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S&P 500 climbs 2% as Fed, other policymakers take further steps
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks managed to post gains on Thursday after recent...
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U.S. jobless claims could top record 1.5 million next week: economists
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A wave of layoffs at restaurants, bars and hotels, as efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic bring much of everyday American life to a halt, could drive new applications...
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Boeing eyes production pause as virus spreads: sources
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Boeing Co (BA.N) is leaning toward a temporary work stoppage at its twin-aisle jetliner factories due to the spread of coronavirus, people familiar with the matter said on...
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Coronavirus deaths in Italy overtake China as economic damage mounts
LONDON/MILAN (Reuters) – The world’s richest nations poured unprecedented aid into the global economy on Thursday as coronavirus cases ballooned in the new epicentre Europe, with the number of deaths...
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‘Buy as much as possible’– Taiwan sees boon to panic buying
TAIPEI (Reuters) – People in Taiwan were told to buy as much as possible during the coronavirus outbreak, as the island’s premier struck a distinctly different approach to panic buying by advising...
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Apple limits online iPhone purchases to 2 per person amid coronavirus
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is limiting customer purchases of iPhones over its online stores in many countries including the United States and China to a maximum of two handsets per...
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With songs, screams and recipes, Americans find emotional balm six feet apart
NEW YORK (Reuters) – It’s more than 10 months until Christmas, but as the global coronavirus pandemic takes hold in the United States, Margaret Haskell put out a call on her community Facebook group...
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WHO message to youth on coronavirus: ‘You are not invincible’
GENEVA (Reuters) – Coronavirus can sicken or kill young people as well and they must also avoid mingling and spreading it to older and more vulnerable people, the World Health Organization said on...
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CDC reports 15,268 coronavirus cases, 201 deaths
A bus driver wears a mask following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 20, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri (Reuters) – The...
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Netflix creates $100 million fund to help displaced film and TV workers
FILE PHOTO: The Netflix logo is seen on their office in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S. July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Netflix Inc has established a $100...
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Country singer Kenny Rogers dies aged 81
FILE PHOTO: Kenny Rogers poses backstage after accepting the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement award at the 47th Country Music Association Awards in Nashville, Tennessee November 6, 2013....
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Factbox: Coronavirus deaths pass 5,400 worldwide
(Reuters) – Some 145,594 people have been infected by the coronavirus across the world and 5,419 have died, according to a Reuters tally. An undated scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2...
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Social work from a social distance: Coronavirus forces U.S. child advocates...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic has forced states to rethink their approach to social work, whether by finding safe strategies for staff to check on at-risk...
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Coronavirus stay-at-home directives multiply in major U.S. states
(Reuters) – New Jersey’s governor was expected on Saturday to follow four other states – California, New York, Illinois and Connecticut – demanding that millions of Americans close up shop and stay...
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Swiss coronavirus cases surge, canton orders seniors to stay home
ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland on Saturday reported 6,100 coronavirus infections, 25% more than a day earlier, and 56 deaths, the Swiss health ministry said, as the canton of Ticino that borders...
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Angola, Eritrea, Uganda confirm first cases as coronavirus spreads in Africa
NAIROBI/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Angola, Eritrea and Uganda confirmed their first cases of coronavirus, while Mauritius recorded its first death as the virus spreads across Africa despite measures by...
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U.S. FDA approves first rapid coronavirus test with 45 minutes detection time
FILE PHOTO: A computer image created by Nexu Science Communication together with Trinity College in Dublin, shows a model structurally representative of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus...
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Spain warns the ‘worst is yet to come’ as coronavirus deaths surpass 1,300
MADRID (Reuters) – The Spanish government said on Saturday it would do whatever was needed to combat the coronavirus pandemic and warned that “the worst is yet to come” after the national toll...
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Lockdowns not enough to defeat coronavirus: WHO’s Ryan
LONDON (Reuters) – Countries can’t simply lock down their societies to defeat coronavirus, the World Health Organization’s top emergency expert said on Sunday, adding that public health measures are...
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U.S. millennials, stuck at home, adjust to coronavirus isolation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A young chef is honing his online chess game. A copywriter is meditating to battle isolation anxiety. And many are spending even more time on social media to stay connected....
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