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India's tech firms including Wipro, Infosys, work to minimise Coronavirus risk
Technology is replacing travel wherever possible, work from home policies have been implemented and business continuity plans are in place
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Coronavirus: Walmart, Uber and Others Tweak Sick-Leave Policies
The companies, and other businesses, like Instacart, have also said they would compensate workers who contract the virus or are subject to quarantine orders
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Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson test positive for Coronavirus
Hanks is by far the most prominent entertainment figure to say he has the virus and, by going public with the information, instantly becomes the face of an outbreak that has cascaded around the globe
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Behind the Russia-Saudi breakup, calculations and miscalculations
With hundreds of billions of dollars salted away in rainy-day funds, Russia is in many ways unusually well-positioned to withstand the impact of falling oil prices. But it has nonetheless been rattled by how fast and aggressively Saudi Arabia has responded to the breakdown of talks in Vienna
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Travel and the Coronavirus: Answers to your top questions
If you cancel your flight, will you get your money back? Should you just stay home? Experts answer your most pressing questions
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How 7 traders dealt with Wall Street's two terrible weeks
Here's what the past two weeks looked like to Wall Street traders and investors, from the Goldman Sachs trading floor to the Magic Kingdom, as they struggled to make sense of the market mayhem—knowing that it's unlikely to end anytime soon
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Oil prices dive as Saudi Arabia takes aim at Russian production
The effects were quickly felt, as the Brent global oil benchmark price collapsed by about $11 a barrel late Sunday, in the sharpest decline since at least 1991, and stock market futures fell by about 3%
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Gyms and Coronavirus: What are the risks?
The spread of the coronavirus could make even the most ardent gym rats stress out about picking up barbells
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Two seats left for this trip to the International Space Station
On Thursday, Axiom Space announced a contract with SpaceX, Elon Musk's rocket company, for what might be the first fully private human spaceflight to orbit, as soon as in 2021
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Business (Indian CEOs are in high demand!), Communication (Fakery and puffery plague corporate lingo), Sports (American women are running faster than ever), Music (From busking to performing at concerts globally), and Technology (Oral History of Lawrence G. "Larry" Tesler)