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Nail Your Content Management and Production Plan
Many persons and departments create content material in numerous diverse strategies, typically without the need of a cohesive program. That implies managing information for a organization can sense like herding cats – web site posts have been published, Facebook webpages have been up to date, product sales collateral has been established, and product or service
Trump says plan to re-open shuttered US economy to be completed soon
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said on Monday (Apr 13) that his administration was close to completing a plan to re-open the US economy, which has been largely shut down to slow the spread of COVID-19. In his daily news briefing, Trump noted that the number of deaths from the virus in the United States had begun
Italy PM extends COVID-19 lockdown, says eurozone rescue plan inadequate
ROME: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Friday (Apr 10) extended a nationwide lockdown to contain the coronavirus until May 3, though he said a few types of shops would be allowed to reopen next week. The draconian curbs on movement and the closure of most shops and businesses across Italy were imposed on Mar 9,
India says no plan to extend COVID-19 lockdown as poor struggle
NEW DELHI: India has no plans to extend a 21-day lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the government said on Monday (Mar 30), as it struggled to keep essential supplies flowing and prevent tens of thousands of out-of-work people fleeing to the countryside. Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered the country’s 1.3 billion people
Singapore scientists plan to start testing COVID-19 vaccine this year: Gan Kim Yong
SINGAPORE: Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School are working with international partners to develop a clinical trial for a COVID-19 vaccine, with plans for tests to start this year. Health Minister Gan Kim Yong told Parliament on Wednesday (Mar 25) that the Duke-NUS Medical School has teamed up with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and other
‘Broad support’ for Singapore’s plan for new interest rate benchmark: Committee
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s plans to adopt a new interest rate benchmark called the Singapore Overnight Rate Average (SORA) has received “broad support”, a steering committee overseeing the change said in an update on Thursday (Mar 19), as it laid out key initiatives ahead. It was announced in August last year that Singapore would transition from the use
Hyflux to hold scheme meetings on Apr 22 and 23 for creditors to vote on restructuring plan
SINGAPORE: Embattled water treatment firm Hyflux will hold scheme meetings next month for different classes of creditors to vote on its restructuring plan, it announced in a bourse filing on Wednesday (Mar 18). The first scheme meeting on Apr 22 will start at noon for banks, medium-term noteholders, trade creditors and contingent creditors, while the
UK defends COVID-19 plan as ‘wartime’ measures loom
LONDON: Britain on Sunday (Mar 15) said its criticised plan to deal with COVID-19 was designed to “protect life” in a “sustainable” manner as it prepared to unveil “wartime-style” measures to tackle the outbreak. The government has yet to implement the kind of tough measures that continental Europe has adopted, but health minister Matt Hancock
US hospitals plan for ‘COVID-19 cabanas’, conference rooms to house patients
NEW YORK: U.S. hospitals, bracing for a surge in demand as more Americans are infected with the novel coronavirus, plan to use tents, conference rooms and cafeterias to house overflow patients. Members of the American Hospital Association have been advised to prepare for 96 million cases in the next few months, with 4.8 million additional
Singapore faces ‘serious situation’, needs to plan for spike in COVID-19 cases: PM Lee
SINGAPORE: With the COVID-19 outbreak expected to continue for some time, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong warned on Thursday (Mar 12) that Singapore faces a “serious situation”, with a “possible spike” in new cases, more clusters and new waves of infection from other countries. However, the situation remains under control and Singapore will not raise
Italy unveils US$28b coronavirus rescue plan
ROME: Italy vowed on Wednesday (Mar 11) to spend up to 25 billion euros (US$28 billion) to fight a coronavirus epidemic that has already killed 827 people and put the country’s hospitals and economy under intense strain. Analysts noted that the size of Rome’s rescue was the same as one the European Union announced for the
Spain steps up anti-coronavirus plan to ‘avoid Italian scenario’
MADRID: Spain shut down schools in several regions, suspended flights from Italy and closed the lower house of parliament for at least a week after a lawmaker tested positive for the coronavirus, in the hope of stemming a growing outbreak. The government recommended avoiding travel both within and outside Spain and banned indoor gatherings of
Commentary: Pakistan has a bold, work-in-progress emergency cash transfer plan for the unbanked
LONDON: Cases of COVID-19, the disease associated with the new coronavirus are spreading quickly in Pakistan. But considering that the nation shares borders with two global epicentres of the pandemic – Iran and China – the situation could have been worse. There have been more than 2,000 infections from the virus in Pakistan and 26