A pause on Wall Street; furloughs ramp up, travel winds down

A pause on Wall Street; furloughs ramp up, travel winds down

The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments Monday related to the global economy, the work place and the spread of the virus.________________________BOTTOM LINE: Hundreds of companies...
Stocks fall as investors brace for earnings hit from virus

Stocks fall as investors brace for earnings hit from virus

Stocks fell on Wall Street Monday, erasing some of the market’s big gains from last week, as investors braced for a sobering first look at how the coronavirus pandemic has hurt company earnings. The S&P 500 fell 1% after cutting its early losses by more than half...
US restaurants turn to grocery sales to help offset losses

US restaurants turn to grocery sales to help offset losses

O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Charlene Gulliford at the Gandy Dancer never figured there would come a day when the Michigan restaurant known for its steaks and seafood would sell toilet paper and cartons of eggs, but the coronavirus has restaurants in survival mode.The...
City Lights Bookstore launches successful GoFundMe campaign

City Lights Bookstore launches successful GoFundMe campaign

NEW YORK (AP) — One of the world’s most famous independent booksellers, City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco, was in dire financial shape because of the coronavirus outbreak and asked for help. Help quickly arrived. Within days of starting a GoFundMe campaign...
Italy begins to grapple with how to ease virus restrictions

Italy begins to grapple with how to ease virus restrictions

SOAVE, Italy (AP) — With warmer weather beckoning, Italians are straining against a strict lockdown to halt the coronavirus that is just now showing signs of ebbing at the end of five weeks of mass isolation. Italy was the first Western democracy to be hit by the...