The new coronavirus epidemic is likely to wreak havoc on China auto sales and production in the first quarter, but it is too early to push panic buttons as ground could be made up later in the year, industry executives said.
Pilots and flight attendants are demanding airlines stop flights to China as health officials declare a global emergency over the rapidly spreading coronavirus, with American Airlines' pilots filing a lawsuit seeking an immediate halt.
The new coronavirus epidemic is likely to wreak havoc on China auto sales and production in the first quarter, but it is too early to push panic buttons as ground could be made up later in the year, industry executives said.
Levels of preparedness in the corporate world across Asia still vary widely from the best practices, to the minimally prepared, to the unprepared, says SafePro’s Ross Darrell Feingold.
BEIJING: China's manufacturing activity slipped in January, official data showed on Friday (Jan 31), as the country grapples with a new virus that has claimed more than 200 lives. Official figures released on Friday showed that the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for manufacturing, an early gauge ...
South Korea's SK Hynix , the worlds' No.2 memory chip maker, warned a new virus outbreak in China could pose a threat to chip production and said it would sharply reduce annual investment after posting a steep fall in quarterly profit.
Markets rose in Asia on Friday after the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency over the deadly new virus sweeping China.
American Airlines Holdings Inc and its mechanics union announced tentative joint collective bargaining agreements on Thursday covering five maintenance and fleet service groups after more than four years of often bitter negotiations.
BANK lending in Singapore was flat in December from a month ago, according to preliminary data from the Monetary Authority of Singapore on Friday.
It is still too soon to gauge the economic impact of the virus outbreak on China's economy, beyond the first three months of the year, International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva said Thursday.
