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  • With US border work on track, rural towns fear an outbreak

    Major construction projects are moving forward along both U.S. borders and raising fears that the influx of workers could spread the coronavirus

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  • Can you fix ventilators? A fuel cell engineer figures it out

    The COVID-19 outbreak has prompted companies large and small to rethink how they do business

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  • A record 6.6 million seek US jobless aid as layoffs mount

    More than 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, far exceeding a record high set just last week, a sign that layoffs are...

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  • Survey: Athletic directors bracing for financial crisis

    Athletic directors across the U.S. are bracing for a potential financial crisis related to the coronavirus pandemic

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  • US trade gap falls to $39.9 in February, lowest since 2016

    The U.S. trade deficit tumbled in February to the lowest level since 2016 as exports fell and imports fell more

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  • Q&A: How to get aid for a small business hit by virus crisis

    Millions of small business owners will be turning to the government, seeking help for the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus outbreak

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  • Record 6.6 million Americans file for unemployment amid coronavirus crisis

    The novel coronavirus pandemic has clobbered the U.S. economy.

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  • Toyota, China's BYD announced electric car venture

    Toyota Motor Co. and Chinese electric automaker BYD Co. have announced a partnership to develop battery-powered vehicles

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  • Residents snitch on businesses, neighbors amid shutdowns

    Residents are snitching on businesses and neighbors as authorities worldwide work to enforce business shutdowns and stay-at-home orders meant to limit...

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  • Stocks shake off an early stumble and turn slightly higher

    Stocks are opening modestly higher on Wall Street Thursday, a day after dropping 4.4%

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  • Profit forecasts tank as virus pandemic whacks economy

    The virus pandemic that has killed over 40,000 people worldwide is also wreaking havoc on corporate profits

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  • Virus masks, apps: The race is on to avoid hidden carriers

    Around the world, the race is on to protect people against becoming infected by unwitting coronavirus carriers

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  • Apply here: How to spend $2.2 trillion — and rescue economy

    President Donald Trump hopes to shovel $2.2 trillion into the U.S. economy over the coming weeks to try to cushion its free fall

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• Apr 2

  • Japan's SoftBank ends WeWork tender, remains behind bailout

    Japanese technology company SoftBank Group Corp. has called off its offering of up to $3 billion worth of shares in office-space rental venture...

    Apr 2

• Apr 2

  • Residents snitch on businesses, neighbors amid shutdowns

    Residents are snitching on businesses and neighbors as authorities worldwide work to enforce business shutdowns and stay-at-home orders meant to limit...

    Apr 2

• Apr 2

  • Infrastructure often embraced by both parties, to no avail

    President Donald Trump wants to spend $2 trillion on infrastructure projects to create jobs and help the collapsing economy rebuild from the...

    Apr 2

• Apr 2

  • Asian stocks mixed as economic toll of virus worsens

    Asian stocks are mixed after a White House warning that as many as 240,000 Americans might die of the coronavirus sent Wall Street tumbling and signs...

    Apr 2

• Apr 1

  • Virus spreads and car sales, energy prices, markets tumble

    The damage from the coronavirus is being revealed daily in the number of in infections, fatalities reported, and also in economic data that has begun...

    Apr 1

• Apr 1

  • Gun background checks smash records amid coronavirus fears

    Gun background checks have spiked to record numbers in the past month amid concerns about safety during the coronavirus crisis

    Apr 1

• Apr 1

  • Reporting for duty: Airline crew sign up to help hospitals

    Airlines are looking to retrain laid-off cabin crew staff as medical workers to help in hospitals currently overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic

    Apr 1

• Apr 1

  • April 1, rent's due: Many struggle to pay in virus outbreak

    Many of renters are without jobs as millions filed for unemployment in a week.

    Apr 1

• Apr 1

  • Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities

    Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange levels

    Apr 1

• Apr 1

  • Stryker, Children's Place fall

    Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Wednesday: Stryker, Children's Place fall

    Apr 1

• Apr 1

  • Coronavirus economic updates: Dow plunges as Trump warns of 'painful' weeks to come

    The health crisis has increasingly become an economic one.

    Apr 1

• Apr 1

  • Coast Guard: Cruise ships must stay at sea with sick onboard

    The U.S. Coast Guard has directed all cruise ships to prepare to treat any sick passengers and crew on board while being sequestered “indefinitely"...

