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April 20 (Monday) YRI Express Morning Briefing PDF  Daily Markets Markets Prescient or Pollyannaish?: Explaining the Market’s Rally W ‘Sell in May and go away’ is a warning to stock investors now more than ever MW The Best Mutual Funds May Soon Come in ETF Form BR Credit & commodities Bond Market Devouring Record Gulf Debt Won’t Touch Oman, Bahrain B Fall of Natural Gas Prices Speeds Energy Shift in East Asia W Weak Currencies Could Drag on Emerging Market Stocks  BR US Mnuchin, Pelosi close to deal on PPP small business loans C Which Big Companies Are Eligible for Small Business Fund Relief? B Flaws in America’s Plan to Save Midsize Business Portend More Trouble N Why Business Won’t Snap Back So Easily After the Great Reopening BR Young Americans Are Still Catching Up From the Last Recession. Now They Face a New One. W Coronavirus: What Americans are buying online while in quarantine C China China’s Small Companies Are Beating Almost Every Market. Here Are The Best Sectors. BR Europe Europe Slowly Emerges From Coronavirus Lockdown  W Europe needs at least 500 billion euros from EU institutions for recovery: ESM R Geopolitics & trade US says China should stop ‘bullying behavior’ in South China Sea C North Korea Raises Millions Through Hacking, Smuggling, U.N. Report Finds W Industries & companies Autos: Ford’s CEO Says Its Cars Will Be Built to Kill Viruses BR FAANGs: Apple shares sink after Goldman predicts big drop in iPhone sales P Financials: Some banks won’t press on card payments for now P Health-care: Coronavirus Has Ushered in the Telehealth Revolution. Which Stocks to Play It. BR Media: Live Sports Are Canceled. But Don’t Expect a Cable-TV Refund. W Media: Baseball Without Fans Sounded Crazy. It Might Just Work. W Pharma: Big Pharma Sees Its Strengths Surface in the Pandemic BR Retail: Walmart hiring 50K new employees to meet coronavirus demand P Retail: Coronavirus, retail closures speed the rise of Amazon C Tech: Big Tech’s Resilience to Coronavirus Downturn Faces First Test W Virus I Trump’s Coronavirus Focus Shifts to Reopening Economy, Defending His Response W Trump’s coronavirus reopening plan has big holes, health experts say R As New York ramps up coronavirus testing, governors tell Trump it’s too soon to reopen America R Coronavirus: Maryland Gov. says it’s ‘absolutely false’ states are ready to reopen C More Americans Fear Lifting Coronavirus Restrictions Too Soon, WSJ/NBC Poll Says W Virus II The stock market is rising on hope for a pharma solution to coronavirus — here’s how close we are C A Covid-19 Vaccine Could Take Longer Than Investors Expect BR Does Covid-19 Infection Equal Immunity? W Microsoft ‘plasmabot’ encourages Covid-19 survivors to donate plasma C Coronavirus tests delayed by Covid-19 contamination at CDC lab C Virus III How Sweden Is Fighting Coronavirus B As Politicians Lean on Disease Modelers in Health Crisis, Some Scientists Fear a Backlash W After Repeated Failures, It’s Time To Permanently Dump Epidemic Models Coronavirus: Walmart to require associates to wear masks at work C Experts say it may be time for grocery stores to ban customers from coming inside NN U.S. Pays High Prices for Masks From Unproven Vendors in Coronavirus Fight W Tools to Help You Keep Your Distance as More People Go Outside W Corporate finance 24 Hour Fitness weighs bankruptcy amid coronavirus pandemic C

