Spy Agencies Told White House There’s No Evidence to Prove Virus Began in Wuhan Lab, Says Report

https://www.thedailybeast.com/spy-agencies-told-trump-white-house-theres-no-evidence-to-prove-coronavirus-began-in-wuhan-lab-says-report

Warren Buffett's favorite stock-market indicator hits record high, signaling a crash could be coming

https://www.businessinsider.com/buffett-indicator-surges-record-high-signaling-potential-crash-2020-4

Tyson Foods Helped Create the Meat Crisis It Warns Against

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-29/tyson-foods-helped-create-the-meat-crisis-it-now-warns-against

Big offices are now a thing of the past, says Barclays boss | This is Money

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-8270821/Big-offices-thing-past-says-Barclays-boss.html

'We're not going to work for free': Truck drivers protesting plummeting pay rates are 'slow-rolling' and stopping traffic across the US

https://www.businessinsider.com/truck-drivers-protests-arizona-texas-and-california-2020-4

The Misinformation Being Used to Pressure Us Into Re-Opening the Economy

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/04/29/the-misinformation-being-used-to-pressure-us-into-re-opening-the-economy/

JBS reopens Worthington plant to kill pigs without processing them - StarTribune.com

https://www.startribune.com/with-farmers-pressed-by-plant-closing-jbs-worthington-begins-killing-pigs-without-processing-them/570053952/

Stock surge is a bear market rally that will collapse, James Bianco warns

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/29/stock-surge-is-bear-market-rally-that-will-collapse-james-bianco-warns.html

Stocks Are Recovering While the Economy Collapses. That Makes More Sense Than You'd Think.

https://time.com/5828898/stocks-recovering-economy-collapses-makes-sense/

Meat plant workers to Trump: Employees aren't going to show up

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/29/business/meat-processing-plant-workers-reaction-executive-order/index.html

Movie theater owners panic after new film grosses $100 million streaming online

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/movie-theater-owners-panic-after-new-film-grosses-100-million-streaming-online/

Governors Can Reopen All They Like. Without Child Care, Parents Can't Work | Opinion

https://www.newsweek.com/governors-can-reopen-all-they-like-without-child-care-parents-cant-work-opinion-1500776

AMC Theaters Drop Universal Films as ‘Trolls’ Fight Explodes

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-28/amc-theaters-drop-universal-movies-as-trolls-fight-escalates

Credit Suisse Executive Says Wall Street ‘Way Too Optimistic’ About Economy: Don’t Expect Recovery Until 2022

https://www.mediaite.com/news/credit-suisse-executive-says-wall-street-way-too-optimistic-about-economy-dont-expect-recovery-until-2022/

‘Catastrophic harm’ feared as Trump uses emergency powers to keep meat-packing plants open

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/catastrophic-harm-feared-as-trump-uses-emergency-powers-to-keep-meat-packing-plants-open/

‘It’s a death sentence’: Trump to force meatpacking plants to stay open amid fears over food supply

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-coronavirus-meatpacking-plants-executive-order-open-a9489226.html

Empty Lecture Halls, No Fall Football, a Freshman-Only Campus

https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/04/how-colleges-and-universities-are-thinking-through-reopening-plans.html

Coronavirus Impact On Colleges and Universities Are Significant

https://www.blackenterprise.com/coronavirus-impact-on-colleges-and-universities-are-significant/

Farmers fear USDA's $19B in coronavirus aid won't 'scratch the surface'

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/04/28/Farmers-fear-USDAs-19B-in-coronavirus-aid-wont-scratch-the-surface/3631588022663/

This Japanese Island Lifted Its Coronavirus Lockdown Too Soon and Became a Warning to the World

https://time.com/5826918/hokkaido-coronavirus-lockdown/

U.S. Stocks Don’t Need to Fall on Economic Damage, Goldman Says

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-28/u-s-stocks-may-look-through-economic-damage-goldman-sachs-says

Is this the end of the buffet?

https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/end-buffet

$10 Oil Forces U.S. Drilling Giant To File For Bankruptcy

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/10-Oil-Forces-US-Drilling-Giant-To-File-For-Bankruptcy.html

America's big banks should be ashamed of themselves | TheHill

https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/494844-americas-big-banks-should-be-ashamed-of-themselves

The ‘Great Repression’ is here and it will make past downturns look tame, economist says

