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Even With Fed Aid, Stocks Slump Once Again
Even With Fed Aid,
Stocks Slump Once Again
MARKETS
Mar 23, 2020 3:16 PM CDT

Even With Fed Aid, Stocks Slump Once Again

Dow closes down 3%

(Newser) - Stocks are ending another bumpy day broadly lower on Wall Street as investors wait to see if Democrats and Republicans can settle their differences on an economic rescue package. Major indexes ended down about 3% Monday, having been down as much as 5%. Marketwatch reports the Dow closed down 582...

Detroit Billionaire Throws Businesses a Lifeline

Dan Gilbert's real estate firm won't charge rent for 2 or 3 months

(Newser) - Good news for many Detroit small businesses that are sweating over how to make rent. The downtown's largest landlord is doing away with rent, building expenses, and parking fees for April and May. Some—those whose monthly sales total $80,000 or less—will qualify in June as well,...

Relief Bill Descends Into Insults on Senate Floor

Measure remains stalled as things get heated between Democrats and Republicans

(Newser) - A huge coronavirus stimulus package—the one that would result in relief checks going to Americans—remained very much stuck in Senate limbo Monday afternoon. And things got seriously heated and chaotic on the chamber's floor, reports the Washington Post . For the second straight day, Democrats blocked a procedural...

Rand Paul Responds to Critics After Diagnosis

While awaiting test results, he voted on Senate floor and worked out in the gym

(Newser) - Rand Paul is so far the only senator to test positive for the coronavirus. After he learned of his diagnosis Sunday, the Kentucky Republican immediately left the Senate and went into quarantine, says his office in a tweet . Critics, though, are more concerned with what Paul—an eye doctor—did...

The 'Nation's Doctor' Has a Message, and It Isn't Good

'This week it's going to get bad,' says Surgeon General Jerome Adams

(Newser) - The US surgeon general set expectations regarding the coronavirus on Monday—and he set them low. "I want America to understand this week it's going to get bad," said Jerome Adams. And part of why it's going to get bad is because of ... Americans. In comments...

The Virus Nixed Their Wedding Plans. Then a Pal Stepped Up

Friend married NYC couple on sidewalk from his 4th-floor apartment window

(Newser) - There hasn't been much uplifting news during the coronavirus outbreak, but there was at least one bright spot amid the pandemic last week in New York City. NBC News reports on the plight of 28-year-old Reilly Jennings and Amanda Wheeler, 38, who'd planned on getting married in October...

She Was 26 and Healthy, but Virus Put Her in the Hospital
A Hospitalized Millennial
Issues a Plea
first person
Mar 23, 2020 11:44 AM CDT

A Hospitalized Millennial Issues a Plea

Fiona Lowenstein wants others her age to stop taking the coronavirus lightly

(Newser) - It's becoming clearer by the day that a widely held initial belief about the coronavirus—young people are safe— just isn't true . Or as 26-year-old Fiona Lowenstein writes in a message to her fellow millennials in the New York Times , "our invulnerability to this disease is a...

Amy Klobuchar's Husband Has Coronavirus

He's hospitalized, and senator says she's not infected

(Newser) - The coronavirus has made its closest strike yet to the 2020 election. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, recently departed from the race , announced Monday that her husband has tested positive for the disease, reports the Hill . In an essay at Medium , Klobuchar said she herself is not infected. She and her husband,...

2 Big Names Will Be Churning Out Hand Sanitizer

Tito's vodka company, Anheuser-Busch will be tweaking production to make cleansing gels

(Newser) - Just a couple of weeks ago, Tito's warned consumers not to use its vodka as a DIY hand sanitizer amid the coronavirus outbreak. But perhaps that got management thinking about how it actually could help during the pandemic, because now Tito's has made itself a full-fledged partner in...

Fauci on Trump: 'I Can't Jump in Front of the Microphone'

But he says Trump does listen to him on 'substantive' coronavirus issues

(Newser) - Dr. Anthony Fauci has become an important White House voice on the coronavirus outbreak, and he gave a candid interview to Science about his disagreements with President Trump. One line in particular is getting attention, and it came after Fauci was asked about standing at the podium with Trump when...