    Apr 1

• Apr 1

  • Judge dismisses pharmacies' lawsuit against physicians

    A federal judge in Cleveland has dismissed an effort by pharmacy chains to shift their liability for the opioid crisis to unnamed Ohio physicians and...

    Apr 1

• Apr 1

  • What you need to do to get your government stimulus check

    The IRS and the Treasury Department say Americans will start receiving their economic impact checks in the next three weeks

    Apr 1

• Apr 1

  • WarnerMedia names former Hulu chief Jason Kilar CEO

    Jason Kilar, the founding chief executive of Hulu and a former Amazon senior vice president, has been named CEO of WarnerMedia, the company announced...

    Apr 1

• Apr 1

  • FDA wants heartburn meds off the market due to contamination

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is telling drugmakers to immediately pull a type of heartburn drug off the market due to contamination with a...

    Apr 1

• Apr 1

  • Surveys: Manufacturing contracts last month in US, world

    Manufacturing contracted in the United States and around the world last month, dragged down by economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak

    Apr 1

• Apr 1

  • Business and economic events scheduled for Thursday

    Business and economic events scheduled for Thursday

    Apr 1

• Apr 1

  • Macy's to be removed from S&P 500; credit rating downgraded

    Its market value just a fraction of what it was five years ago, Macy's is being removed from the S&P 500 index

    Apr 1

• Apr 1

  • Japan bans entry from 73 other countries

    The District of Columbia has announced 91 new positive infections of the new coronavirus

    Apr 1

• Apr 1

  • Keep your car clean to reduce risk from coronavirus

    The coronavirus can spread quickly inside a contained space such as the interior of a vehicle

    Apr 1

• Apr 1

  • US construction spending down 1.3% in February

    US construction spending drops 1.3% in February with weakness in all major sectors

    Apr 1

• Apr 1

  • Early divisions as Congress weighs next help for economy

    The bipartisan partnership that propelled a $2.2 trillion economic rescue package through Congress just days ago is already showing signs of strain

    Apr 1

• Mar 31

  • Asian stocks fall on lagging worries about virus, recession

    Asian shares are mixed as worries about economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic grow

    Mar 31

• Mar 31

  • A guide to surviving financially as the bills come due

    The coronavirus has already dealt a financial blow to millions of Americans dealing with layoffs, furloughs or reduced hours

    Mar 31

• Mar 31

  • Those without broadband struggle in a stuck-at-home nation

    Forget streaming Netflix, much less working or studying from home.

    Mar 31

• Mar 31

  • Disputed Canada-US oil pipeline work to start in April

    A Canadian company says it plans to start construction of the disputed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline running from Canada through the U.S. Midwest in...

    Mar 31

• Mar 31

  • Booze buying surges; senators push airlines for cash refunds

    One way Americans are coping with the new coronavirus

    Mar 31

• Mar 31

  • 'It's retaliation': Amazon worker fired following coronavirus employee walkout

    Chris Smalls says he organized a protest over fears of a coronavirus outbreak.

    Mar 31

• Mar 31

  • Trump rollback of mileage standards guts climate change push

    The Trump administration's rollback of Obama-era mileage standards marks a win for Americans who like their SUVs and pickup trucks

    Mar 31

• Mar 31

  • Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities

    Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange levels

    Mar 31

• Mar 31

  • Amazon fires warehouse worker who staged walkout

    Amazon has fired a worker who organized a walkout at a New York warehouse to demand greater protection against the new coronavirus

    Mar 31

• Mar 31

  • How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday

    Stocks closed lower on Wall Street Tuesday, ending the first three months of the year with a decline of 20%, the market's worst quarter since the dark...

    Mar 31

• Mar 31

  • Conagra, Schlumberger rise; Domino's, RH fall

    Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Tuesday: Conagra, Schlumberger rise; Domino's, RH fall

    Mar 31

• Mar 31

  • Coronavirus economic updates: Dow, S&P have their worst month since financial crisis

    The health crisis has increasingly become an economic one.

    Mar 31

• Mar 31

  • Ex wildlife chief: Trump rule could kill billions of birds

    The Trump administration is moving to scale back criminal enforcement of a century-old law protecting most American wild bird species

    Mar 31

• Mar 31

  • Viral virus briefing: Where science meets all things Trump

    You could say the White House virus briefings have gone viral

    Mar 31