billion quarterly earnings and holds $ 128 …
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China’s extraordinary economic growth over the past four decades transformed the country into the world’s second-biggest economy. The key to this growth is global trade. China is not only the largest trading partner in the world, but it is also central to a myriad of supply chains. From raw materials …
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Gold futures on Monday headed modestly higher as investors fretted about the economic impact on China of the fast-moving outbreak of the coronavirus. The death toll for the novel strain of coronavirus climbed to more than 900 in mainland China, exceeding that of the severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, …
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