April 18 (Saturday) YRI Express Morning Briefing PDF  Daily Markets Markets Dow jumps 700 points on hope for a coronavirus treatment, closes at highest level since March C Stocks Rally to Close Second Week of Gains W A blast of earnings news is coming, but the market may be more focused on when the economy will reopen C U.S. Crude Prices Drop to New 18-Year Low W The US dollar is still king during the coronavirus NN Central banks New York Fed’s Williams Says Recovery Unlikely to Be Swift W Fed Says It Will Disclose Borrower Information in Crisis Lending B US Here Are the Companies Getting Federal Funds for Covid Relief B Nearly 3 million borrowers have been granted mortgage relief, and the industry is crying for help C Homebuilding just had its worst month since 1984. What traders see ahead for the group C Unemployed workers turn to each other for help getting through complex, crashed filing systems C Op-Ed: The smart way to get US employees back to work C China China Records First Ever Contraction in Quarterly GDP on Coronavirus W Virus Ravages China’s Economy—and It’s Just Getting Started W US politics Loans Averaged $206,000 in Small Businesses Fund That Ran Out B JPMorgan says it has $26 billion in small business relief applications that need funding C Giant U.S. Lenders Outpaced by Rivals in Small-Business Rescue B Top House Republican Backs Adding Hospital Funding to Small-Business Package W Small Businesses Need Money—but First They Need the U.S. to Reopen W After earlier confusion, filing requirements are waived and veterans will get stimulus checks automatically C The Year Tax Day Turned Upside Down W Geopolitics & trade North Korea Raises Millions Through Hacking, Smuggling, U.N. Report Finds W Industries & companies Airlines: In an age of coronavirus, airlines’ ‘Mr. Fix-It’ says the industry’s future depends on convincing travelers it’s safe to fly again C Autos: VW Reopens Europe Plants, Offering a Vision of the Postvirus Factory W Consumer: Procter & Gamble Posts Biggest U.S. Sales Gain in Decades W Pharma: Coronavirus Drug Report, Though Inconclusive, Sends Gilead Higher W Corporate finance Exclusive: Norwegian Cruise taps Goldman Sachs to explore stake sale – sources R Virus I Coronavirus live updates: Global deaths cross 150,000 as Trump urges states reopen C California governor names Steyer, Yellen and tech CEOs to business recovery task force C Trump demands states ‘LIBERATE’ after he issues new coronavirus guidelines and protests pop up C Trump Backs Protests Against Governors’ Stay-at-Home Orders W What Returning to Work Will Look Like in Offices, Cafes and Factories Around the World B Virus II WHO says China revised coronavirus infection data to ‘leave no case undocumented’ C New York still struggles with 2,000 new coronavirus hospitalizations a day, Gov. Cuomo says C San Francisco residents required to wear face coverings at essential businesses C Virus III Virus Vaccine May Be Ready for Mass Production By Autumn, Oxford Professor Says B WHO warning: No evidence that antibody tests can show coronavirus immunity C Antibody study suggests Covid-19 could be far more prevalent in the Bay Area than official numbers suggest C South Korea’s New Coronavirus Twist: Recovered Patients Test Positive Again W Facebook Cancels Gatherings With 50 or More People Through June 2021 W Tech For the first time ever, a robotic spacecraft caught an old satellite and extended its life C

April 17 (Friday) YRI Express Morning Briefing PDF  Daily Markets Markets Dow futures rally 700 points after report says Gilead drug showing effectiveness against coronavirus C Stocks vulnerable to another 20% downdraft, investor Peter Boockvar warns C Big Gains in Havens Stoke Worries About Stock-Market Pullback W Oil Demand Will Fall by a Fifth in April, OPEC Forecasts W Global U.S. Endorses G-20 Plan on Debt Suspension for Low-Income Economies W Central banks Unusual partnership in coronavirus bailout allows Fed and Treasury to share the risk C Fed’s Harker says lost jobs will come back, but US should be patient C US Millions unemployed, homebuilding collapses as coronavirus ravages U.S. economy R Small business rescue loan program hits $349 billion limit and is now out of money C Fed’s Bostic: U.S. small business may need up to $500 billion monthly in support through crisis R Fintech Lending to Small Businesses Faces Coronavirus Obstacles W China China’s virus-hit economy set to post first decline since at least 1992 R Industries & companies Aerospace: Boeing plans to resume Seattle-area aircraft