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After coronavirus outbreak, Tyson temporarily closes Nebraska beef plant for cleaning
DAKOTA CITY, Neb. — Tyson Foods said Thursday that it was temporarily suspending operations at a large Nebraska beef processing that serves as the largest […]
Florida governor announces plan to slowly reopen Sunshine State on Monday after coronavirus shutdown
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled a plan Wednesday to lift the state’s stay-at-home orders amid the coronavirus crisis that he called “safe, smart and step […]
Hope, disappointment seen in trials for coronavirus drug
One large COVID-19 study hints at the potential benefit of an experimental drug called remdesivir, even as another study published the same day has disappointing […]
Wall Street rallies on ‘positive data’ from coronavirus treatment study
Wall Street rallied on Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumping by around 450 points after a potential treatment for coronavirus offered promising results. […]
Trump orders meat processing plants to stay open amid coronavirus pandemic
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday to use the Defense Production Act to compel meat processing plants to stay open […]
Small businesses say they need more than 2 months of help to survive coronavirus crisis
Even as a new round of billion-dollar relief hits Main Street this week, some small-business owners fear that the money still isn’t enough — and […]
Few Hispanic business owners got coronavirus relief loans, Latino survey finds
A survey of more than 500 Latino small-business owners who applied for coronavirus relief loans found that just 97 of them received money while the […]
Smithfield Foods sued over working conditions in Missouri during coronavirus
Smithfield Foods Inc, the world’s largest pork processor, has been accused in a lawsuit of failing to adequately protect workers at a Missouri plant who […]
Coronavirus package falls short for lenders to Latino, minority businesses
Salvador Quintero had to look beyond traditional banks to get funding for the restaurant he started 20 years ago in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, money that has […]
Gilead stock falls after disappointing early trial results for highly anticipated coronavirus treatment
Stock trading was briefly halted Thursday for California-based Gilead Sciences, after a draft report said the company’s experimental coronavirus treatment disappointed in a recent drug […]
L.A. groups rally to give street vendors, shut down during coronavirus, a much-needed lifeline
In order to identify those who are most in need, three street vendor leaders formed a coalition called Vendedores en Acción (Vendors in Action). They […]
U.S. jobless claims reach 26 million since coronavirus hit, wiping out all gains since 2008 recession
Another 4.4 million Americans filed for initial jobless claims last week, revealing that at least 26 million people have requested unemployment benefits since the outbreak […]
Americans buying more alcohol during the coronavirus pandemic, but craft brewers are struggling
Alcohol beverage industry analyst Bump Williams said store sales are up because customers are stocking up on economy-size cases from the biggest brands, such as […]
Sens. Gillibrand, Bennet propose ‘Health Force’ bill to put more Americans into careers fighting coronavirus
In the United States’ effort to stomp out the spread of the coronavirus, two Democratic senators are taking a cue from a national program launched […]