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Last week, the global cruise line industry all but ground to a halt, with the biggest companies suspending operations, at least in the United States, for 30 days. The decision, announced by the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), came after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the State Department urged Americans to avoid […]

The stock market has doubled its gains as members of the Trump administration provide details about plans to support the U.S. economy during the coronavirus outbreak March 17, 2020, 4:38 PM 1 min read NEW YORK — The Latest on action in the financial markets (all times local): 12:30 p.m. The stock market has doubled

Over the past decade, Hudson — a former whaling town on the east side of the Hudson River in upstate New York — has seen a craft renaissance. A new crop of antique shops has joined the old, and a wide range of artisans and designers from New York City have made the town their

Unlike Morelia and Pátzcuaro, colonial showstoppers both, Uruapan’s pleasures are humble: evenings spent people-watching on the broad central plaza; snacking on sweet corn tamales, called uchepos, at the Mercado de Antojitos, or snack market; and sipping dark, fragrant coffee at Café Tradicional, a dim, wood-paneled coffee house with atmosphere as dense as cigar smoke. It

Governments and central banks are scrambling to find ways to keep businesses from going bankrupt as the virus outbreak grinds the world economy to a halt March 17, 2020, 10:14 AM 4 min read Governments and central banks are scrambling to find ways to keep businesses from going bankrupt as the virus outbreak grinds the

NEW DELHI — Over the weekend in Lucknow, one of India’s bigger cities, young people packed into pubs. Despite the Indian government scrambling to lock things down, few on the bar scene were taking the coronavirus very seriously. “I am not scared. I eat, party, sleep,’’ said Akshay Gupta, an accountant who was bar hopping

In another sign of a hotter market, many buyers have raised their target price to the $100,000 to $250,000 range, from the $50,000 to $100,000 that was previously typical, she said. But she predicted that future price gains will be modest because of an increasing supply of newly built properties and a surplus of older

After Dr. Celeste Good of Greenville, N.C., bought a vacation home on the north coast of the Dominican Republic almost 15 years ago, she has stayed there often, sometimes for weeks at a time. The 6,000-square-foot, five-bedroom Mediterranean-style property, called Villa Celeste, has expansive outdoor space that includes a large pool and tropical gardens laden

New Zealand’s government announced it will spend billions of dollars supporting companies as it tries to shore up an economy headed for recession because of the new coronavirus By NICK PERRY Associated Press March 17, 2020, 2:57 AM 3 min read WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand’s government said Tuesday it would spend billions of

With each day that the coronavirus outbreak spreads and claims more lives, the damage to global airlines rises too. U.S. carriers on Monday put a price tag on their pain: They asked the federal government for more than $50 billion in rescue aid. It is a staggering request for an industry that has chalked up