Virus changes menus, operations as restaurants struggle
Mar 27, 2020
By DAN SEWELL CINCINNATI (AP) — In the battle to keep their New York City restaurant going despite sharp restrictions during the coronavirus outbreak, the owners of Il Posto Accanto are relying on something Beatrice…
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3.3 million seek US jobless aid, nearly 5 times earlier high
Mar 26, 2020
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week — almost five times the previous record set in 1982 — amid a widespread economic shutdown caused by the…
White House, Congress agree on $2 trillion virus rescue bill
Mar 25, 2020
By ANDREW TAYLOR, LISA MASCARO and JONATHAN LEMIRE WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and Senate leaders of both major political parties announced agreement early Wednesday on an unprecedented $2 trillion emergency bill to rush…
India’s prime minister decrees 21-day lockdown to curb virus
Mar 24, 2020
By EMILY SCHMALL and SHEIKH SAALIQ NEW DELHI (AP) — India will begin the world’s largest lockdown on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in a TV address, warning citizens to stay inside or risk…
Monday: Big layoffs, bigger hirings, massive markets swings
Mar 23, 2020
The Associated Press The rapid spread of the coronavirus since it was first reported in China has dealt an unprecedented shock to the global economy. Following are business developments Monday related to the outbreak as…
What you need to know today about the virus outbreak
Mar 20, 2020
AP - The death toll from the global pandemic surpassed 10,000 people worldwide and the effects of a global economy grinding to a halt because of the pandemic were beginning to show, from millions of unsold…
Jobless claims jump by 70,000 as virus starts to take hold
Mar 19, 2020
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits surged last week by 70,000, indicating that the impact of the coronavirus was starting to be felt in rising…
Trump invokes emergency authority; Big 3 automakers closing
Mar 18, 2020
By TIM SULLIVAN and DAVID RISING MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday moved to invoke emergency authority to marshal industry to fight the coronavirus, as the economic fallout from the crisis mounted with…
World hunkers down at home, stranded travellers scramble
Mar 17, 2020
By CHRIS BLAKE and FRANK JORDANS BERLIN (AP) — Tens of millions of people hunkered down in government-ordered isolation Tuesday as borders slammed shut, schools and businesses closed and increasingly drastic restrictions on movement took…
Americans adjust to new life, hunker down amid coronavirus
Mar 13, 2020
By MICHELLE R. SMITH and GILLIAN FLACCUS AP - Workers lost their jobs, parents came up with impromptu home lesson plans for children kept home from shuttered schools. Families fretted over dwindling retirement accounts, the…