March 2020

Coronavirus Stimulus Package Spurs a Lobbying Gold Rush

WASHINGTON — Restaurants say they need $325 billion in federal assistance. Boeing wants $60 billion. The travel industry has requested $250 billion and manufacturers are seeking $1.4 trillion in loans to deal with the economic devastation being wrought by the coronavirus. And that’s to say nothing of the casinos, airlines and franchise owners, all of

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Here’s How Some Rich New Yorkers Got Coronavirus Tests So Quickly

NEW YORK (Reuters) ― As U.S. authorities scrambled to ramp up the nation’s capacity to test for coronavirus last week, at least 100 executives and other New Yorkers of means had easy access to testing, according to two sources familiar with the activities of a little-known medical service catering to the affluent. These people paid

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Social distancing may be needed for ‘most of year’

Image copyright AFP Social distancing would be needed for “at least half of the year” to stop intensive care units being overwhelmed, according to the government’s scientific advisers. The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) recommended alternating between more and less strict measures for most of a year. Strict measures include school closures and social

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Roy Wood Jr. Names The Pandemic Movie Donald Trump Should Definitely Not Watch

And the comedian found the film that President Donald Trump should not, under any circumstances, be allowed to watch during the coronavirus outbreak. Wood Jr. also had a message for actor Morgan Freeman in the segment ― recorded during the suspension of all late night shows ― and suggested singer-songwriter Billie Eilish “knows something we

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Thanks to Sanctions, Russia Is Cushioned From Virus’s Economic Shocks

MOSCOW — Six years ago, the United States and the European Union slammed the door on Western bank loans for Russian companies, starving the country’s oil and banking industries of financing. The harsh measures were intended to punish Russia for military interventions in Ukraine and Syria and for meddling in the 2016 American election to

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