Q&A: What does 90-day tax payment delay mean for filers?

Q&A: What does 90-day tax payment delay mean for filers?

The Trump administration has announced that most individuals and businesses will be allowed to delay paying their federal tax bills for 90 days as part of an emergency relief plan amid the coronavirus pandemic. Some questions and answers about the delay and its...
Automakers shut North American plants over coronavirus fears

Automakers shut North American plants over coronavirus fears

DETROIT (AP) — Concerns about the spreading coronavirus forced most of North America’s auto plants to close, at least temporarily.Ford, General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, Honda and Toyota said they would shut down all of their factories in the region, citing...
Food banks face virus dilemma: More demand, fewer volunteers

Food banks face virus dilemma: More demand, fewer volunteers

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — With the new coronavirus leaving many people at least temporarily out of work, food banks and pantries across the U.S. are scrambling to meet an expected surge in demand, even as older volunteers have been told to stay home and calls for social...
Balkans fights virus amid lack of doctors, medical supplies

Balkans fights virus amid lack of doctors, medical supplies

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The main Serbian hospital treating patients infected with coronavirus looks like an abandoned building, but it isn’t.With its rundown facade, peeling walls and rooms crammed with metal beds, the downtown Belgrade clinic for infectious diseases...
New US home construction dips again in February

New US home construction dips again in February

WASHINGTON (AP) — Construction of new homes fell again in February, but not as much as the previous month. Those declines follow a December surge which had pushed home construction to the highest level in 13 years.Builders started construction on 1.60 million homes at...
The Latest: NYSE to temporarily close its trading floor

The Latest: NYSE to temporarily close its trading floor

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on action in the financial markets (all times local):6:11 p.m.The New York Stock Exchange will temporarily close its iconic trading floor in lower Manhattan and move to all-electronic trading beginning Monday as a precautionary step after...