Dow falls more than 600 points as tech, energy sectors fuel Wall Street retreat
The optimism that fueled stocks to their best month in decades all but vanished.
Public companies received $1 billion in stimulus funds meant for small businesses
Nearly 300 public companies have received loans from the program, though some have returned it.
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Malls are reopening, with masks, social distancing and hand sanitizer-spritzing doormen
More than a dozen states began emerging from their coronavirus lockdowns, leaving business owners, workers and consumers to decide what normal means now.
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Perspective
The IRS sent $1,200 to a rich woman who doesn’t need it. Also, she’s British. And lives in London.
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If we measure flu mortality the same way we count coronavirus deaths, the picture becomes very stark.
The massive funding round comes just days before a deadline to access a $17 billion Treasury Department fund.
The president has in recent days told advisers that China has to pay for the outbreak.
Roughly 30 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits in two months.
The S&P 500 surged 12 percent in April, its strongest showing since 1987, even as the nation saw its economy shrivel and lose 30 million jobs.
The Washington Post is following a group of 10 American workers as they seek ways to survive and reinvent themselves after the coronavirus.
Movie theaters and a studio are eyeing a new future