production with physical distancing to avoid coronavirus C FAANGs: Amazon Retools With Unusual Goal: Get Shoppers to Buy Less Amid Coronavirus Pandemic W Financials: Morgan Stanley Quarterly Profit Drops 30% W Health-Care: Health-Care Industry in Tug-of-War Over Coronavirus Aid W Industrials: GE, Ford sign $336 million federal contract to make ventilators for coronavirus outbreak C Pharma: Gilead stock pops 16% after report says coronavirus drug trial shows encouraging early results C Real estate: The New York retail real estate market is reeling because of coronavirus, as rents tumble C Tech: Microsoft stock is up because businesses want secure video conferencing, says Robert Herjavec C Tech: Zoom Hires Security Heavyweights to Fix Flaws W Virus I New York and other East Coast states extend shutdown of nonessential businesses to May 15, Gov. Cuomo says C | Federal Guidelines Governors Extend Lockdowns as Global Cases Top 2.1 Million W The US economy can’t reopen without widespread coronavirus testing. Getting there will take a lot of work and money C Virus II Moderna Gets U.S. Funding for Development, Manufacturing of Experimental Coronavirus Vaccine W EU Backs Coronavirus Contact-Tracing Apps Similar to Apple-Google Proposal W Exclusive: FDA may have dropped standards too far in hunt for chloroquine to fight coronavirus – sources R China’s Export Restrictions Strand Medical Goods U.S. Needs to Fight Coronavirus, State Department Says W Virus III US Navy hospital ship will see patients from Philadelphia area amid coronavirus pandemic C Supermarkets Adjust Meat Sections as Coronavirus Cuts Supply W Cybersecurity Foreign state hackers target U.S. coronavirus treatment research: FBI official R Offbeat Khan Academy founder: Balance between in-person, online learning could be ‘silver lining’ of crisis C Science projects to do at home while on coronavirus lockdown P

April 16 (Thursday) YRI Express Morning Briefing PDF  Daily Markets Markets Foreign Holdings of U.S. Treasuries Hit Record High in February B Gas Is Super Cheap, But Pumps Stay Full With Fuel No One Is Buying B Central banks The Fed’s Main Street problem: Worries rise that money won’t go where it’s most needed C Fed Beige Book says economy contracted ‘sharply and abruptly’ due to coronavirus C Fed’s Latest Treasury Purchases Signal Liquidity Is Improving B US U.S. Economic Data Show Deep Hit in March, Collapse in April B The economic data is even worse than Wall Street feared: ‘The economy is clearly in ruins here’ C U.S. Factory Output Fell in March by the Most Since 1946 B Small business loans top $296 billion and could reach the program’s limit by the end of Wednesday C ‘I can’t even get anyone to take my application’: Some small businesses are locked out of loan program C Industries & companies American Airlines CEO: ‘It certainly feels like we’re at bottom’ as revenue tumbles 90% C Apple now sells five iPhones — here’s how to pick the right iPhone for you C Virus I Trump Abandons Task Force on Reopening U.S., Hosts Calls Instead B New York moves to a ‘new normal’ as Gov. Cuomo outlines gradual reopening of businessesC Merkel Announces Steps to Slowly Return Germany to Normal B Virus II New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo orders all people to wear face coverings in public C Coronavirus updates: Executives warn more testing needed, Maryland requires masks while shopping C Virus III Senate Democrats seek $30 billion for national coronavirus testing C Abbott announces new coronavirus antibody test that could do up to 20 million screenings in JuneC 1-in-7 New Yorkers May Have Already Gotten Covid-19 B

