Digging Out of the Economic Hole

Chinese manufacturers are demanding as much as 50 percent upon signing a contract for badly needed personal protective equipment and the other 50 percent before the goods are handed over. — The Wall Street JournalMacau casino operators are expected to show a 95 percent drop in their earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization for the first quarter. — Bloomberg NewsUnit sales of fully electric vehicles more than doubled in Europe in the first quarter compared with the first q

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