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Staff members wearing face masks are seen at the Leishenshan Hospital, a makeshift hospital for treating patients with the coronavirus, in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, April 11, 2020. The head of the Wisconsin state senate recently received multiple emails from the wife of the Chinese Consulate-General in Chicago asking him to propose a resolution to …
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The coronavirus pandemic will plunge the global economy into its worst recession since the Great Depression, the International Monetary Fund predicted Tuesday. The fund expects the world economy to contract by 3 percent in 2020 as measures meant to stop the virus freeze economic activity around the world. That’s a much steeper drop than 2009, …
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US stocks climbed Tuesday as Wall Street once again grew optimistic about the path of coronavirus crisis while grappling with grim earnings reports from major companies. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped as many as 628.28 points, or 2.6 percent, in early trading following a 1.4 percent drop Monday. The S&P 500 posted an early …
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U.S. officials warned in January 2018 that the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s work on “SARS-like coronaviruses in bats,” combined with “a serious shortage” of proper safety procedures, could result in human transmission and the possibility of a “future emerging coronavirus outbreak.” In a series of diplomatic cables, one of which was obtained by The Washington …
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Rep. Justin Amash speaks at the Liberty Political Action Conference (LPAC) in Chantilly, Va., September 19, 2013. Congressman Justin Amash (I., Mich.), who left the Republican party last year after breaking caucus ranks by calling for President Trump’s impeachment, said Monday that he is considering a White House run as an independent. “Americans who believe …
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Jamie Dimon is preparing America’s biggest bank for some very rainy days ahead. The chief executive of JPMorgan Chase said he sees the economy worse before they get better on Tuesday after his bank reported its profits fell nearly 70 percent in the first quarter of 2020 as the coronavirus ravaged the US economy, forcing …
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Jessica Chastain is keeping healthcare workers in New York City energized. Page Six can exclusively reveal that the Oscar-nominated actress, 43, donated Beyond Burgers to staff at Lenox Hill Hospital in the Upper East Side as they continue to fight the coronavirus pandemic. “The nurses loved it,” a staff member told us. “It was such …
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There’s no doubt that Gwen Stefani is a woman of many talents. During Blake Shelton‘s remote interview on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Monday, the “Don’t Speak” singer, 50, interrupted the proceedings to give her boyfriend a quarantine haircut. “This interview — I wanted to do it, but we actually have a schedule …
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Quibi, the video-streaming app created for mobile phones by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman, saw 1.7 million downloads of its app in its first week. Former HP boss Whitman told CNBC on Monday that the number of downloads has exceeded undisclosed internal expectations. However, research firm Apptopia said Quibi had been downloaded and installed just …
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Tesla has reportedly asked landlords for rent discounts as it tries to cut costs during the coronavirus crisis. The electric-car maker has told at least some of its landlords that it is cutting its monthly rent obligations because of the “increasing restrictions on our ability to conduct business” amid the pandemic, The Wall Street Journal …
Staff members wearing face masks are seen at the Leishenshan Hospital, a makeshift hospital for treating patients with the coronavirus, in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, April 11, 2020. The head of the Wisconsin state senate recently received multiple emails from the wife of the Chinese Consulate-General in Chicago asking him to propose a resolution to …
