Insurers have become the villains of the Covid-19 crisis
As insurance prices fell over the course of almost two decades, so did standards of care in underwriting as insurers...
Day: May 16, 2020
Takara Bio’s saliva-based coronavirus test to allow samples taken at home
TOKYO -- Takara Bio will release a coronavirus test in Japan as early as this month that uses saliva, enabling samples to be...
Coronavirus pandemic pushes US and China into new Cold War
TOKYO -- While the U.S.-China relationship has become more toxic than ever since their dramatic rapprochement in the 1970s, the...
Can M&S fashion a future after the lockdown?
Insiders say he does not want to go back to the “old system”, whereby only 20pc of its clothes are...
The Treasury can borrow like mad because its bogeyman no longer exists
“I used to think that if there was reincarnation, I wanted to come back as the president or the Pope...
China to US airfreight prices spike as coronavirus hits
TOKYO/BANGKOK -- Air and sea cargo fares have surged due to the coronavirus pandemic, with airfreight prices from Shanghai to U.S. and...
Banks face seismic transformation after virus earthquake
While the legal foundations are unsure, the signals for looser lending could scarcely be clearer. The BoE has cut capital...
Tokyo university startup develops coronavirus-catching fabric
MATSUYAMA, Japan -- Zetta, a spinout from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, also known as Tokyo Tech, has developed a nonwoven...
India’s coronavirus infections surpass China total
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -- India's total novel corornavirus cases rose to 85,940 on Saturday, taking it past China, where the...
Coronavirus upsets Japan 5G launch
TOKYO -- The coronavirus outbreak has upset efforts by Japan's mobile phone carriers to attract new 5G customers, forcing them...
