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Tesla’s sales of its increasingly popular electric cars got off to fast start this year By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer April 2, 2020, 11:51 PM 3 min read 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article BERKELEY, Calif. — Tesla’s sales of its increasingly popular electric cars got off to fast start […]

“Better functioning capital markets and potentially more support in asset prices would be beneficial for them as an organization,” said Devin Ryan, a research analyst at JMP Securities who covers banks and alternative-investment firms. The potential benefits of Mr. Rowan’s recommendations were hard to gauge, Mr. Ryan said, without having much more detail on both

The COVID-19 outbreak has prompted companies large and small to rethink how they do business By ADAM BEAM Associated Press April 3, 2020, 4:38 AM 3 min read 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It was late when engineer Joe Tavi’s boss called with an odd question: Could

At a time of social distancing, President Donald Trump is leaning into his plea to Congress to restore full tax benefits prized by business for fine dining and schmoozing By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer April 3, 2020, 4:41 AM 4 min read WASHINGTON — It may be an odd gesture at a time of

The federal government is sending financial help to millions, but the timing of those payments may vary By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press April 3, 2020, 4:47 AM 4 min read 4 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article WASHINGTON — The federal government expects to begin making payments to millions of Americans under

A meeting planned for Monday between officials of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Russia and other oil producers, which had buoyed hopes for a deal to end the turmoil in energy markets, has been put off, according to two OPEC delegates. The news comes as lingering tensions have surfaced once again between Saudi

ROME — San Marino needed medical masks. Badly. The tiny republic, wedged next to two of Italy’s hardest-hit provinces in the COVID-19 outbreak, had already registered 11 deaths by March 17 — a sizeable number in a country of just 33,000, and a harbinger of worse to come. So authorities sent off a bank transfer

Funerals are seeing big changes amid the coronavirus outbreak By Sarah Blake Morgan Associated Press April 4, 2020, 11:44 AM 5 min read Lexington, South Carolina — No one stands in line to embrace the widow and share memories of her husband of 50 years. No rows of family and friends file toward the flag-draped

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he supports cutting oil production by about 10 million barrels a day to shore up falling prices April 3, 2020, 6:28 PM 2 min read 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin says he supports cutting oil production by about 10

Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange levels April 3, 2020, 8:19 PM 1 min read Benchmark crude oil rose $3.02 to settle at $28.34 a barrel Friday. Brent crude oil, the international standard, rose $4.17 to $34.11 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline rose 3 cents to 69 cents a gallon.