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-great-repression-is-here-and-it-will-make-past-downturns-look-tame-economist-says-2020-04-27

‘Grotesque, deadly failure’: Trump USDA under fire for allowing millions of pounds of produce to rot as food insecurity surges

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/grotesque-deadly-failure-trump-usda-under-fire-for-allowing-millions-of-pounds-of-produce-to-rot-as-food-insecurity-surges/

Bill Gates says for the U.S. to safely reopen, it needs testing, testing, testing

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bill-gates-says-for-the-us-to-safely-reopen-it-needs-testing-testing-testing-2020-04-26

Bank of Japan Ramps Up Stimulus With Pledge for Unlimited Bond Buying

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-27/boj-ramps-up-stimulus-with-pledge-for-unlimited-bond-buying

This Oklahoma rancher has plenty of cattle. Here's why it's still hard to find beef in stores

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/24/opinions/united-shades-of-america-family-farms-kamau-bell-opinion/index.html

'One of the most ridiculous deals that I've ever seen': Carl Icahn blasted Occidental Petroleum's $10 billion financing from Warren Buffett again

https://www.businessinsider.com/carl-icahn-blasted-occidental-petroleums-warren-buffett-deal-again-2020-4

Smartphones are a bad deal – let's hope laptops don't go the same way

https://www.techradar.com/news/smartphones-are-a-bad-deal-lets-hope-laptops-dont-go-the-same-way

The Next Chapter of the Oil Crisis: The Industry Shuts Down

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-26/the-next-chapter-of-the-oil-crisis-the-industry-shuts-down

Why Mitch McConnell Wants States to Go Bankrupt

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/04/why-mitch-mcconnell-wants-states-go-bankrupt/610714/

No, the Postal Service isn't losing a fortune on Amazon

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/02/donald-trump/trump-usps-postal-service-amazon-losing-fortune/

"No evidence" that recovered COVID-19 patients cannot be reinfected: WHO

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-idUSKCN2270FB

'Herd immunity': Why this risky goal isn't practical for COVID-19 | CTV News

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/herd-immunity-why-this-risky-goal-isn-t-practical-for-covid-19-1.4911422

Change in rules causes poaching among colleges

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/Desperate-for-fall-enrollees-colleges-are-luring-15220934.php

The Models Weren’t Right, but That Death Toll Is Climbing Closer to That Projection

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-models-werent-right-but-that-death-toll-is-climbing-closer-to-that-projection/

The growing worry for bondholders: Getting 'primed'

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-debt-secured-idUSKCN2260HN

Virus Economics Asks If Young Can Be Set Free to Return to Work

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-24/virus-economics-asks-if-young-can-be-set-free-to-return-to-work

‘Capitalism as we know it will likely be changed forever’ and 9 other lasting implications of coronavirus, according to billionaire Leon Cooperman

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/capitalism-as-we-know-it-will-likely-be-changed-forever-and-10-other-lasting-implications-of-coronavirus-according-to-billionaire-leon-cooperman-2020-04-23

Universities across U.S. lowing tuition for fall semester

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/22/universities-across-us-lowing-tuition-fall-semeste/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS

'There Are Going to Be Layoffs.' State and Local Governments Brace for Cuts As Budget Crisis Looms

https://time.com/5826016/states-budget-crisis-coronavirus/

Kiss Your State Pension Goodbye

https://www.forbes.com/sites/edwardsiedle/2020/04/23/kiss-your-state-pension-goodbye/

Fed considers throwing universities a lifeline as furloughs begin

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fed-considers-throwing-universities-a-lifeline-as-furloughs-begin-161156816.html

Americans too scared to go to work risk losing unemployment aid, experts say

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-georgia-worker-idUSKCN2251RD

The wrong take-away from the coronavirus pandemic leads to a scary place

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-wrong-take-away-from-the-coronavirus-pandemic-leads-to-a-scary-place-2020-04-23

A ‘sell in May’ risk looms over the market, Nomura quant warns

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/a-sell-in-may-risk-looms-over-the-market-nomura-quant-warns-2020-04-23

Gap suspends $115 million in North American rent payments, in talks to negotiate or terminate leases

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/gap-suspends-115-million-in-north-american-rent-payments-in-talks-to-negotiate-or-terminate-leases-2020-04-23

