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U.S. health officials are warning conspiracy theorist and radio host Alex Jones to stop pitching bogus remedies for the coronavirus By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer April 10, 2020, 8:29 PM 2 min read 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials are warning conspiracy theorist and radio […]

Matt Herrick, a senior vice president at the International Dairy Foods Association, said the dairy industry was not facing any production shortages. Unlike other sectors of the economy, dairy farmers can’t shut down — their cows continue to produce milk. But unlike meat or grain, milk cannot be frozen or stored for long periods of

The federal government’s budget deficit for the first half of this budget year totals $743.6 billion, up 7.6% from last year and well on its way to topping $1 trillion even before the impacts of the coronavirus were felt By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer April 10, 2020, 6:30 PM 2 min read WASHINGTON —

In a statement on Saturday, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California praised the counties’ “commitment” to cancel penalties because of “demonstrated economic hardship” caused by the virus. “This is good news for Californians,” he said. A spokesman for Mr. Newsom said on Thursday that his office was “looking into further actions as well.” Taxpayer and business

The Spanish government says it trusts that allowing the return of non-essential workers to factories and construction sites next week won’t cause a significant resurgence in coronavirus infections By ARITZ PARRA Associated Press April 10, 2020, 4:15 PM 3 min read 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article MADRID — Spanish authorities

But the new rules allow these workers to avoid having to pay half of the Social Security portion now. They can wait and pay it in two installments, half at the end of 2021 and the remainder at the end of 2022. Some people will be ineligible: If you received small-business loans to fund payroll

Christians observed Good Friday without the solemn church services or emotional processions of past years April 10, 2020, 2:12 PM 5 min read 5 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article Christians observed Good Friday without the solemn church services or emotional processions of past years, instead watching livestreams at home as the

Business owners can take the employee retention credit or the Social Security tax deferral, which lets them delay payments until 2021 and 2022, but the downside is that the money will be taken out of the loan from the Paycheck Protection Program, said Megan Niedermeyer, head of legal and compliance at Gusto, a payroll company.

MADRID — As Christians around the world observed a Good Friday like no other, at home watching livestreams instead of at church, pressure was mounting on governments to restart some industries and fend off further economic devastation from the coronavirus. Worldwide, the death toll headed toward 100,000, with the confirmed number of infected people topping

What on earth is the stock market doing? Death and despair are all around. The number of people filing for unemployment benefits each of the last two weeks was about 10 times the previous record — and is probably being artificially held back by overloaded government systems. Vast swaths of American business are shuttered indefinitely.