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  • About 90% of prescriptions are filled in person. Will the pandemic change that?
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    Congress could vote to help small businesses. Costco and Instacart could help deliver prescription drugs. We also examine the U.S. meat supply.

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  • Many renters can't pay in full this month.
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    This month, 84% of apartment dwellers paid rent by April 12. But not everyone could pay all of it. The stock market is buoyed by some health care news. The president of the Philadelphia Fed offers some insight.

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  • For states to ramp up economies, they'll have to meet certain criteria around widespread testing.
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    Among the new federal guidelines for easing the economy back up is more widespread testing. A global perspective on getting back to work after sheltering in place. China’s economy contracts for the first time in decades.

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  • People wearing masks walk on an empty street in downtown Tianjin, China.
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    The COVID-19 pandemic takes its toll on the world’s second largest economy. Hennessy, orange juice and an unlikely alliance in this week’s global business roundup. What can Iceland teach the rest of the world about virus testing?

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  • With federal emergency aid to smaller businesses running out, what's next?
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    The Payroll Protection Program has run through its money already. About 5.25 million people filed for state unemployment benefits in the last week. Buses in Detroit are now free, but bus drivers have safety concerns as essential workers.

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  • Sixteen million people signed up for unemployment benefits in the three weeks before this one.
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    Context on the millions more who signed up for state unemployment benefits in the last week. Big banks pledge that stimulus checks will not go toward covering overdraft fees and such. Is the current economic narrative a self-fulfilling prophecy?

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  • An apple picker works at an orchard farm in the U.K.

    Britain flies in foreign workers to harvest fruit during the COVID-19 outbreak. Germany starts to open up. The challenges of lockdown for many Indian migrant workers.

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  • Retail sales in the U.S. fell by 8.7% in March.
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    Retail sales fell dramatically in March, slightly more than the pessimistic forecasts of economists. How to gradually lift stay-at-home orders and phase in economic activity. Do we pay enough to workers at the frontlines of this pandemic? Airlines reach a bailout deal.

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  • With the stresses of the pandemic, companies offering mental health services by app are finding a surge in new interest.
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    When you turn off large parts of the economy, cities and states aren’t collecting as much in taxes. New numbers on homebuilders’ confidence — or pessimism. Even before the pandemic, online therapy and therapy apps were booming.

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  • Dorchester chef Michey Chan serves up lunch at Manorfield Primary School in London.
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    The G-20 decides whether to suspend debt payments for the poorest economies. Spain slowly emerges from lockdown. And one top chef swaps the banquet hall for the school lunch hall.

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