Supply chain disruption from coronavirus will come back to haunt us UBS economist says

Arend Kapteyn, global chief economist at UBS, outlines how the coronavirus outbreak will impact the global economy and markets over the coming months.

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Coronavirus: NI exams body plans for potential disruption

Exams body CCEA says it is making plans to manage how coronavirus could affect exams.

FTSE 100 recovering slightly into lunchtime; Global car sales predicted to slump amid coronavirus disruption

Footsie closed up around 24 points at 7,042. FTSE AIM 100 lost over 91 points at 4,624.

Live updates: U.S. braces for more disruption as coronavirus jolts business; epidemic slows in China

UK retailers hit by supply disruption amid coronavirus concerns

Almost a quarter of British retailers are reporting severe disruption to their supply of goods as a result of the spread of coronavirus. News that retailers are starting to struggle to maintain supplies of some products comes as a survey found that one in 10 people have already started stockpiling food because of fear of an outbreak in the UK. A survey from the consultancy Retail Economics has found that 24% of British retailers – ranging from...

Bitcoin’s Computing Power Is Growing Again After Coronavirus-Related Disruption

The bitcoin network’s processing power is growing again as major Chinese miner manufacturers resume shipments following coronavirus-related delays.

Digitimes: iPhone SE 2 (iPhone 9?) component orders delayed due to coronavirus disruption

In a pair of Digitimes reports, the supply-chain focused publication suggests that the launch of Apple’s next phone model may be a little further off. The iPhone 9, or iPhone SE 2, whatever you want to call it, has apparently reached the final stage of production verification. However, this means that a formal release could …

Coronavirus disruption: African airlines risk over $400m in losses - IATA

Almost all African airlines except Ethiopian suspended operations of their China route in the wake of the epidemic. The IATA said the estimates are preliminary and conservative, valid as at mid Februa

Hertz Avis stocks plunge after Morgan Stanley warns of significant earnings disruption from the coronavirus

Shares of car rental companies Hertz Global Holdings Inc. and Avis Budget Group Inc. suffered double-digit percentage declines, after Morgan Stanley analyst...