‘Coronavirus’ has been heard at least 9,000 times in earnings updates

More than 1,400 company executives preparing investors and suppliers for the fallout of coronavirus — Apple, Microsoft and Walmart among them — have mentioned the outbreak at least 9,000 times collectively across earnings-report conference calls, according to call transcripts.

That tally — which also includes cruise lines such as Carnival CCL, -19.92%, worried about bookings, and toy maker Hasbro HAS, -8.96% , which sources two-thirds of its merchandise from China — was tracked by natural language processing company Amenity Analytics, through last week.

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