There is little doubt that economic data in the weeks to come will obliterate all modern records in their awfulness. One Federal Reserve official has said the unemployment rate could hit 30 percent, three times its level at the worst point of the 2008-2009 Great Recession. And he has suggested that G.D.P. could fall at […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Ventilators of the right size can be used to treat people Vets have been asked by the NHS to provide animal ventilators to help tackle an anticipated shortage of the machines for coronavirus patients. There are an estimated 300-400 animal ventilators currently in use in the UK. Those designed
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Cardi B is challenging the Trump administration’s rhetoric about the coronavirus pandemic and calling out celebrities who have the “luxury” of paying to get themselves tested when other people can’t even afford health care. “The general public ― people that work regular jobs, people that get regular paychecks, the middle class, the poor ― they
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Image copyright AFP Image caption Many airlines have been forced to ground aircraft due to a drop in demand over the coronavirus outbreak London City Airport has announced it will close until the end of April due to the coronavirus outbreak. All commercial and private flights will be temporarily suspended from Wednesday evening, the airport
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It all started to fall apart for Vinay Patel about a week ago. The occupancy rates at the nine hotels he owns in the Northern Virginia area plummeted from about 50 percent to only a handful of rooms each night because of the coronavirus pandemic. He scrambled to cut costs. Floors were shut down. Bar
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“I’m 84 years old, so staying confined to the house for protection,” wrote Marcia Savin, a children’s book author and teacher who lives alone in the Cobble Hill section of Brooklyn, on the neighborhood social networking app Nextdoor. It was Saturday, March 21. Her prescriptions were ready at a local pharmacy, she said, but she
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Imagine a gorgeous spring day in Tokyo. The chill of winter has melted away. The summer humidity is still a couple of months off. Maybe, just maybe, the famed cherry blossoms are still around, bathing the capital in dazzling colors. Sounds like a pretty good time to have the Olympics, huh? Now that the Tokyo
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The White House and Senate leaders agreed early Wednesday on a $2 trillion economic rescue package, the largest in the country’s history March 25, 2020, 6:45 PM 5 min read The White House and Senate leaders agreed early Wednesday on a $2 trillion economic rescue package, the largest in the country’s history. The bill would
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In early March, just before California put out a stay-at-home order, writer and educator Rachelle Cruz’s parents were taking the BART train back to their home in Hayward in the San Francisco Bay area after a long day at work in the city. The couple owns a small remittance business with a largely Filipino and
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mariah Carey (left) and Billie Eilish will be live in their living rooms Billie Eilish, Mariah Carey and Alicia Keys will play a benefit concert with a difference to raise funds for those facing hardship as coronavirus spreads. The socially-distanced stars will sing live from their own living rooms
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