Bloomberg Tech giants continue to drop out of this month’s South by Southwest festival over coronavirus concerns, threatening an event that typically serves as one of the industry’s most influential gatherings. Apple Inc said that it wouldn’t be attending the conference, which kicks off on March 13 in Austin, Texas. The iPhone maker and streaming-video provider had planned to debut ...

Bloomberg The chief executive of Lego A/S says the novel coronavirus only represents a short-term blow to China’s economy that won’t change the toymaker’s expansion plans in its fastest growing market. Lego reported record sales and said growth in 2020 will once again be led by China. It’s targeting almost 60% more stores there this year, bringing the number to ...

Bloomberg Pressure is building for interest-rate cuts that could push emerging economies into a quagmire of runaway inflation and currency weakness. That’s because average real yields in emerging markets may have already turned negative, if first-quarter inflation projections are any indication. Even bigger economies such as India, Taiwan and Turkey offer bond returns below price growth, leaving little room for ...