Australia to Keep Borders Shut For At Least Three Months

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-23/australia-to-keep-borders-shut-for-at-least-three-months

U.S. weekly jobless claims hit 4.4 million, bringing total to more than 26 million

https://www.businessinsider.com/us-weekly-jobless-claims-labor-market-unemployment-filings-coronavirus-recession-2020-4

Coronavirus Model Used By White House Increases Death Toll 10%

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2020/04/22/coronavirus-model-used-by-white-house-increases-death-toll-10/

There Is No Looming U.S. Debt Crisis

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-04-23/coronavirus-spending-is-no-reason-to-worry-about-u-s-debt

Tyson Foods to indefinitely suspend operations at Waterloo pork plant as virus keeps workers away

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/tyson-foods-to-indefinitely-suspend-operations-at-waterloo-pork-plant-as-virus-keeps-workers-away-2020-04-22

Is It Worth It to Buy a Used Tanker and Fill It With Cheap Oil? An Investigation

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/5dm7mn/buy-tanker-during-coronavirus-oil-prices

Here are the largest public companies taking payroll loans meant for small businesses

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/21/large-public-companies-are-taking-small-businesses-payroll-loans.html

Boise State Furloughs Football Coaches During Ongoing Coronavirus Crisis

https://dailycaller.com/2020/04/22/boise-state-furloughs-football-coaches-bryan-harsin-coronavirus-covid-19/

Coronavirus protest: Grocery store workers push to close supermarkets to customers, offer curbside pickup, delivery due to unsafe condition amid COVID-19

https://abc7chicago.com/6119419/

Coca-Cola CEO warns that lifting coronavirus lockdowns on US businesses might not stick

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/21/coronavirus-coca-cola-ceo-says-lifting-lockdowns-might-not-stick.html

‘Books will be written about today’ — Oil’s incredible plunge leaves people shocked, searching for answers

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/books-will-be-written-about-today-oils-incredible-plunge-leaves-people-shocked-searching-for-answers-2020-04-20

This usually ‘unthinkable’ idea could be the key to getting a COVID-19 vaccine fast

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/this-usually-unthinkable-idea-could-be-the-key-to-getting-a-covid-19-vaccine-fast/

The Real Reason Oil Futures Plunged On Monday Isn’t What You Think

https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonconstable/2020/04/20/the-real-reason-oil-futures-plunged-on-monday-isnt-what-you-think/

The Fed Is Buying $41 Billion of Assets Daily and It’s Not Alone

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-21/the-fed-is-buying-41-billion-of-assets-daily-and-it-s-not-alone

A US truck-stop giant is furloughing 2,900 workers as the coronavirus continues to clobber the trucking industry

https://www.businessinsider.com/major-truck-stop-chain-travelcenters-furlough-workers-2020-4

Price of oil plunges below zero for first time in unprecedented wipeout

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-19/oil-drops-to-18-year-low-on-global-demand-crunch-storage-woes 

Ball State study reveals potential for more than $200M reduction in tax revenue for local governments

https://www.theindychannel.com/news/coronavirus/covid-19-economic-impact/ball-state-study-reveals-potential-for-more-than-200m-reduction-in-tax-revenue-for-local-governments

Carmageddon: Used And New Car Prices Set To Plummet | Carscoops

https://www.carscoops.com/2020/04/carmageddon-used-and-new-car-prices-look-set-to-plummet/

High school seniors should take next year off in light of the coronavirus, college professor says

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/high-school-seniors-should-take-next-year-off-in-light-of-the-coronavirus-college-professor-says-2020-04-19

College Furloughs Have Begun

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2020/04/19/college-furloughs-have-begun/

How can countries safely leave their coronavirus lockdowns? A mathematical model.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/green-zones-a-mathematical-proposal-for-how-to-exit-from-the-covid-19-lockdown-ec3ea698f2

U.S. Colleges Brace for a Devastating Summer and Fall

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-19/u-s-colleges-brace-for-covid-19-to-hurt-summer-and-fall-finances

The economic costs of reopening too soon

https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/economy-budget/493521-the-economic-costs-of-reopening-too-soon

Experts say it may be time for grocery stores to ban customers from coming inside

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/19/business/grocery-stores-coronavirus-pickup-delivery/index.html

U.S. Not Testing Enough to Allow States to Reopen, Experts Say

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-19/u-s-not-testing-enough-to-allow-states-to-reopen-experts-say

