March 17 (Tuesday)

YRI Express
Morning Briefing PDF I Audio Excerpts
Daily Markets Overview

Markets
Dow futures jump 200 points after Wall Street suffers worst day since 1987 market crash C
Dow Falls Nearly 3,000 Points as Virus Fears Spread W
Wall Street deepens historic slump as virus response comes up short R
Why Are Markets So Volatile? It’s Not Just the Coronavirus. W
Tech titans erase more than $1 trillion in market sell-off C
Traders Question Value of Stock-Market Circuit Breakers W

Central banks
Fed Deploys Its Full Arsenal, but It Still Has Some Tools W

US
U.S. Braces for Sharp Economic Downturn as Coronavirus Bears Down W
Coronavirus Sick-Leave Bill Raises Concern Over Small-Business Burden W
U.S. car buyers may get a break on loans as coronavirus threatens auto sales R
U.S. Schools Deploy Remote Learning on Unprecedented Scale W

China
China’s Business Activity Turns Broadly Negative for First Time W

Japan
Japan business mood plunges to decade lows on coronavirus woes: Reuters Tankan R

US politics
Romney proposes giving $1,000 to every American adult as coronavirus response measure NN

Industries & companies
Airlines: Coronavirus forces airlines to consider a once unthinkable possibility — halting US flightsC
Airlines: White House braces for political fight as it readies coronavirus airline bailout package C
Airlines: Airlines Seek $50 Billion in Aid From Government W
Autos: U.S. car buyers may get a break on loans as coronavirus threatens auto sales R
FAANGs: Amazon to hire 100,000 more workers and give raises to current staff to deal with coronavirus demands C
FAANGs: Apple Faces $1.2 Billion Fine for Alleged French Distribution Cartel W
Trucking: U.S. trucking and delivery firms shift services as coronavirus spreads R

Virus I
U.S., World Leaders Step Up Efforts to Slow Spread of Coronavirus W
Virus Is Hiding in Plain Sight, Study Suggests N
EU Plans to Ban Entry at Its Borders, but Barriers Rise Within Bloc W

Virus II
Google’s Coronavirus-Testing Website Is Swamped by Demand W
Telemedicine system crashes, Trump issues ‘coronavirus guidelines,’ SF and France order ‘stay home’ C
McDonald’s Closes Dining Rooms in Response to Coronavirus W

Virus III
Fear and loathing bloom as American tempers fray in coronavirus crisis R
Special Report: ‘All is well’. In Italy, triage and lies for virus patients R
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