April 15 (Wednesday) YRI Express Morning Briefing PDF  Daily Markets Markets Dow jumps 500 points as coronavirus outlook improves C Thirst for Oil Vanishes, Leaving Industry in Chaos W Global World Economy Is Likely in Recession W G-7 Countries Back Debt Relief for Poorest If G-20 Join W US Worst-Case Fears of 20%-Plus U.S. Jobless Rate Are Now Realistic B A Second Round of Coronavirus Layoffs Has Begun. Few Are Safe. W Goldman says downturn will be 4 times worse than housing crisis, then an ‘unprecedented’ recovery C Europe The Bank Backstop: Can Europe’s Lenders Weather the Coronavirus Crisis? W US politics Trump’s Legal Power to Overrule States on Pandemic Is Limited W New York Gov. Cuomo says Trump will have ‘no fight with me’ on coronavirus, but he’s ‘wrong’ on the law C Small Business Loan Funds Running Out With Congress Stalled B Small-Business Funding Dispute Challenges Community Lenders W Barack Obama Endorses Joe Biden for President W Industries & companies Aerospace: Boeing customers cancel staggering 150 Max plane orders, deepening crisis as coronavirus roils air travel C Autos: Tesla Stock Rides Seven-Session Winning Streak, Rising More Than 60% W Consumer: Johnson & Johnson Lowers Revenue Forecast on Coronavirus Impact W Financials: JPMorgan, Wells Fargo Profits Tumble as They Brace for a Recession W Media: NBCUniversal ‘evaluating’ moving up nationwide Peacock launch from July 15, says Peacock chief C Tech: Cisco will let customers defer 95% of their payments on new products until 2021 C Corporate finance Bank of America survey shows highest cash positions since 9/11 attacks, demand for end to buybacks C Virus I Coronavirus live updates: New York cases show signs of slowing, US airports see $10 billion in aid C Jamie Dimon says US companies might send employees back to work by ‘June, July, August’C Explainer: What is contact tracing and how can it help fight the new coronavirus? R Explainer: How smartphone apps can help ‘contact trace’ the new coronavirus R Coronavirus Turns 911 Calls Into Tracking ToolW Virus II GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi Team Up for Vaccine W Hospitals Monitor Some Coronavirus Patients at Home W FEMA Joined Virus Fight With Posts Unfilled and Parent Agency Moving Funds to Immigration W Prisoner Release Orders Spur Debate W

April 14 (Tuesday) YRI Express Morning Briefing PDF  Daily Markets Markets Dow falls 300 points, but Netflix leads Nasdaq into the green C Stocks Fall as Investors Brace for Earnings Season W ETF Investors Are All-In on Stimulus With $17 Billion Stock Bet B North America’s Oil Industry Is Shutting Off the Spigot W US U.S. Debt and Deficit Forecast to Hit Levels Not Seen Since WWII B How Coronavirus Spread Through Corporate America W How restaurants plan to survive widespread layoffs from the coronavirus pandemic C Homeowners Seeking Mortgage Relief With U.S. Economy Shuttered B US politics Negotiations Over New Coronavirus Aid Stall W Trump Defends His Coronavirus Record With Anger, and a Video B Fauci walks back coronavirus comments that sparked fears of his firing C Sanders Endorses Biden W Biden Wins Democratic Presidential Primary in Wisconsin W Geopolitics & trade The U.S. vs. China: Who Is Winning the Key Technology Battles? W Trump Funding Threat Against World Health Organization Linked to Hiring Practices W   Industries & companies Airlines: Mnuchin flexes muscles on airline coronavirus aid — a taste of what other companies may face C Apparel: The coronavirus pandemic ‘creates an opportunity’ for business, Levi Strauss CEO says C FAANGs: Amazon to Ease Curbs on Nonessential Items W Media: Ad Giant Publicis Warns of Spending Pullback Amid Coronavirus W Media: Roku Adds 3 Million Accounts as Coronavirus Forces Shelter-in-Place W Virus Trump says plan to re-open shuttered U.S. economy to be completed soon R Nine U.S. states planning reopening of economies after coronavirus shutdown R The Coronavirus Economic Reopening Will Be Fragile, Partial and Slow W Why Trump’s claim that he has ‘total’ power to restart state economies is false C Trump says there’s ‘clear evidence’ coronavirus mitigation is working in US as growth in new cases stabilizes C Lockdowns Extended Across Europe Amid Signs Crisis Is Slowing W World Bank, IMF Push to Consolidate Patchwork Approach to Coronavirus Crisis W Corporate finance SoftBank Expects Nearly $17 Billion Loss on Vision Fund W Offbeat Tornadoes Kill at Least 32 People Across the South W The Coronavirus Puzzle Boom Is Not Puzzling at All B

