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  • 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...

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  • Stocks skid worldwide as coronavirus infections keep soaring

    Stocks are sinking again on Wall Street as more signs piled up of the economic and physical pain being caused by the coronavirus outbreak

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • 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.

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • Business and economic events scheduled for Thursday

    Business and economic events scheduled for Thursday

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  • 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

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  • Japan bans entry from 73 other countries

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

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  • 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

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  • 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"...

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• 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

    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

• Mar 31

  • College students create website to track what's in stock at grocery stores

    The COVID-19 crisis has led to a run on many basic necessities.

    Mar 31

• Mar 31

  • US outlines plan for Venezuela transition, sanctions relief

    U.S. officials say the Trump administration is prepared to lift sanctions on Venezuela in support of a new proposal to form a transitional government...

    Mar 31

• Mar 31

  • US consumer confidence sinks as virus begins having impact

    U.S. consumer confidence tumbled in March to the lowest level in nearly three years as the impact of the coronavirus began to be felt

    Mar 31

• Mar 31

  • Wuhan's favorite noodles are back as virus-hit city recovers

    The reappearance of Wuhan's favorite noodles is a tasty sign that life is slowly returning to normal in the Chinese city at the epicenter of the...

    Mar 31

• Mar 31

  • Companies find a new purpose; workplace rules have changed

    Companies continue to revamp operations, both to produce goods now in demand because of the pandemic, or to help keep workers safer

    Mar 31

• Mar 31

  • Fed steps in once again to try to smooth out lending markets

    The Federal Reserve is intervening once again to try to smooth out the world's lending markets, this time by lending dollars to other central banks in...

    Mar 31

• Mar 31

  • Could do better: Japan gently chided by UN climate chief

    The top United Nations climate official has chided Japan over its new plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

    Mar 31

• Mar 31

  • EU launches new naval mission to police Libya arms embargo

    The European Union is launching a new naval mission to help enforce the U.N. arms embargo on Libya

    Mar 31

• Mar 31

  • China's Huawei warns more US pressure may spur retaliation

    Huawei’s chairman has warned possible additional U.S. moves to increase pressure on the Chinese tech giant might trigger retaliation by Beijing that...

    Mar 31

• Mar 31

  • Inflation in Europe sags amid outbreak, oil price decline

    Inflation is way down in the countries that use the euro

    Mar 31

• Mar 31

  • Chinese tech giant Huawei says 2019 sales rose 19.1% despite U.S. trade sanctions

    Chinese tech giant Huawei says 2019 sales rose 19.1% despite U.S. trade sanctions

    Mar 31

• Mar 31

  • China's manufacturing rebounds as virus controls ease

    An official survey showed China’s manufacturing rebounded in March as authorities relaxed anti-disease controls and allowed factories to reopen

    Mar 31

• Mar 30

  • Asian stocks rise after Wall Street health-care-led rally

    Asian shares have risen after a rally in U.S. stocks, mostly spurred by health care companies' announcements of developments that could aid in the...

    Mar 30

• Mar 30

  • Gas is cheap, but for many motorists there's nowhere to go

    Some service stations in the U.S. are selling gasoline for 99 cents a gallon, prices not seen in about two decades

    Mar 30

• Mar 30

  • Job cuts pile up, Ford to make ventilators at parts plant

    Economic damage from the viral outbreak continues to surge and the job losses are mounting

    Mar 30

• Mar 30

  • Some Instacart, Amazon workers strike as jobs get riskier

    Workers are worried about their safety as they try to meet a surge of demands.

    Mar 30

• Mar 30

  • New Trump mileage standards to gut Obama climate effort

    President Donald Trump is expected to relax ambitious Obama-era vehicle mileage standards and raise the ceiling on damaging fossil fuel emissions for...

    Mar 30

• Mar 30

  • Gray hair, don't care: Cuts and color lead to home travails

    As the spread of the coronavirus sends more people into isolation, trips to beloved salons and barbershops for morale-boosting services and...

    Mar 30

• Mar 30

  • Coronavirus economic updates: Markets rebound slightly after weeks of volatility

    The health crisis has increasingly become an economic one.

    Mar 30

• Mar 30

  • Meet Eric Yuan, the man who made your Zoom meetings possible

    If you hadn't already heard have of Zoom Video Communications, there is a good chance you have during the past few weeks

    Mar 30