Students are weary of online classes. But colleges can't say if they'll open in fall 2020.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/04/19/coronavirus-college-universities-canceling-fall-semester/5157756002/

How College Campus Closings Are Affecting Graduating Seniors

https://www.forbes.com/sites/annaesakismith/2020/04/14/how-university-seniors-contend-with-loss-after-coronavirus-campus-closings/

Another Smithfield Food plant has been struck by the coronavirus

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/food-safety/493503-another-smithfield-food-plant-has-been-struck-by-the

These Landlords Don’t Want Us to Go to Work

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-04-19/singapore-s-data-center-reits-cash-in-on-netflix-work-from-home

The Music Industry’s Lost Summer: No Bieber, No Swift and Mass Layoffs

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-18/will-there-be-any-concerts-in-2020-artists-promoters-think-not

10 American cities where jobs are going extinct, ranked

https://www.businessinsider.com/10-american-metro-areas-with-biggest-drops-in-job-postings-2020-4

'This Is Truly a War:' Nurses Are Staging a National Day of Protest

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xgqjnj/this-is-truly-a-war-nurses-are-staging-a-national-day-of-protest

U.S. drillers slash most oil rigs in a week since February 2015: Baker Hughes

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-rigs-baker-hughes-idUSKBN21Z2XO

Another disaster is ready to catch the US unprepared: Drought

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04/another-disaster-is-ready-to-catch-the-us-unprepared-drought/

Coronavirus has hit the trucking industry ‘like a brick wall’

https://news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-trucking-industry-economy-retail-ceo-grocery-173116971.html

A Restaurant Just Closed For A Truly Troubling Reason. Welcome To The Future

https://www.inc.com/chris-matyszczyk/a-restaurant-just-closed-for-a-truly-troubling-reason-welcome-to-future.html

Stock Market Crash: Party Like It’s 1929

https://www.forbes.com/sites/investor/2020/04/17/stock-market-crash-party-like-its-1929/

Fed balance sheet increases to record $6.42 trillion

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-fed-balancesheet-idUSKBN21Y3JD

Texas unemployment money running low, which could lead to tax hike | The Texas Tribune

https://www.texastribune.org/2020/04/16/texas-unemployment-running-out-money/

This Isn’t the Flattened Curve We Were Promised

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-04-16/coronavirus-this-isn-t-the-flattened-curve-we-were-promised

An ‘Unprecedented’ Disruption Is Ahead for the $1.5 Trillion Auto Market

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-16/morgan-stanley-predicts-dislocation-in-1-5-trillion-auto-market

CDC director says another coronavirus wave is coming

https://bgr.com/2020/04/16/second-wave-of-coronavirus-next-year-cdc-director/

Lone watchdog overseeing coronavirus relief demands to know where taxpayer-funded money going as Trump doles out billions to corporations

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/coronavirus-relief-money-stimulus-package-trump-business-taxpayer-a9469401.html

Goldman Sachs' top equity strategist worries markets have rallied 'too far too fast,' and is predicting a fresh plunge

https://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-sachs-equities-rose-too-fast-losses-await

Billionaire bond king Jeff Gundlach sent a bizarre tweet predicting the end of the 'You blow dry my hair and I'll blow dry your hair' economy

https://www.businessinsider.com/bond-king-gundlach-predicts-end-blow-dry-your-hair-economy-2020-4

U.S. Jobless Claims Top 5.2 Million, Erasing a Decade of Gains

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-16/u-s-jobless-claims-total-5-25-million-in-week-four-of-lockdown

California farmer plows under lettuce after coronavirus shutters restaurant market

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-lettuce-idUSKCN21Y02M

Apple's new 4.7-inch iPhone SE costs $399. Preorders start Friday

https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/iphone-se-apple-announces-cheaper-399-price-iphone-smaller-screen-camera-a13/

Evidence of virus' effect on US economy grows more ominous

https://apnews.com/0e08391841b79fc80eed7593d2732319

Outback Steakhouse parent Bloomin' Brands says it has not furloughed or laid off any staff during COVID-19

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/outback-steakhouse-parent-bloomin-brands-says-it-has-not-furloughed-or-laid-off-any-staff-during-covid-19-2020-04-16

