COVID-19 Updates
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JC Penney’s future depends on what happens over the next two months
It’s not typical for a bankruptcy court hearing to fall on a Saturday, and it’s nearly unprecedented for it to happen by phone. But as the coronavirus has battered the…
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Obama criticizes coronavirus response — leaders ‘aren’t even pretending to be in charge’
US President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump to update him on transition planning in the Oval Office at the White House on November 10, 2016 Jim Watson |…
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Bankrupted JC Penney plans to spin its properties into separate real estate company
An empty parking lot is shown at a closed JC Penney store in Roseville, Mich., May 8, 2020. Paul Sancya | AP A piece of J.C. Penney‘s proposal to emerge from…
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Why a German court’s challenge to the EU is more disturbing than Trump’s outrage or China’s tantrums
It has been a dismal period for news, even setting aside Covid-19 and US President Donald Trump. Indeed, the coronavirus may be a cover for some of the nastiness. Here…
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Coronavirus latest: alarm in Germany over ‘corona demos’; Thailand extends flight ban
As lockdown measures eased across much of Europe on Saturday, thousands took to the streets of Germany in a growing wave of demonstrations that has alarmed the country’s leaders.In the…
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Where’s my stimulus check? Will there be another round of payments? Answers to your top questions
U.S. President Donald Trump’s name appears on the coronavirus economic assistance checks that were sent to citizens across the country April 29, 2020 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty…
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Coronavirus: eight Covid-19 vaccine candidates are in clinical trial, WHO says
Eight vaccine candidates for the coronavirus disease are in clinical trial with another 110 in various stages of development, as governments around the world scramble to contain the virus, according…
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Coronavirus: India joins nations urging Hong Kong to drop policy that automatically sends their citizens into quarantine camps
India has joined a growing list of countries calling on the Hong Kong government to drop a policy that automatically sends their citizens into quarantine camps on arrival in the…
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How the pandemic may change the way we grocery shop
Gone are the days of leisurely browsing the aisles of grocery stores. Instead, customers are getting used to new grocery store fixtures: Mask-wearing employees, plexiglass barriers at cash registers, one-way…
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This is what happens if you stop paying your student loans
The coronavirus relief package lets borrowers forgo student loan payments until this October with no interest or penalties. It is not a small gesture. Americans owe more than $1.4 trillion in…