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| - We will move the following business and economics stories: + China foreigner ban puts global companies in no man's land + French fund manager who bet the house on oil shock and won + COVID-19 puts Nigeria corrupt fuel subsidy system in focus + Ancient Petra a ghost town as pandemic hits Jordan tourism + Postal staff put stamp on virus epidemic in United Kingdom Health-virus-China-business,FOCUS BEIJING China's coronavirus travel ban is wreaking havoc among foreign companies and international schools, with many fearing for their future as executives, teachers and students are left stranded in their home countries. 750 words by Beiyi Seow and Helen Roxburgh Health-virus-energy-oil-trader-France,PROFILE LONDON French trader and specialist oil hedge fund manager Pierre Andurand saw it coming from early February. His call -- and a lucrative one at that -- was that there would be a massive slump in oil prices, to the point of unprecedented negative prices for 'black gold'. 650 words by Benoit Pelegrin. File picture Health-virus-Nigeria-oil-politics,FOCUS LAGOS Plunging oil prices and collapsing state revenues have seen Nigerian authorities vow an end to a controversial fuel subsidy scheme long criticised as a graft-ridden drain on public finances. 850 words by Celia Lebur and Joel Olatunde Agoi Health-virus-Jordan-tourism,FOCUS PETRA, Jordan For over two millennia the ancient city of Petra has towered majestically over the Jordanian desert. Today its famed rose-red temples hewn into the rockface lie empty and silent. 700 words by Kamal Taha. Picture. Video Health-virus--Britain-logistics-RoyalMail,FOCUS ST ALBANS, United Kingdom "It's been like Christmas," said one Royal Mail postal worker of the surge in parcels delivered across the city of Saint Albans during the coronavirus pandemic -- a situation repeated across Britain. 650 words by Ben Perry. File picture afp
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