World’s Top Pork Company Closes More Plants in Domino Effect

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-15/smithfield-foods-to-close-two-added-meat-processing-facilities

Keystone XL Pipeline Put on Hold as Federal Judge Rules U.S. Government Illegally Issued Permit

https://www.newsweek.com/keystone-xl-pipeline-put-hold-federal-judge-rules-us-government-illegally-issued-permit-1498197

New research suggests the US unemployment rate is about to become useless

https://qz.com/1837890/the-us-unemployment-rate-is-about-to-become-useless/

Dalio Says Investors ‘Crazy’ to Hold Government Bonds Now

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-15/ray-dalio-says-investors-would-be-crazy-to-hold-bonds-now

Coronavirus delivers record blow to US retail sales in March

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/15/us-retail-sales-march-2020.html

Airlines say deal on bailout includes provisions for government ownership

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/airlines-say-deal-on-bailout-includes-provisions-for-government-ownership-2020-04-14

Worst-Case Fears of 20%-Plus U.S. Jobless Rate Are Now Realistic

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-14/worst-case-fears-of-20-30-u-s-jobless-rate-are-now-realistic

Ten U.S. states developing 'reopening' plans account for 38% of U.S. economy

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-states-idUSKCN21W1D6

Oil Falls As Saudi Arabia Launches New Price War With Record Discounts | OilPrice.com

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Oil-Falls-As-Saudi-Arabia-Launches-New-Price-War-With-Record-Discounts.html

Oil Glut May Overwhelm Global Storage Tanks Within Weeks

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-15/oil-glut-may-overwhelm-storage-despite-opec-cut-iea-says

Why Did The World Shut Down For COVID-19 But Not Ebola, SARS Or Swine Flu?

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-did-the-world-shut-down-for-covid-19-but-not-ebola-sars-or-swine-flu/

Fear of an Impending Car-Price Collapse Grips Auto Industry

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-13/fear-of-an-impending-car-price-collapse-grips-the-auto-industry

Chase now requires 700 FICO score, 20% down payment to buy a home

https://www.housingwire.com/articles/chase-now-requires-700-fico-score-20-down-payment-to-buy-a-home/

Indiana coronavirus: Crisis likely to exhaust state unemployment funds

https://www.indystar.com/story/money/2020/04/14/indiana-coronavirus-crisis-likely-exhaust-state-unemployment-funds/5120883002/

Meat plants are closing. But you don't have to panic shop just yet

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/13/business/meat-supply-coronavirus/index.html

Fed to launch commercial paper liquidity backstop Tuesday

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-commercialpaper-idUSKCN21W0F4

Trump’s tariffs on China could cost the US in its fight against the coronavirus

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/13/trumps-tariffs-on-china-could-cost-us-in-its-fight-against-coronavirus.html

US Postal Service: What Does Potential 'Collapse' Mean for the Future?

https://popculture.com/trending/amp/2020/04/12/us-postal-service-what-does-potential-collapse-mean-future-donald-trump-ups/

JPMorgan Chase to raise borrowing standards for home loans

https://thehill.com/policy/finance/492420-jpmorgan-chase-to-raise-borrowing-standards-for-home-loans

Amazon stops accepting new online grocery customers amid surging demand

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-grocery-idUSKCN21V0CO

COVID-19: What we must do to prevent a global depression | World Economic Forum

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/covid-19-how-to-prevent-a-global-depression/

U.S. nearing brink of meat shortage, major producer says

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-smithfield-foods-sioux-falls-south-dakota-kenneth-sullivan-us-nearing-brink-meat-shortage/

Coronavirus spread closes North American meat plants

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-meat-factbox-idUSKCN21V09W

16 million people just got laid off but U.S. stocks had their best week in 45 years

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/16-million-people-just-got-laid-off-but-us-stocks-had-their-best-week-in-45-years-2020-04-10

Hundreds of U.S. Meat Workers Have Now Tested Positive for Virus

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-10/worsening-outbreak-at-colorado-meat-plant-impacts-as-many-as-300

Economist gives up hope for "V-shaped" recovery, now predicts a "very prolonged recession"

https://www.salon.com/2020/04/11/economist-gives-up-hope-for-v-shaped-recovery-now-predicts-a-very-prolonged-recession_partner/

'We're on the edge of the precipice': How the pandemic could shatter college dreams - POLITICO

