April, 2020

• 28 April

  Bayer CEO seeks investor patience

  Bloomberg Bayer AG’s Werner Baumann has a return engagement with shareholders after an unprecedented rebuke last year. Though an avalanche of Roundup litigation has grown, the chief executive officer appears to be on firmer footing this time around. While Baumann has failed to settle claims with more than 50,000 US plaintiffs who say the weedkiller caused cancer, he has drawn ...

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• 28 April

  Germany taps SAP, Deutsche Telekom for contact tracing app

  

  Bloomberg The German government has brought in SAP SE and Deutsche Telekom AG to help develop an app to trace Covid-19 infections as European governments look to national champions to help build solutions to the pandemic. “Deutsche Telekom and SAP will play their part in Germany and throughout Europe to ensure that European digital technologies are a central component in ...

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• 28 April

  Brazil court allows probe into allegations against Bolsonaro

  

  Bloomberg Brazil’s Supreme Court gave the green light for a probe into allegations that Jair Bolsonaro tried to interfere with police investigations, adding to the president’s difficulties as the wheels come off Latin America’s biggest economy and his cabinet threatens to implode. Brazilian bonds dropped after the court decision, which presents Bolsonaro with his deepest political crisis to date. The ...

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• 28 April

  Coronavirus deaths in care homes soar in England, Wales

  

  Bloomberg The number of deaths caused by Covid-19 in care homes in England and Wales soared to 2,050 in the week ending on April 17, more than double the number a week earlier, highlighting the difficulties the government faces in stopping the spread of the virus. The latest toll contributed to the overall number of fatalities rising to the highest ...

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• 28 April

  Kim’s uncle suddenly relevant after four decades abroad

  

  Bloomberg For about as long as North Korea has existed, Kim Pyong Il has been considered a possible successor to the throne. And now, with his nephew Kim Jong-un’s health status unclear, his name is being bandied about again. Kim Pyong Il, 65, is the last known surviving son of North Korea’s founder, Kim Il Sung. After losing out in ...

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• 28 April

  ‘HK preparing to re-open public facilities’

  

  Bloomberg Hong Kong announced plans to reopen government offices and some public facilities, as Chief Executive Carrie Lam took cautious steps to get the city back to work amid the threat of further coronavirus outbreaks and fresh political protests. Government employees will start returning to offices from May 4 and the city is preparing to open facilities including museums and ...

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• 28 April

  ‘Rebuilt Genoa bridge a model for Italy restart’

  

  Bloomberg Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, battling to find a way out of Italy’s nationwide lockdown, hailed the near-completion of a new bridge in Genoa following a deadly 2018 accident as a model for restarting the country. Workers at the construction site, which has stayed open through weeks of virus containment measures, lifted the last steel section into place for a ...

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• 28 April

  Does the Congress have a role in US governance?

  

  Some constitutional language is necessarily open-textured, as when it forbids the “establishment” of religion or “unreasonable” searches, or when it guarantees the “free exercise” of religion, “due process” and “equal protection” of law. There is, in Chief Justice Warren Burger’s phrase, “play in the joints” of the Constitution. The Framers, however, favoured precision when it is possible and necessary, as ...

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• 28 April

  New iPhones face double whammy

  

  The severity of Apple Inc’s challenges amid the Covid-19 pandemic is starting to become clear. And it’s not looking great. The reports covering the prospects of an iPhone delay are piling up. Last month, Nikkei reported Apple was considering putting off the introduction of its 2020 iPhones. Bloomberg News then said the new iPhones could be launched a few weeks ...

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• 28 April

  A debate over limiting liability has just begun

  Whenever we’re ready to re-open Covid-closed businesses, we’ll have to resolve some important questions about how to do so safely. One of them: what kind of measures should businesses take to keep employees and customers safe, and how should business owners be held accountable if they play fast and loose with others’ health? This debate over limiting liability has just ...

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