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Estee Lauder Cos Inc on Thursday cut its profit forecast for fiscal 2020, citing the coronavirus epidemic in China, a key market for the maker of Clinique skincare products.

Coach handbag maker Tapestry Inc cut its annual profit forecast on Thursday, warning of a sales hit of up to $250 million due to the coronavirus outbreak in China, where it has closed a majority of its stores.

The viral outbreak in China has thrown the travel industry into chaos.

An aggressive campaign by American authorities to root out Chinese espionage operations in the United States has snared a growing group of Chinese government officials, business people, and academics pursuing American secrets.

Gilead said it applied for a global patent in 2016

Huawei is the No. 2 global smartphone brand

Stocks rose Wednesday sending the Nasdaq to a new high for a second straight day

Beijing has pledged to buy $76.7 billion of additional U.S. goods and services, on top of a 2017 baseline, in the 12 months that started Jan. 1, 2020, but the deal deliberately does not spell out when during the year these goods should be purchased.

In the last 24 hours, the U.N. health agency has seen the biggest jump in cases since the start of the epidemic.

The Americans were evacuated from the Chinese city Wuhan.

Pregnant women infected with the new coronavirus may be able to pass it to their unborn children, doctors at the Wuhan Children Hospital said on Wednesday, according to state broadcaster CCTV.

An Airbus statement gave no indication Wednesday of when the assembly facility in Tianjin might reopen.

Nike says coronavirus will have 'material impact' on Greater China business.

Thousands of passengers and crew on two cruise ships in Asian waters were placed in quarantine for China’s coronavirus on Wednesday as airlines, car manufacturers and other global companies counted the cost of the fast-spreading outbreak.

With important details about the illness and how it spreads still unknown, officials and medical personnel are struggling.

German sportswear company Adidas on Wednesday said it was closing a "considerable'' number of its shops in China.

The Dow is again in positive territory for the year

Scientists are still learning about the new virus, so it's hard to come up with a good name, Hoppe said. The current one is likely temporary, said Dr. Nancy Messonnier of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Western manufacturers that depend on Chinese imports could run out of the goods they depend on.

"Cures" have popped up online with no science to back them up.