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/12/coronavirus-pandemic-shatter-college-dreams-179509

Here’s OPEC+’s plan to save the oil market

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-opecs-plan-to-save-the-oil-the-market-2020-04-10

The mortgage industry is facing a crisis because of the coronavirus — and borrowers could fall through the cracks

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-mortgage-industry-is-facing-a-crisis-because-of-the-coronavirus-and-borrowers-could-fall-through-the-cracks-2020-04-11

Hundreds of U.S. Meat Workers Have Now Tested Positive for Virus

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-10/worsening-outbreak-at-colorado-meat-plant-impacts-as-many-as-300

Colorado meat packing plant with thousands of employees closed after coronavirus outbreak

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/10/us/colorado-meat-packing-plant-coronavirus/index.html

Clothing makers in Asia give stark coronavirus warning

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52146507

Pence, CDC Head Lay Out Virus Criteria to Reopen U.S. Economy

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-10/pence-cdc-head-lay-out-virus-criteria-to-reopen-u-s-economy

Coronavirus Latest: Major Meat Processors Shutting Down Plants As Employees Get Sick With COVID-19

https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2020/04/09/coronavirus-latest-major-meat-processors-shutting-down-plants-as-employees-get-sick-with-covid-19/

‘Extremely alarming’: Coronavirus stimulus law allows the Federal Reserve to hold secret meetings on corporate bailouts

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/extremely-alarming-coronavirus-stimulus-law-allows-the-federal-reserve-to-hold-secret-meetings-on-corporate-bailouts/

Venture Capital CEO Dumbfounds CNBC Anchor by Saying Billionaires and Hedge Funds Don’t Deserve a Bailout: ‘Let Them Get Wiped Out!’

https://www.mediaite.com/news/venture-capital-ceo-dumbfounds-cnbc-anchor-by-saying-billionaires-and-hedge-funds-dont-deserve-a-bailout-let-them-get-wiped-out/

Wimbledon paid pandemic insurance for almost 20 years. Now it’s getting $141 million

https://www.sbnation.com/tennis/2020/4/8/21214031/wimbledon-canceled-pandemic-insurance-141-million

Deaths Expose Fears for Strength of U.S. Food-Supply Chain

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-08/the-workers-who-produce-america-s-meat-are-starting-to-die

A $645 Billion Manager Says Calling the Market Bottom Is ‘A Mug’s Game’

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-09/a-645-billion-manager-says-calling-the-bottom-is-a-mug-s-game

The $90 Trillion Question Is How to Get People Back to Work

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-09/great-reboot-looms-as-world-juggles-lives-and-livelihoods

Bank of America recording reveals a Wall Street torn between precaution and performance amid virus

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/08/bank-of-america-recording-reveals-a-wall-street-torn-between-precaution-and-performance-amid-virus.html

Plunging annuity rates: A strategy for new retirees

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/plunging-annuity-rates-a-strategy-for-new-retirees-2020-04-08

Banks Blame U.S. Rules for Snarling New Borrowers’ Virus Loans

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-08/banks-blame-u-s-rules-for-snarling-new-borrowers-virus-loans

Side effects: Fuel demand crash shuts U.S. ethanol plants, meatpackers lack refrigerant

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-carbon-dioxide-idUSKBN21P2DK

Wells Fargo Bows Out Of Small Business Bailout Program

https://dailycaller.com/2020/04/07/wells-fargo-out-of-paycheck-protection-program/

A major grocer is pushing to classify its employees as first responders, giving them priority for testing and protective gear

https://www.businessinsider.com/albertsons-ufcw-grocery-store-workers-first-responders-2020-4

Colleges suffering huge financial blows from pandemic

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-pandemic-colleges-suffering-huge-financial-blows-layoffs-closures/

The State of Chinese Commodities Shows Recovery Taking Hold

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-07/the-state-of-chinese-commodities-shows-recovery-taking-hold

Auto insurance companies return $800 million in premiums because no one is driving

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/06/business/allstate-payments-coronavirus/index.html

‘These are massive glitches’: CNN anchor explains how Trump’s small business loan program is failing

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/these-are-massive-glitches-cnn-anchor-explains-how-trumps-small-business-loan-program-is-failing/

PennyMac warns mortgage originators that forbearance buybacks could be coming

https://www.housingwire.com/articles/pennymac-warns-mortgage-originators-that-forbearance-buybacks-could-be-coming/