April 13 (Monday) YRI Express Morning Briefing PDF  Daily Markets Markets Dow futures slide more than 100 points as investors weigh coronavirus and oil outlook C OPEC and allies finalize record oil production cut after days of discussion C Young Shale CEO Asks Texas to Curb Oil Output W Central banks & credit Junk-Bond Rally May Have Been a Fed-Fueled Mirage BR The Fed is on ‘wartime’ footing and still may be asked to do more C Fed’s Neel Kashkari says coronavirus economic recovery ‘could be a long, hard road’ C ‘Protection-Lite’ Loans May Cause the Next Recession BR US How Bad the Economy Could Get BR Looming Earnings Season Offers Next Test for Stock Market W Bracing for an Economy Changed by Coronavirus BR Robert Shiller: Pandemic of fear could tip economy into a depression C Over 60 With Decades Left on the Mortgage: The New Retirement Math W Covid-19 Cost Them Their Jobs. How They’re Getting By. BR US politics Lawmakers Seek New Ways to Cover Workers’ Paychecks W Longer-Term Prospects of Coronavirus Response: Bigger State, Higher Taxes W Geopolitics & trade Beijing tightens grip over coronavirus research, amid US-China row on virus origin NN How China could use this moment to charge ahead with its geopolitical agenda C Industries & companies Financials: Bank Stocks Are in a Ditch. Earnings Won’t Change That. W Media: Disney World will furlough 43,000 union workers during coronavirus shutdown C Media: Bob Iger on Disney After Coronavirus BR Tech: Looking for a Job? Big Tech Is Hiring W Utilities: For Dividend Safety, Think About Regulated Utilities BR Virus I Fauci expresses ‘cautious optimism’ coronavirus outbreak is slowing, US could start reopening in May C Trump and Allies Push Toward Reopening Economy. But Governors Urge Caution. N Coronavirus ‘Immunity Passport’ Stumbles in U.K. W Is Sweden’s COVID-19 strategy working? The Terrible Costs of Keeping—or Ending—the Lockdowns BR Virus II NYC mayor announces public schools will remain closed rest of academic year, but governor pushes back C New Jersey governor slashes all train, bus and light rail transit by 50% C It’s ‘People, People, People’ as Lines Stretch Across America N Virus III Auto Giants Trade Drills for Tweezers in Bid to Rush Coronavirus Ventilators W Smithfield CEO Warns of Risks to Pork Supply W P&G Toilet-Paper Factory Delivers as Virus Hits Town W Virus IV How a Premier U.S. Drug Company Became a Virus ‘Super Spreader’ N How the Virus Transformed the Way Americans Spend Their Money N UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson discharged from hospital C Boris Johnson Says He Risked Dying During Virus Treatment B

April 10 (Friday) YRI Express Morning Briefing PDF  Daily Markets Markets S&P 500 jumps more than 1%, capping off its best week since 1974 C Fed Moves Spark Corporate Bond Rally W OPEC and allies agree to historic 10 million barrel per day production cut C Central banks & credit Federal Reserve unveils details of $2.3 trillion in programs to help support the economy C Fed Has Firepower to Do More Even After $2.3 Trillion Aid Blitz B ‘Where No Fed Has Gone’: Wall Street Reacts to Muni-Debt Program B Powell Says Fed Will Act ‘Forcefully’ to Help U.S. Recovery B Coronavirus Crisis Legacy: Mountains of Debt W US Economic Data Spur Debate Over Lifting Virus Restrictions W U.S. Jobless Claims Soar for Third Straight Week W Las Vegas Job Losses Could Double Those of 2007-09 Recession W A Month Ago, They All Had Stable Jobs. Now They Want to Work for Amazon. W Frozen Housing Market Relies on Bargains and Desperation B Ray Dalio predicts a coronavirus depression: ‘This is bigger than what happened in 2008’ C Postal Service Warns of $22 Billion Hole From Coronavirus W Europe EU Finance Ministers Agree to Funding to Cushion Impact of Coronavirus W US