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Here’s a hopeful bit of news: Minnesota Public Radio ran a short profile of a grocery store employee in the Twin Cities who’s found a new sense of purpose and identity during the coronavirus pandemic. Have a listen. Or if you hate using your ears, it’s basically this:

Automotive manufacturers in Europe have announced production suspensions at sites across the continent caused by supply chain issues and problems created by the measures taken by governments to restrict the spread of the 2019-nCoV coronavirus pandemic.

1. ‘Hopeless and scared’: Uber and Lyft drivers face financial ruin after coronavirus  Yahoo Money
2. It’s time for Uber and Lyft to trade differently, because the coronavirus outbreak is affecting them differently  MarketWatch
3. Uber stock skyrockets after CEO says it has plenty of cash to get through coronavirus crisis  CNBC
4. Uber, Lyft and other apps suspend shared rides due to coronavirus  Fox News
5. Uber rides are down 70 percent in some markets amid coronavirus... Читать дальше...

A group called Advocates for Minor Leaguers was formed today

This week has been interesting to say the least. Fortunes have been made and fortunes have been lost as stock market participants continue to pit their wits against each other. In normal times, consensus agreement is relatively easy to reach, and volatility isn’t huge. However, when nobody has a clue what is going on, then volatility is off the charts. It reminds me of the Joker’s quote in The Dark Knight: ‘a truckload of soldiers will be blown up, nobody panics, because it’s all “part of the plan”. Читать дальше...

The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic

Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum reunite in a very familiar fashion-design competition

Hair salons, nail salons, and tattoo parlors are the latest spaces that have to shut their doors due to the coronavirus.

As the coronavirus spreads, many health experts are calling for Americans to practice social distancing, a process that would limit the passage of the virus between people and avoid a mass outbreak of simultaneous cases, but there is widespread confusion over what it means. The Onion looks at the dos and don’ts of…

Six-time Super Bowl winning quarterback Tom Brady signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Friday, transforming the team into a championship contender.

Export steel billet prices from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) continued to slide after a nosedive on Friday March 20, following the slump in import scrap prices earlier in the week.

The airline will run ‘essential services’ which will be up to 10% of its usual capacity.

Clocking coverage of the virus in Trump times.

Vinati Organics invested in innovative technology to make products at affordable prices and this helped it drive competition out of the market

Racetrack Officials Working with Horsemen to Analyze Options for 2020 Season Canterbury Park officials have announced a decision to postpone the opening of the Shakopee, Minn. racetrack’s horse stabling area until at least Friday, May 1, in reaction to the coronavirus pandemic. This delay in opening also includes access to the main racetrack and other... Read More >

A vast majority of schools have shut down to combat the spread of the Coronavirus.

From paying $1,000 bonuses to branch employees to subsidizing child care expenses, banks are offering a slew of new perks for front-line employees still working and more paid leave for those who are ill or caring for sick family members.

Indian women wrestling team's foreign coach Andrew Cook has left for the US after the national federation suspended the camps in Lucknow and Sonepat in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the restrictions would take effect at midnight Friday.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told cafes, pubs and restaurants across the country to close on Friday night and to stay shut indefinitely to help slow the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.

'For the first time in our history, the government is going to step in and help pay people's wages,' Rishi Sunak announces

The ad-hoc loan facility named - COVID 19 Emergency Credit Line (CECL) is aimed at meeting the temporary liquidity mismatch arising out of covid-19, SBI said in a communication to branches.

There are now 263,071 cases of COVID-19 and at least 11,113 people have died, according to the most recent data from the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering's Centers for Systems Science and Engineering. More than 87,000 people have recovered. In the U.S., there are now 16,018 cases and 210 deaths. The number of cases has more than doubled since Wednesday, though an uptick in cases has been expected as access to the tests increases. In Western Europe, cases continue to rise. Spain has 20,410 cases and 1,043 deaths... Читать дальше...

Years of economic isolation and bulging financial reserves have positioned the country to ride out the coronavirus panic and bounce right back.

Fantasy Football Impact: Todd Gurley Signs With Atlanta Falcons With the news that Todd Gurley was released from the Los Angeles Rams for salary cap (and let us be honest, performance) reasons, Twitter immediately lit up with the speculation of where Gurley might go. Even if Gurley was at his worst last season, averaging 3.8 ...