Wall Street vet of half a century warns of an ‘L-shaped’ economic recovery

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/wall-street-vet-of-half-a-century-warns-of-an-l-shaped-economic-recovery-2020-04-06

Mnuchin’s Unfilled Jobs Leave Treasury Stretched in Virus Crisis

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-04/mnuchin-s-empty-jobs-stretch-treasury-team-thin-in-global-crisis

COVID-19 Economic Crisis Will Bring A Tidal Wave Of Company Defaults In 2020 And 2021

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mayrarodriguezvalladares/2020/04/04/covid-19-economic-crisis-will-bring-a-tidal-wave-of-company-defaults-in-2020-and-2021/

Dow 15,000 very likely as coronavirus pandemic hits U.S. economy: strategist

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/dow-15000-very-likely-as-coronavirus-pandemic-hits-us-economy-strategist-181857580.html

Edible insects set to be approved by EU in 'breakthrough moment'

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/03/insects-likely-approved-human-consumption-by-eu

‘Already this is a nightmare’ — economists react to March jobs report

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/already-this-is-a-nightmare-economists-react-to-us-march-jobs-report-2020-04-03

Saudi Arabia Says Putin’s Comments on OPEC+ Deal Are ‘Incorrect’

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-04/saudi-arabia-says-putin-s-comments-on-opec-deal-is-incorrect

The Biggest Chokepoint in the Global Food Supply Chain Is Trucks

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-03/the-biggest-chokepoint-in-the-global-food-supply-chain-is-trucks

U.S. Payrolls Fall 701,000 in March Ahead of Surge in Layoffs

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-03/u-s-payrolls-fall-701-000-in-march-ahead-of-surge-in-layoffs

Coronavirus pandemic crashes prices of commodities

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/04/03/Coronavirus-pandemic-crashes-prices-of-commodities/8791585863775/

Farmworkers 'harvesting America's food supply' amid coronavirus pandemic fight for safety

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/farmworkers-harvesting-america-s-food-supply-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-fight-n1173241

Fed balance sheet expands to record $5.81 trillion in latest week

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/fed-balance-sheet-expands-to-record-581-trillion-in-latest-week-2020-04-02

Americans expect to burn through their savings quickly, survey finds

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/02/americans-expect-to-burn-through-their-savings-amid-pandemic.html

Nearly half of states don't have enough funds to pay all those unemployment claims

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/nearly-half-states-do-not-have-enough-funds-pay-all-n1175246

Coronavirus unemployment: Kentucky, Indiana among states with biggest increase

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2020/04/02/coronavirus-unemployment-kentucky-indiana-among-states-biggest-increase/5116385002/

Local governments may start restricting the in-store sale of nonessential items

https://www.businessinsider.com/sale-of-nonessential-goods-may-be-pushed-online-2020-4

Airline Industry Warns of Crisis Bigger Than 9/11 Aftermath

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-03/-this-is-aviation-s-darkest-hour-iata-says-as-demand-plunges

Coronavirus: An 'emergency' for future of small, liberal arts colleges

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/03/21/coronavirus-college-students-online-closing-private-liberal-arts/2889546001/

 

Banks warn of 'utter chaos' in new small business lending program

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/banks-warn-utter-chaos-new-small-business-lending-program-n1175336

U.S. Jobless Claims Soar to Once-Unthinkable Record 6.65 Million

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-02/u-s-jobless-claims-doubled-to-record-6-65-million-last-week

‘The other bomb that’s dropping’ — Cramer’s warning as first shale company files for chapter 11

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/01/the-other-bomb-thats-dropping-cramers-warning-as-first-shale-company-files-for-chapter-11.html

Goldman Says Shale Might End Up Being a Winner of the Oil War

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-01/goldman-says-shale-might-end-up-being-a-winner-of-the-oil-war

Coronavirus May Weigh on African Economies for Three Years

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-01/coronavirus-may-weigh-on-african-economies-for-three-years

Walmart makes a huge change to its stores because of the coronavirus pandemic

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/walmart-makes-a-huge-change-to-its-stores-because-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic-single-direction-aisles-161441040.html

If the Virus Hadn’t Caused the Crash, Something Else Would Have

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-04-01/coronavirus-alone-didn-t-cause-the-market-crash