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Mar 19, 2020

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  • The Fed is trying to be sure that money market funds have plenty of money.
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    The Fed offers emergency loans to what are considered low-risk money market mutual funds, and why that’s important. An early measure of layoffs during COVID-19. Price discrimination in the age of coronavirus.

  • Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, speaks to the media at the ECB headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany.
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    The European Central Bank will buy government and company debt across the eurozone, including that of Greece and Italy. The British pound is at a 30-year low against the U.S. dollar. A bar turns to at-home wine tasting.

  • The top of a form 1040 individual income tax return.
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    Crude oil at its lowest point in 17 years. A penalty-free, interest-free delay on paying taxes you owe to the federal government. Partial, rotating factory shutdowns for U.S. automakers. How homeless shelters are handling social distancing.

  • Sending checks to most American households is a major component of the economic stimulus bill.
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    The White House’s plan to send money directly to Americans to soften the economic blow from COVID-19: How would it work? Businesses in London finding it harder to “keep calm and carry on.”

  • Can the internet cope with a working from home surge?

    As more people use their home offices, broadband networks face greater demand. Investors are still wary, even after lots of government stimulus. Keeping calm and carrying on is getting harder for British restaurants.

  • The airline industry is seeking government aid amid the COVID-19 outbreak crisis.
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    Will what happened to automakers 10 years ago now happen to airlines? A new economic stimulus package under discussion. The logistics challenges that grocery stores are trying to fix. What COVID-19 has done to investment portfolios, and how to proceed.

  • On Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had its second-biggest drop in history percentage-wise.
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    Taking a critical look at your investments during this continued market turmoil. Amazon announces it will hire an additional 100,000 workers. Why hackers like all this working from home.

  • The headquarters of German carmaker Volkswagen.
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    Volkswagen is temporarily shutting down some of its European production. Stock markets in Europe erased early gains. Ireland’s pubs are closed on St Patrick’s Day.

  • Trading on Wall Street was halted immediately after the opening bell Monday, as stocks posted steep losses following emergency moves by the Federal Reserve to try to avert a recession due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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    Declines in Chinese retail sales and industrial production show us where the U.S. is headed. Companies respond to the FCC’s request for phone and internet providers to get flexible. Sharply falling consumer confidence. How border closures would be catastrophic for supply chain companies.

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