politics GOP, Democrats Hit Impasse Over Nature of Next Round of Aid W Joe Biden Seeks to Unite Democrats With New Policy Proposals W Progressive groups push Biden to keep Wall Street out of White House C Geopolitics & trade U.S. Officials Target Chinese State-Owned Telecom Provider W Industries & companies Retail: Walmart hires 100,000 to meet demand, as toilet paper and sewing machines fly off the shelves C Virus Global Virus Cases Top 1.5 Million W In Washington, Why the Predicted Coronavirus Surge Hasn’t Hit W Haywire Immune Reaction Linked to Severe Virus Cases W Prisoners Riot as Coronavirus Tensions Rise W Virus II Pfizer’s lead coronavirus drug is showing promise, chief scientific officer says C Database of Medical Records Would Create a Coronavirus Registry W Chinese Doctors at Coronavirus Hub Cast Doubt on Chloroquine as Cure W Faulty N95 Masks Hamper Hospitals W Virus III U.S. Exploring Coronavirus Testing for Food Plants W Amazon says it could soon begin testing some warehouse workers for the coronavirus C Farmers Dump Milk, Break Eggs as Restaurant Closings Destroy Demand W Cybersecurity Travelex Paid Hackers About $2.3 Million After Attack W Offbeat Air pollution drops 30% in Northeast US as coronavirus lockdown slows travel: NASA C Morgan Stanley CEO Recovered From Coronavirus W Harvard University Taps Credit Markets for Up to $1.1 Billion B

April 09 (Thursday) YRI Express Morning Briefing PDF  Daily Markets Markets Stocks Rebound After Bout of Volatility W Oil surges in sudden move toward the end of trading, production cuts eyed C Far Flung Local Currency Bonds Whip Back on Investors W Central banks Fed will keep rates near zero until economy has ‘weathered’ coronavirus impact, minutes show C Fed Minutes Reveal Alarm Over Virus’s Economic, Market Disruptions W Health crisis warranted ‘forceful’ response from Fed, minutes show R Fed Bought Time With Emergency Cut While Eyeing New Programs B State Funding Woes Are Dragging the Fed Into Muni-Market Reboot W Coming next from the Fed: How much for Main Street? R US U.S. GDP will contract 30% in second quarter, 5% in 2020: PIMCO R Wobbly U.S. fiscal response could deepen coronavirus recession R US politics Hundreds of U.S. lenders get access to small business rescue program with new system launch R SBA Under Fire for Failing to Get Aid to Struggling Small Businesses W Bernie Sanders is out of the race, but he promises to press his democratic socialist agenda C Biden and the DNC start to lay the groundwork for a joint fundraising effort to take on Trump C Coronavirus is disrupting the 2020 election. New York and New Jersey are latest to change their primaries C Geopolitics & trade Trump Eyes Tariffs as Tool to Tame Oil Glut W Industries & companies Aerospace: Pandemic Hits Plane Makers, Complicates 737 MAX Return W Autos: Toyota extends North American plant shutdown; will stop paying 5,000 temporary workers R Consumer: As coronavirus spread to the US, Clorox shares soared C FAANGs: Amazon Warehouse Warned Staff Not to Touch Shipments for 24 Hours B Insurance: Auto insurers are offering discounts amid the pandemic. What you need to know C Retail: Some Retail Chains Fight for Survival W Retail: McDonald’s Warns Of Difficult Decisions Ahead W Virus I For All Its Coronavirus Blunders, Italy Offers Hope for Other Democracies W First European Countries Prepare to Ease Coronavirus Lockdown Restrictions W Germany Cuts Deal with China for Coronavirus Supplies W Virus II Trump Health Team Crafts Plan to Open Economy If Virus Crests B GM to Make 30,000 Ventilators for National Stockpile W U.S. Passes 400,000 Infections of Virus W Virus III New York Gov. Cuomo says state won’t return to ‘normal’ as daily coronavirus deaths reach new high C New York City’s Hospitals Prepare ‘Live or Die’ Guidance as Virus Peaks W Most NYC Covid-19 Cases Came From Europe, Genome Researchers Say B Three Deaths Expose Fears for Strength of U.S. Food-Supply Chain B Cybersecurity Hacking Groups Hunt Pandemic Opportunities, Warn U.S., British Officials W Offbeat FASB Proposes Delaying New Accounting Rules for Some Companies Because of Coronavirus W WHO officials are investigating human transmission of the coronavirus to pets C Airbnb’s Coronavirus Crisis: Burning Cash, Angry Hosts and an Uncertain Future W Sen. Kelly Loeffler and her CEO husband will sell all individual stock shares after coronavirus trade furor C

