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Global smartphone shipments in the first three months of the year suffered its largest annual decline ever, as the disruption and uncertainties posed by the coronavirus pandemic hit demand. Smartphone makers shipped 275.8 million devices from January to March, an.

Sweden has attracted global attention for not imposing a full lockdown, as seen in most of Europe, to contain the coronavirus pandemic. Nonetheless, data released from the country’s central bank and a leading Swedish think tank show that the economy.

First-time filings for unemployment insurance hit 3.84 million last week as the wave of economic pain continues, though the worst appears to be in the past, according to Labor Department figures Thursday. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking.

Market overview Futures on the SP500 lose 1.4% before the start of the New York trading session, turning sharply down in the last minutes. VIX adds by reflecting risk aversion in markets. DAX, CAC40 lose 1.1% each, FTSE100 drops 1.9%..

Germany has just released unemployment data for April. The increase in the number of unemployed amounted to 373K, to the highest levels from November 2016. The unemployment rate jumped from 5.0% to 5.8%. The average forecast of analysts suggested growth.

Bitcoin price has soared from $7,700 to $9,500 in 24 hours, mainly driven by three key factors that triggered the short-term rally. The Bitcoin (BTC) price increased from $7,700 to $9,500 overnight, increasing by 23%, according to Coinmarketcap, in less.

World stocks headed for their best month on record on Thursday, as encouraging early results from a COVID-19 treatment trial and expectations of more European Central Bank (ECB) stimulus later in the day helped ease the pain of February and.

The euro zone economy contracted by 3.8% in the first quarter, compared to the last three months of 2019, as the coronavirus pandemic severely impacted business activity in the region. Thursday’s preliminary reading is the lowest since records began in.

China’s manufacturing sector has been hit by slowing export demand due to the economic impact from the global coronavirus pandemic even as factories in the world’s second-largest economy resumed production, two sets of April data released on Thursday showed. Results.

Cryptocurrency prices surged on Thursday, led by a big jump in bitcoin. The entire market capitalization or value of cryptocurrencies jumped $35.3 billion in 24 hours as of 2.19 p.m. Singapore time, according to data from CoinMarketCap.com. Bitcoin, which accounts.

Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday cut its dividend to shareholders for the first time since World War II, following a dramatic slide in oil prices amid the coronavirus crisis. The board at Shell said it had decided to.

Oil shows double-digit growth rates in the morning, reaching $26.90 (+10.5%) per barrel of Brent in the spot market. The U.S. WTI reached $19.6 earlier today, adding over 50% against Tuesday’s lows when it was down to $13. Several factors.