FBI: Extremists Are Trying to Infect 2 Groups With Virus

Alert says white supremacists, neo-Nazis are being encouraged to target Jews, cops

(Newser) - While the world is hunkered down amid the coronavirus pandemic , the Jewish community and cops have an extra concern piled on: extremist groups out to do them harm by "trying to weaponize" the virus, as Rolling Stone puts it. Per an intelligence alert sent Thursday from the FBI's...

Dow Begins the Day in the Red After All
Dow Begins the Day
in the Red After All
MARKETS
Mar 23, 2020 9:01 AM CDT

Dow Begins the Day in the Red After All

Index drops 500 points in the opening minutes

(Newser) - For an example of how coronavirus is upending the markets, look no further than Monday's Dow futures trading. First, they were down a lot overnight. Then they were up a lot just an hour before the opening bell, thanks to aggressive new Fed action taken to goose the markets....

CVS Hiring 50K People
CVS Hiring 50K People
Mar 23, 2020 8:27 AM CDT

CVS Hiring 50K People

It's also giving bonuses to employees working during the coronavirus outbreak

(Newser) - Some businesses are reeling amid the coronavirus outbreak. Drugstores are not among them. CVS said Monday it was hiring 50,000 people across the US to try to keep up with demand, reports Reuters . That includes part- and full-time store associates and home delivery drivers, per USA Today . Furloughed workers...

Marriott CEO Praised for &#39;Lesson&#39; in Leadership
Marriott CEO Praised
for 'Lesson' in Leadership
the rundown
Mar 23, 2020 8:04 AM CDT

Marriott CEO Praised for 'Lesson' in Leadership

Arne Sorenson doesn't sugarcoat the bad news, still offers hope in video

(Newser) - The hotel industry is among the hardest hit in the coronavirus outbreak, with massive layoffs underway and growing fears that many hotels may never reopen. The world's largest hotel company, Marriott International, is no exception, as a video released last week by CEO Arne Sorenson makes clear. But Sorenson...

Dow Poised to Open Day With a Big Drop
Fed Action Reverses
Slide of Dow Futures
updated
Mar 23, 2020 7:44 AM CDT

Fed Action Reverses Slide of Dow Futures

Dow is poised to begin the day with a jump

(Newser) - All morning, Dow futures pointed to a miserable start at the opening bell. But the Federal Reserve just reversed that with what the Wall Street Journal calls a "major expansion of lending programs." Instead of diving 600 points, the Dow is projected to jump about 400 points or...

Madonna Has Something to Say About the Virus. From Her Tub

Star's odd message calls pandemic 'the great equalizer'

(Newser) - From stars contracting the new coronavirus —including Tom Hanks , Andy Cohen , and Idris Elba —to what BuzzFeed deems the "celebrity nonsense" of Hollywood figures like Gal Gadot and Evangeline Lilly , famous personalities are making headlines during the pandemic. Madonna is precariously close to tumbling into the latter...

Trump: We'll Reassess Plan After 15 Days

Cure can't be 'worse than the problem,' he warns on the coronavirus outbreak

(Newser) - President Trump says the US will reevaluate its coronavirus strategy at the end of the month to determine "which way we want to go." In an all-caps tweet, he wrote : "We cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself," without elaborating, reports Reuters . It...

Top New York Surgeon Issues Dire Warning

Hospital could be overwhelmed by mid-April amid coronavirus pandemic

(Newser) - In a series of terrifying internal memos , the chief surgeon at New York-Presbyterian Hospital says there are not enough masks, equipment, or beds for the COVID-19 patients that could eventually come in. Dr. Craig Smith warns staff in his memos that anywhere between 700 and 934 intensive care beds will...

Lost Your Sense of Smell? Doctors Urge You to Self-Isolate

Experts warn this can be a symptom of coronavirus

(Newser) - There's been a fair amount of talk about people who test positive for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 but show no symptoms. Now, doctors are warning about some odd symptoms many may not have realized are actually symptoms: a lost or reduced sense of smell or taste. The New ...

In Germany, Now Only 2 People Can Meet
In Germany, Now Only
2 People Can Meet
the rundown
Mar 23, 2020 1:08 AM CDT

In Germany, Now Only 2 People Can Meet

Country issues more severe restrictions amid coronavirus pandemic

(Newser) - The COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the globe, with more than 339,000 cases reported as of early Monday and more than 14,700 deaths, NBC News and CNN report. But interestingly, Germany has only reported 84 deaths from the disease caused by a novel coronavirus, even though 22,364...

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