Mira Robotics developed its Ugo robot to reinforce greying Japan’s shrinking workforce, but as the coronavirus threat persists, the Japanese start-up is offering its machine as a tool in the fight against the outbreak, reported Channel News Asia…(Read More)
Scientists at the University of Oxford in the UK announced, through a statement from its production partner AstraZeneca and also in a report published in The Lancet that, according to preliminary results, the university’s vaccine for COVID-19 is safe and induced an immune response…(Read More)
French business activity rebounded far more than expected in July as a post-lockdown recovery in the service sector shifted up a gear, according to a survey by data compiler HIS Markit, which said its preliminary purchasing managers index jumped to 57.6 from 51.7 in June…(Read More)
The return after the pandemic will be a gradual process. Some sectors are already rebounding, and others will take longer to modify or rebuild their operations…(Read More)
Following strong May results, the hiring recovery continued to gain momentum with much better than expected job gains in June…(Read More)
Governments around the globe have already allocated more than $13 trillion to stabilize their economies and jump start growth. Although these speedily implemented measures have succeeded in many ways, new worries continue to emerge…(Read More)
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that the coronavirus could cost as many as a million jobs in the country as many industries considered not essential remain shut, according to a report in the international edition of Channel News Asia…(Read More)
Singapore won’t return to the open and connected global economy that existed before the island nation went into a partial lockdown two months ago due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, as reported by Bloomberg…(Read More)
Germany is taking its biggest step yet to ease coronavirus containment with preparations to open restaurants and all shops as well as to restart professional soccer games, according to a recent report from Bloomberg…(Read More)
Even as restrictions ease and businesses reopen, it seems almost certain that the workplace has been permanently altered. Although many people will physically return to their places of work, many may not do so or at least not every day…(Read More)