April 08 (Wednesday) YRI Express Morning Briefing PDF  Daily Markets Markets Dow gives up 900-point rally, turns negative in final hour of trading C Energy U.S. Slashes 2020 Oil-Output Forecast Ahead of OPEC+ Meeting B U.S. Natural Gas Output Expected to Fall by Most Ever Next Year B Central banks & credit Sizing Up Fed’s Historic Intervention W China’s Faltering Dollar Bonds Show Limits of State Intervention B Bond Investors Are Back, Even in Indonesia W Illinois Faces Rising Risk of Cut to Junk Over Pandemic Hit B Democrats Push for Fed to Buy Low-Rated Muni Debt to Ease Strain B ECB Helps Greek Plans for New Debt to Fight Virus Pandemic B US I U.S. Consumer Credit Jumped in February Before Virus Hit B Requests to delay mortgage payments jump nearly 2,000% as borrowers seek relief during outbreak C Fannie, Freddie Unlikely to Aid Mortgage Firms as Payments Dry Up W US II U.S. Economy Is in a Contraction, Says Larry Kudlow W Bernanke Doesn’t See V-Shaped U.S. Recovery After Steep Fall B Cramer predicts ‘U’ shape recovery, says economy ‘will bounce back gradually’ C Companies Cite New Government Benefits in Cutting Workers W US politics Mnuchin seeks $250 billion more in small business aid, as Senate vote is planned for Thursday C Small Businesses’ Finances Highly Vulnerable to Coronavirus Crisis W Your forgivable loan may be undercut by this provision of the Paycheck Protection Program C Industries & companies Casinos: In Las Vegas, the Coronavirus Odds Are Not in Our Favor N FAANGs: Netflix just got a bunch of new parental controls — here’s how to use them C FAANGs: Amazon to Suspend Delivery Service That Competes With UPS, FedEx W Insurance: Allstate CEO: Driving is way down due to coronavirus and ‘we don’t know’ if trend will last C Insurance: UnitedHealth Will Speed Payments to Doctors, Hospitals Amid Pandemic W Media: Video game streaming is surging as millions are cooped up inside their homes C Real estate: Shopping center owner Kimco is trying to help its smaller tenants pay rent, stay in business C Retail: Costco vs. Walmart: Trader says one could be a better big-box pick C Retail: Back-to-School Season in Jeopardy With Retail Imports Plunging B Trucking: Truckers Cut Spending as Factory Slowdown Weighs on Operators W Virus I Global Virus Deaths Top 81,000 as Four States Report Highest Daily Toll W U.K., New York Have Deadliest Day; Trump Rips WHO: Virus Update B New York coronavirus deaths jumped by 731 Monday, the biggest daily increase, Gov. Cuomo says C New Jersey closes most public parks, extends emergency order as deaths surge C China Eases Wuhan Lockdown, but Coronavirus Fight Remains Incomplete W Virus II Attention Turns to Eventual Reopening of U.S. Economy W Trump Team Preps Plans to Reopen Economy That Depend on Testing B U.S. Labs Face Crisis After Crisis Despite Improvements in Testing B In Coronavirus Response, Republicans and Democrats Like Big Government W Virus III Trump Says He’s Considering a Hold on U.S. Funding for WHO B Companies Offer FEMA Critical Supplies the Government Can’t Buy W Patients with autoimmune diseases are running out of hydroxychloroquine C Corporate finance Airbnb Paying More Than 10% Interest on $1 Billion Financing W WeWork Directors Sue SoftBank Over Terminated $3 Billion Share Offer W Offbeat Wisconsin voters go to the polls despite coronavirus health risks. Here are some photos C Twitter CEO sets aside $1 billion in Square equity for charity, coronavirus relief C Airbnb guests say the company is making it hard to collect refunds for coronavirus cancellations C