Take Five: What’s the virus damage?

(Reuters) – 1/SCHLOCK AND AWE IN CHINA Financial markets have gone swiftly from nonchalance to awe…

China’s coronavirus bound to hurt Germany’s struggling manufacturers: IHS Markit

BERLIN (Reuters) – German manufacturers hurting from the U.S.-Sino trade conflict are bound to see their…

Japan tourist businesses hit by Chinese travel ban

TOKYO (Reuters) – A week after China banned its citizens from traveling to contain a deadly…

Euro zone factories still struggling but green shoots emerging: PMI

LONDON (Reuters) – Euro zone factory activity contracted again in January but did so at its…

French manufacturing growth picked up in January: PMI

PARIS (Reuters) – French manufacturing growth picked up in January, a survey showed on Monday, as…

Santander’s chairman Ana Botin increases shares in bank by 1 million: regulator

MADRID (Reuters) – The chairman of Spain’s Santander <SAN.MC>, Ana Botin, last week bought 1 million…

ECB’s De Guindos says coronavirus outbreak creates uncertainty

ATHENS (Reuters) – The European Central Bank is seeing early signs of stabilization at a global…

Hong Kong recession deepens, fourth-quarter GDP shrinks 0.4% quarter-on-quarter

HONG KONG (Reuters) – The Hong Kong economy’s first recession in a decade deepened in the…

Italy factory activity contracts at slowest rate for eight months: PMI

ROME (Reuters) – Italian manufacturing activity declined for a 16th month running in January but at…

‘Busy looking for masks’: Financiers worry about virus, Hong Kong braces for business slowdown

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Temporary relocation for families and face masks were two of the top…

Indonesia GDP growth seen up slightly in fourth quarter, virus to hurt 2020 outlook: Reuters poll

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s economic growth probably edged up in the final quarter of last year,…

Spanish manufacturing sector’s decline slows in January: PMI

MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s manufacturing sector contracted for the eighth month in a row in January,…