Business and Finance
Published on April 8, 2020 - Page 13
NEW YORK (AP) — A big rally on Wall Street suddenly vanished Tuesday after it got undercut by another plunge in the price of oil. The S&P 500...
Published on April 7, 2020 - Page 4
NEW YORK (AP) — Small business owners hoping for quick loans from the government were in a holding pattern Monday — waiting on their bank to either...
Published on April 6, 2020 - Page 8
NEW YORK — In Montana, a father and son running a small oil business are cutting their salaries in half. In New Mexico, an oil truck driver who...
Published on April 4, 2020 - Page 4
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) —The threat of the coronavirus pandemic has forced Hobby Lobby to close its stores until further notice, the arts and craft retail...
Published on April 4, 2020 - Page 12
A bleak jobs report likely portends even deeper losses WASHINGTON (AP) — A grim picture of the U.S. job market’s sudden collapse emerged Friday with...
Published on April 3, 2020 - Page 4
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. nuclear plants will be allowed to keep workers on longer shifts to deal with staffing problems in the coronavirus pandemic,...
Published on April 3, 2020 - Page 4
The IRS and the Treasury Department say Americans will start receiving their economic impact checks within the next few weeks. The payments are...
Published on April 3, 2020 - Page 7
WASHINGTON (AP) —More than 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, far exceeding a record high set just last week, a sign...
Published on April 3, 2020 - Page 11
Athletic directors at the nation’s biggest sports schools are bracing for a potential financial crisis related to the coronavirus pandemic....
Published on April 2, 2020 - Page 7
NEW YORK (AP) —Stocks fell sharply on Wall Street Wednesday as more signs piled up of the economic and physical pain being caused by the coronavirus...
Published on April 1, 2020 - Page 12
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell and ended the first quarter with a decline of 20%, the market’s worst quarter since the dark days of the 2008 financial...
Published on March 31, 2020 - Page 5
The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments on Monday related to the...
Published on March 31, 2020 - Page 12
WASHINGTON (AP) —President Donald Trump is poised to roll back ambitious Obama-era vehicle mileage standards and raise the ceiling on damaging fossil...
Published on March 29, 2020 - Page 10
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The FBI has arrested a Southern California man who officials said falsely claimed to have developed a cure for the coronavirus and...
Published on March 28, 2020 - Page 13
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell more than 3% on Wall Street, giving back part of the gains they piled up over the past three days. The S&P 500 rose...
Published on March 28, 2020 - Page 13
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an unprecedented $2.2 trillion economic rescue package into law Friday. The move followed swift and...
Published on March 27, 2020 - Page 4
QUINCY, Mass. — Grocery stores across the U.S. are installing protective plastic shields at checkouts to help keep cashiers and shoppers from...
Published on March 27, 2020 - Page 5
WASHINGTON — With rare bipartisanship and speed, Washington is about to deliver massive, unprecedented legislation to speed help to individuals and...
Published on March 27, 2020 - Page 7
WASHINGTON (AP) — A record-high number of people applied for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs engulfed the United States in the face of a...
Published on March 26, 2020 - Page 7
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks scored their first back-to-back gains Wednesday since a brutal sell-off began five weeks ago. But much of an early rally faded...
Published on March 25, 2020 - Page 13
NEW YORK (AP) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged to its best day since 1933 as Congress and the White House neared a deal on Tuesday to inject...
Published on March 24, 2020 - Page 9
The rapid spread of the coronavirus since it was first reported in China has dealt an unprecedented shock to the global economy. The following are...
Published on March 24, 2020 - Page 9
WASHINGTON (AP) —The Federal Reserve is unleashing its boldest effort yet to protect the U.S. economy from the coronavirus by helping companies and...
Published on March 23, 2020 - Page 4
PARIS (AP) — Young German adults hold “corona parties” and cough toward older people. A Spanish man leashes a goat to go for a walk to skirt...
Published on March 22, 2020 - Page 5
DETROIT (AP) — Factories that crank out cars and trucks looking into making much-needed ventilators. Distilleries intended for whiskey and rum to...
Published on March 22, 2020 - Page 10
A restaurant owner wonders how she can stay in business if she can’t sell food and drink. A hair salon operator shuts down to protect his clients...
Published on March 21, 2020 - Page 13
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks sank to their worst week since the financial crisis of 2008 as traders went into full retreat out of fear that the coronavirus...
Published on March 20, 2020 - Page 4
One store advertised hand sanitizer at $60 a bottle. Another was accused of hawking it at $1 a squirt. Chain stores offered $26 thermometers and face...
Published on March 20, 2020 - Page 18
LOS ANGELES — Wall Street’s plunge into a bear market after a nearly 11-year bull market has been fast and severe, erasing nearly all the S&P 500...
Published on March 19, 2020 - Page 9
Stocks tumble NEW YORK (AP) —Stocks tumbled more than 5% on Wall Street Wednesday and wiped out virtually all the gains for the Dow Jones Industrial...