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In Wisconsin and Ohio, farmers are dumping thousands of gallons of fresh milk into lagoons and manure pits. An Idaho farmer has dug huge ditches to bury 1 million pounds of onions. And in South Florida, a region that supplies much of the Eastern half of the United States with produce, tractors are crisscrossing bean […]

WASHINGTON — For several months, President Donald Trump and his officials have cast a fog of promises meant to reassure a country in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic. Trump and his team haven’t delivered on critical ones. They talk numbers. Bewildering numbers about masks on the way. About tests being taken. About ships sailing

The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments Friday related to the global economy, the work place and the spread of the virus. ———————————————————————— CONSUMER DURESS: The consumer drives about 70% of all economic activity in the U.S., and that engine is sputtering. with

China’s auto sales sank 48.4% in March from a year ago as the economy reeled from the coronavirus, adding to strains for the struggling industry By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer April 11, 2020, 10:33 AM 2 min read 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article BEIJING — China’s auto sales sank

A watchdog has found that the Treasury Department appropriately handled Congress’ request for President Donald Trump’s tax returns, which Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has refused to provide By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer April 11, 2020, 3:52 AM 2 min read 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article WASHINGTON — A watchdog

WASHINGTON — At the end of a week officials had warned would be this generation’s Pearl Harbor, White House officials pointed to hopeful signs that the spread of the coronavirus could be slowing, even as President Donald Trump insisted he would not move to reopen the country until it is safe. At the same time,

WASHINGTON — It was early on a Friday when Jared Kushner said he received a call from his father-in-law, President Donald Trump. Trump was hearing from friends in New York that the city’s public hospital system was running low on critical supplies to fight the new coronavirus — something city officials, nurses and doctors had

Over airlines’ objections, the Trump administration is proposing that a big chunk of the federal aid designed to cover airlines payrolls this year will be loans, not cash By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer April 11, 2020, 12:53 AM 3 min read The Trump administration is proposing that a significant amount of the $25 billion

Apple and Google launched a major joint effort to leverage smartphone technology to contain the COVID-19 pandemic By FRANK BAJAK and MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer April 10, 2020, 9:15 PM 5 min read 5 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article Apple and Google launched a major joint effort to leverage smartphone

The first results are in for an experimental antiviral drug against the new coronavirus By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer April 10, 2020, 9:58 PM 3 min read More than half of a group of severely ill coronavirus patients improved after receiving an experimental antiviral drug, although there’s no way to know the odds