For many people outside of China – not least the sizeable number who have a retirement account that includes Apple stock – the impact of COVID-19 got a lot more tangible when the iPhone maker had to revise its revenue guidance earlier this week as a result of the spreading coronavirus.
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A woman wearing a protective facemask, amid fears of the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, talks on a phone as she walks through the Pak Khlong Talat flower market in Bangkok on Feb. 23, 2020.