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* Coronavirus pandemic has heaped pain on souring tech bets
(Adds share performance)
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Posted at 12:51h
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Sudan's government will
purchase 200,000 tonnes of wheat in a deal with the world food
programme, state news agency SUNA reported on Monday.
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Posted at 12:45h
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Russia's sovereign wealth fund
will continue to invest in Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030
development programme, the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya channel on
Monday cited the head of the fund as saying.
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Posted at 12:17h
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The two top Democrats in
the U.S. Congress called on Republicans on Monday to work toward
new bipartisan coronavirus legislation, citing a lack of funding
for the national testing needed to begin to reopen the U.S.
economy.
Posted at 11:41h
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Blackstone Group Inc said on
Monday it invested $2 billion in Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc
through an equity-and-debt deal, giving the drugmaker a
financial boost to develop its experimental therapies.
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Posted at 11:00h
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The coronavirus pandemic has
slashed costs for foreign investors seeking to neutralize the
currency exposure of owning dollar-denominated assets, making
U.S. securities more attractive and providing additional boost
for the nation's fixed income market.
Posted at 10:55h
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* First operating loss in 15 years
(Adds detail from SoftBank statement)
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Posted at 10:10h
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Most Southeast Asian markets wavered
between small gains and losses on Monday, as lingering concerns
about the coronavirus pandemic outweighed a landmark output cut
by OPEC+, while the Philippines rose on hopes of monetary
easing.
OPEC and allies led by Russia agreed on Sunday...
Posted at 09:06h
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Mongolia's central
bank has cut its benchmark interest rate to 9% from 10% and
extended consumer loans by 12 months amid an uncertain
environment due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has seen 17
cases in the country so far.
Posted at 08:18h
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Asian bonds recorded their biggest
foreign outflows in at least seven years in March, as investors
turned risk averse on concerns over the coronavirus outbreak and
chased safer assets such as the U.S. dollar and money market
instruments.