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Markets plunged over coronavirus concerns. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1,000 points marking its worst day in two years. The selloff erased all year-to-date gains for both the Dow and the S&P 500 as markets reprice the impact of COVID-19 on the world economy.CNBC

Intuit is buying Credit Karma for $7.1 billion. The company behind TurboTax, Mint.com, and QuickBooks is adding the credit-score monitoring startup to its portfolio in a cash and stock deal that is now Intuit’s largest-ever acquisition.Business Insider

Shake Shack’s stock crashed after missing sales targets. The New York-based burger chain saw its share prices fall by over 10% in extended trading after reporting a $2 million loss last quarter. The burger brand attributed the miss to food and labor costs.MarketWatch

NASA confirms that marsquakes are real. The Insight Mars lander has recorded more than 450 quakes and aftershocks since landing on the red planet in November 2018. Researchers think that the tremors are caused by a cooling of the planet that forces its exterior to contract.Time

How TikTok became India’s favorite social media app. It was a combination of the right product arriving at the right time in a country that hosts the world’s second-largest and fastest-growing internet user base. India has now become the testing ground for the app’s rocket-like growth in international markets. ✦Quartz

TikTok is China’s first global app. The short-form video app, owned by ByteDance, is the first Chinese app to become truly intertwined in the lives of its international users. Quartz’s Jane Li explains TikTok’s history, the company behind it, and its biggest challenge: scrutiny from regulators, especially in the US. ✦Quartz

Five, including a policeman, killed in clashes in northeast Delhi. The violence between pro- and anti-Citizenship Act protestors on Monday came amidst US president Donald Trump’s maiden visit to India. The home ministry claimed the clashes were orchestrated to coincide with Trump’s Delhi visit.Quartz India

Gandhi’s ashram remained a sanctuary of calm amid Trump’s visit. The irony of Trump’s visit was clear in his remarks in the guest book, where he merely thanked Modi for his friendship while entirely forgetting Gandhi himself. However, Gandhi’s Sabarmati Ashram itself didn’t seem to care much.Quartz

Donald Trump says $3 billion worth of military deals will be inked with India. Speaking at the “Namaste Trump” event in Ahmedabad’s newly-built Motera cricket stadium today, the US president said America looks forward to selling the “best and most feared” equipment to India.Quartz

The first coronavirus vaccine is ready for human trials... The biotechnology firm Moderna has shipped the first batch of its experimental vaccine to US researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infection Diseases. Clinical trials are expected to begin in April.The Wall Street Journal

...and the World Health Organization says containment is still possible. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the global press corps that it's too early to label COVID-19 a pandemic, and that "this virus can be contained."Reuters

Hysteria over coronavirus in Italy is reminiscent of the black death. During the plague in Italy, individuals were accused of purposefully spreading the disease. Now with seven confirmed deaths in the country, it's happening all over again.Quartz

Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, eased its lockdown... but just three hours later, the decision was reversed, indicating that China’s attempt to show that it has the outbreak under control isn’t going so well.Quartz

ICE expands use of pepper spray at a detention center accused of abuse. Until now, the guards—employed by the private company that administers the detention center—were prohibited from using pepper spray.Quartz

The US Supreme Court goes on a hike and gets metaphysical. The US Forest Service defended its right to allow a pipeline under the world’s longest hiking path by saying “the trail is not land.” Monday’s debate offered a preview of the heady philosophy we can expect from an eventual court decision.Quartz

Revolut raised $500 million. A new deal pegged the challenger bank’s worth at $5.5 billion, triple its prior valuation. The funds will be used in part to encourage more people to make Revolut their daily account, as investors grow more concerned about the fintech’s ability to turn a profit.Quartz

A Hong Kong bookseller was handed a 10-year jail sentence. Gui Minhai, who had mysteriously disappeared from the city in 2015 only to later reappear in detention in China, was convicted of “providing intelligence overseas.” Gui had sold books that were banned in China.Quartz

Wind energy churns across Africa. Renewable energy investment in sub-Saharan Africa has grown to $7.4 billion in 2018 up from $2.3 billion the year before.Quartz Africa

Nigeria’s economy is making a comeback—but it’s still not happening fast enough. The country’s recent rebound from its 2016 recession remains far short of the government's projections.Quartz

Firestone Liberia is being blamed for deadly pollution. The world’s largest rubber plantation, which is owned by Japanese tire giant Bridgestone, has allegedly dumped hazardous waste into Farmington River for more than 15 years.Quartz

Each member will get $2.5 million to hang out for an hour. All six original cast members of the 1990s sitcom classic are reuniting for an hourlong special to help launch AT&T's HBO Max streaming service.Quartz

Netflix gives in and posts top 10 lists. Notorious for keeping its viewership numbers close to the vest, Netflix announced it will post regularly-updated regional and topical top-ten rankings on user homepages starting today.The Verge

Leopard print spottings are on the rise. The fabric has been the preserve of royalty, the priesthood, high society ladies, and pinup models, but today it’s for anyone who’s bold enough to wear it—thanks to technological advances that allow machines to cheaply recreate the complex pattern, and with fashion doyens who have decided it’s now “neutral.”Quartz