Many Facebook employees are working from home during the Chinese virus pandemic and questioning the need to live in the extremely costly San Francisco Bay area. Another 20% were "somewhat" interested and the largest group wanted flexibility, with some remote and some in-office work. This includes seniority, high performance, and naturally being part of a team that supports remote work.

The city government also issued a statement decrying the absence of social distancing evident in images of the gathering, calling it "unacceptable" and warning it risked setting back the city's efforts to stop the spread of Covid-19. "I thought it was a rock concert at the beginning when I went out there". "If you have symptoms, you're anxious, you've been in large groups and anxious about having COVID or been in contact with someone who may have had COVID, go get tested", Ford said.

The creation of a COVID-19 vaccine is seen as a crucial step to controlling the pandemic and allowing for the safe resumption of businesses, classes, organized sport, performing arts and social activity. There is no company testing vaccine in India yet and they are in the pre-clinical stage of preparation", he said. "If a comparison has to be made we are well behind global efforts", he said.

Investors have also greeted gradual steps by states to reopen their economies. President Donald Trump's warning on Thursday that the USA would react strongly to China's plan for a national security law in Hong Kong has raised concerns over Washington and Beijing's possibly reneging on their Phase 1 trade deal.

A reduction of repo rate is the signal banks that they can borrow funds at cheaper rates from the RBI and lend deploy those. Revenues have been impacted severely due to slowdown in economic activity amid COVID-19 outbreak, Das said. Speaking on the condition of the economy, the governor said that there has been a collapse in demand in both urban and rural demand since March 2020.

In an interview with the BBC , Facebook CEO answered questions about the company's anti-misinformation campaign, the Covid-19 pandemic, upcoming elections, and his near-total control over the world's largest online social network. "Because this is fundamentally about changing our culture and the way that we all are going to work long-term". A little more than 50% wanted to get back to the office as soon as possible.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been touting forthcoming battery technology improvements, going so far as to dub a forthcoming company talk "battery day" in prior public comments. Reuters also says the new batteries will rely on low-cobalt components and chemical additives that reduce stress over time. The sources said CATL also plans to supply Tesla in China next year with an improved long-life nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) battery whose cathode is 50% nickel and only 20% cobalt .

Meanwhile, the possibility of renewed trade tensions between the US and China came to the forefront, igniting concerns about relations between two of the biggest world economies at a time when the U.S.is already facing a massive downturn. In one bright spot, Americans' view of the economy improved in early May even as the novel coronavirus continued to spread. Friday's turnaround also followed better-than-expected data on USA consumer sentiment.

The 30-share S&P BSE frontline index opened 39.65 points, or 0.43 percent, higher at 31,296.28, while the broader 50-share NSE index started at 9,182.40, up 173.39 points, or 0.56 percent. On the currency front, Rupee closed lower at 75.56 per dollar as against the previous close of 75.47 per U.S. dollar. Meanwhile, bourses in Shanghai and Seoul ended with gains, while Hong Kong and Tokyo closed in the red.

Hinshaw said, within seven days of opening, businesses must outline the steps they're taking to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Alberta's cabinet ministers will address the issue in detail in tonight's cabinet meeting. Overall, 45 new cases were confirmed on Tuesday, bringing the total to 1,361 active cases in the province and 6,345 since the onset of the pandemic. There are 73 cases in hospital including 12 in intensive care units.

He advised politicians to focus on the outbreak instead of "racking their brains to distract attention and deflect responsibility". The Covid-19 Accountability Act, authored by Senator Lindsay Graham and co-sponsored by eight others, was introduced in the Senate - the upper chamber of Congress, on Tuesday.

Top trade negotiators from both nations spoke by phone last week and pledged to create favorable conditions for implementation of the bilateral trade deal and cooperate on the economy and public health, according to a statement from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce.

The kingdom's finance minister Mohammed al-Jadaan said in the statement that the measures announced on Monday "are painful but necessary to maintain financial end economic stability over medium to long term". Under the most recent OPEC+ deal, Saudi Arabia was targeting production of 8.492 million barrels a day. According to al-Jadaan, Saudi Arabia's economy, in which oil income contributes up to 70% of government expenditure, has suffered three economic shocks recently, namely the drop in ...

Bloomberg reported that Pence didn't attend a meeting Saturday with President Donald Trump after his press secretary, Katie Miller , tested positive for coronavirus . "At least 34 Secret Service employees have also tested positive, although it is unknown if any work at the White House". "All of the recommended guidelines we have for businesses that have essential workers were now putting in place here in the White House, so as America reopens safely the White House is continuing to ...

WTI with delivery in June increased by 5.9% and trading at $20,9. WTI crude futures increased $0.49, or 2%, to $24.04 a barrel, at 08:00 MSK, while Brent crude futures were up by $0.48 to $29.94 a barrel at this time, Reuters reported.

The closures haven't just meant lost sales opportunities for Apple. The page appears to be a result of Apple's ongoing adjustments in the way it does business due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is now not known if the page will continue to be presented in this way once Apple's US retail stores begin to reopen.

Birx said the team would "keep a close eye on the data". The White House issued a statement Monday that "this is not a White House document, nor has it been presented to the Coronavirus Task Force or gone through interagency vetting". There is growing frustration among the president's core supporters, however, with government shelter-in-place orders. Since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended on April 3 that Americans wear face masks in public, Trump has repeatedly ...

According to a notification issued by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, special additional excise duty on petrol has been hiked by Rs 2 per litre and road cess has been hiked by Rs 8 a litre. This would help in generating the resources to meet expense of coronavirus fight as well as meet other spending needs such as on infrastructure. Any increase in taxes on these items would boost a state's coffers at a time when over a month of lockdown has brought business activity to a ...

Edward Jones analyst Jim Shanahan said it was striking that Buffett didn't find any bargains to invest in at the end of the first quarter. Berkshire has been among the biggest shareholders in the four largest U.S. "It's going to be a odd annual meeting", said Andy Kilpatrick, a retired stockbroker who wrote a Buffett biography and has attended every annual meeting since 1985.

Wall Street's enthusiastic reaction to the first-quarter results puts Musk on the cusp of reaping a huge payday as part of a deal he struck with Tesla's board two years ago. We find the company's perspective as an aftermarket supplier of Tesla accessories interesting and are willing to share its content free of charge. The billionaire entrepreneur, speaking on an earnings update for the electric carmaker, lashed out at the orders which forced the shutdown of production in California and ...