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Shipping in the age of COVID-19

by Kai Ryssdal and Bennett Purser
Apr 1, 2020
How a Mississippi barge business is navigating the coronavirus outbreak.
A tug pushes a barge down the Mississippi River through St. Paul, Minnesota.
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How did we end up in a ventilator bidding war?

by Marielle Segarra
Apr 1, 2020
Competition among states for ventilators has driven prices sky high.
A ventilator and other hospital equipment is seen in an emergency field hospital to aid in the COVID-19 pandemic in Central Park on March 30.
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Some companies are cutting retirement contributions in the COVID-19 cash crunch

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Apr 1, 2020
During the Great Recession, about 20% of companies scaled back matching funds.
You probably don't want to check your 401(k) just now, or you might look like this trader did on March 9.
Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images
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COVID-19 hammers merger activity

by Justin Ho
Apr 1, 2020
Uncertainty means companies can't put a proper valuation on the companies they want to buy. And banks are tightening financing, too.
A sparsely populated Financial District in New York City due to COVID-19 on March 16.
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How do Chinese employees get paid for February when they didn't work?

by Jennifer Pak
Apr 1, 2020
Most people in China are just getting paid wages for February and by law, employees are supposed to receive their regular salaries even when their companies were shut because of the coronavirus. Did they?
Workers in Shanghai are back on the roads as the Chinese economy tries to gear up again.
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Buying a house is tricky when you can't leave the one you already have

by Amy Scott
Apr 1, 2020
More realtors are taking up drone photography and virtual tours.
Would you buy a house you've never stepped foot in?
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I can't afford rent for my small business because of COVID-19. What can I do?

by Samantha Fields
Apr 1, 2020
Check your lease, call your landlord, and get ready to apply to the new federal Paycheck Protection Program.
Many restaurants and businesses are grappling with whether and how to pay rent.
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Trump decides against reopening health care enrollment during pandemic

by Rose Conlon
Apr 1, 2020
A White House official said Tuesday that the administration decided against it.
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Boeing used to give more money to shareholders than it made. Now it's getting stimulus help.

by David Brancaccio , Rose Conlon and Alex Schroeder
Apr 1, 2020
Washington Post columnist Allan Sloan says Boeing hasn't just parceled out profit to shareholders. The company "sent it out with a fire hose."
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The economic impact of COVID-19 is magnified in New Orleans

by Rhodes Murphy
Apr 1, 2020
The city is quickly becoming a case study for how a frayed social safety net responds in a global pandemic.
View of an empty street in the French Quarter amid the COVID-19 pandemic on March 27, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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