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World coronavirus dispatch: Rethinking stock investments during Covid-19

The US IPO market has reopened and more and more companies are letting employees work from home for a long period of time

Healthcare workers take a swab sample of a commuter-train worker during a test amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia. Photo: Reuters
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Healthcare workers take a swab sample of a commuter-train worker during a test amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia. Photo: Reuters

Yuvraj Malik New Delhi
The US IPO market has reopened, in another sign of the world forcing itself to return to normal. A burst of US stock market listings is expected in coming months after coronavirus forced a pause in new launches. Some companies whose listings have been hotly anticipated, such as Airbnb, have obtained the funds they need through rounds of private funding. That could soon change. Read more here  

Let’s look at the global statistics:

Total Confirmed Cases: 5,211,172
Change Over Yesterday: 100,452
Total Deaths: 342,105
Total Recovered: 2,112,279

Nations hit with most cases: US (1,622,670), Brazil (347,398), Russia (335,882), UK
Topics : Coronavirus