The stock market is not getting better Friday morning. Seasonal fluctuations in hiring to start the year. What businesses are doing to prevent outbreaks and avoid legal liability.
Stocks are down yet again amid COVID-19 uncertainty. China prepares to release its latest trade figures. Ahead of International Women’s Day, why there are so few female central bankers.
How will COVID-19 be reflected in the jobs report? Michael Bloomberg spends half a billion dollars before dropping out of the 2020 race. What the employment contracts of 18th-century pirates can teach us.
Futures are down today after a Wednesday market boom. Saudi Arabia seeks cuts in oil production as OPEC meets. How COVID-19 is erasing Los Angeles economic activity.
Crude oil prices are down 25% since early January. How Australia’s economy is recovering after the recent bushfires. U.K. regional airline Flybe blames COVID-19 in part for its collapse.
Can Super Tuesday results be seen in the stock market? Italy calls for two-week closure of schools and universities because of COVID-19. How Beijing is operating with the absence of migrant workers.
Investors flock to bonds. How Americans without health insurance will handle virus testing and treatment. Chinese migrant workers turn to their savings to combat the effects of quarantines.
India has restricted the export of some drug ingredients and medicines because of COVID-19. Africa-based airlines have so far lost $400 million. How Beijing’s shopkeepers are faring in the face of the coronavirus.
Fed cuts interest rates by half a percentage point. Amazon cracks down on those selling COVID-19-related products at inflated prices. Quebec, Canada, as a potential giant storage battery to fight climate change.
G-7 leaders hold an emergency call on how to lift the global economy amid virus threats. What COVID-19 is doing to supply chains. And what travel insurance will and will not cover.
