wiar 03-09-20

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March 09 (Monday)

YRI Express
Morning Briefing PDF I Audio Excerpts
Daily Markets Overview

Markets
Markets Face ‘Full-Blown Crisis’ With Oil Adding to Virus Shock B
Bull Market Faces Tough Test as It Turns 11 W
The Dow Will Bounce Back. History Tells Us When. BR
What Stocks Should You Buy Right Now? These 12 Have High Dividend Yields for Market Turmoil. BR
What to Do When Even Safe Havens Aren’t Safe BR

Credit & commodities
U.S. Treasury Yields Keep on Plummeting BR
OPEC deal collapse sparks price war: ‘$20 oil in 2020 is coming’ C
Saudi Arabia slashes April crude oil prices after OPEC’s supply pact collapsed R
Saudis Instigate Oil-Price Clash With Russia W

Global
Coronavirus Risk Rises for U.S., Global Economies W
China’s Exports Plunge Amid Coronavirus Epidemic W

Central banks
The Rate-Cut Drug Might Not Cure Ailing Market BR

US
The Full Impact of Coronavirus Is Unknown. Here Are Ways to Boost the U.S. Economy. BR
What the U.S. Government Can Do to Fight the Economic Impact of Coronavirus BR
U.S. Economists Are Reassessing Their Forecasts for Coronavirus. It’s Not Pretty. BR
Coronavirus Spread Could Halt Robust U.S. Job Gains W
Workers Could Be In Danger. Here’s the Coming Data That Will Tell the Story. BR
Startups Pitch Tech Hubs Far from Silicon Valley W

US politics
Sanders needs Michigan win in U.S. presidential race, but Biden looking strong with key voting blocs R
Kamala Harris endorses one-time rival Joe Biden’s White House bid C

Geopolitics & trade
Huawei Takes Its Case to the People in Australia W

Industries & companies
Aerospace: Boeing’s New CEO Regrets Blasting Predecessor as Backlash Grows B
FAANGs: Amazon is secretly working on a cure for the common cold C
Pharma: Coronavirus Outbreak Could Disrupt Drug Companies’ Clinical Trials BR
Tech: Tech Firms Seek to Head Off Bans on Facial Recognition W
Utilities: This Old Metal Hook Could Determine Whether PG&E Committed a Crime W

Corporate finance
Aramco trades below IPO price for first time, after OPEC pact unravels R

Virus I
Virus spread slows ex-Wuhan R
Fauci Says Sense on Coronavirus Scope Is ‘Not Encouraging’ B
The Number of U.S. Coronavirus Cases Keeps Growing and New Cases Outside China Top 3,000, WHO Data Show BR
Why there’s still no single, accurate coronavirus death rate Vox
There Is a ‘Tipping Point’ Before Coronavirus Kills B
Social Distancing Is New Coronavirus Buzz Phrase. Does It Work? W

Virus II
Squandered time: How the Trump administration lost control of the coronavirus crisis WP
Overregulation is making the coronavirus outbreak even more dangerous P
Italy’s Coronavirus Lockdown Met With Confusion, Questions About Enforcement W
ECB tells staff to work from home in coronavirus test R
Corporate America Races to Respond to a Crisis That Upends Work W
Uber, DoorDash and Others Discuss Fund for Drivers Affected by Coronavirus W

Virus III
Coronavirus may force Americans to avoid crowds, brace for quarantines, health official warns R
Coronavirus live updates: Washington state weighs mandatory measures to contain outbreak C
New York declares state of emergency over coronavirus outbreak C
Virus-hit cruise ship off California’s coast will dock in Oakland C
U.S. financial regulators start contingency planning as virus reaches Washington R

Offbeat
History’s deadliest air raid happened in Tokyo during World War II and you’ve probably never heard of it NN
March Madness Will Go On, but in a Worst Case, Without Mad Fans W