Coronavirus
– Over 50 Cell Towers Vandalized in UK Due to 5G Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories
– The Coronavirus Is Mutating. What Does That Mean for a Vaccine?
– Alcohol does not protect against COVID-19; access should be restricted during lockdown
Business, Economy
– News Media Outlets Have Been Ravaged by the Pandemic
– Disney World furloughing 43,000 more workers
– Businesses seeking coronavirus rescue funds find ‘absolute chaos’
– Wells Fargo again urges small business customers to consider other banks for SBA relief loans
– America should be ready for 18 months of shutdowns in ‘long, hard road’ ahead, warns the Fed’s Neel Kashkari
– Dick’s Sporting Goods Is Furloughing Most of Its 40,000 Employees
– A Second Round of Coronavirus Layoffs Has Begun. Few Are Safe.
– Amazon Fires Three More Employees Who Criticized Working Conditions
– Delta reaches agreement with Treasury for CARES Act funds
– ‘Pretty Catastrophic’ Month for Retailers, and Now a Race to Survive
– Over 25% of Michigan Workforce Filed For Unemployment
– Homebuilder Sentiment Collapses As Mortgage Purchase Apps Plunge To Lowest In 5 Years
– J.C. Penney explores bankruptcy as hopes for recovery fade
– Here Comes The Depression: Empire State Manufacturing Crashes Most Ever To -78, Lowest In History
– US Retail Sales Crash By Most Ever In March, Despite Hoarding
– Treasury Cash Balance Soars To Record $959 Billion Following Bill Issuance Tsunami
– U.S. manufacturing output posts largest drop since 1946
– The economy is literally in free fall
– Housing Starts Collapse By Most In 36 Years
– Philly Fed Collapses By Most Ever To 40 Year Lows
– SBA says it’s out of money for loans to businesses hit by coronavirus pandemic
– 22 Million Jobless Claims In 1 Month: Last 4 Weeks Erase All Jobs Created Since The Great Recession
– First JC Penney, Now Neiman Marcus Set To File For Bankruptcy
– The “Unsinkable” US Economy Strikes A Pandemic Iceberg – The Map Ahead
– Straggling in a Good Economy, and Now Struggling in a Crisis
– ‘Unprecedented disruption’ to supply chain slams US port volumes
– For The First Time Ever, The Fed Will Monetize Double The Total Treasury Issuance
– Gasoline Is Selling for 12 Cents a Gallon and Nobody Wants It
– Over 43,000 US millionaires will get ‘stimulus’ averaging $1.6 million each
World
– New, larger wave of locusts threatens millions in Africa
– Wuhan Rent Protest Shows Unrest Brewing in China After Lockdown
– China reclassifies dogs as pets, not livestock, in wake of the coronavirus
– Welcome To India’s Hunger Games
– The Closing of 21 Million Cell Phone Accounts in China May Suggest a High CCP Virus Death Toll
– India PM extends lockdown two weeks to May 3
– McDonald’s apologises after China store bans black people
– Global economy to suffer worst blow since the 1930s, warns IMF
– Amazon to Suspend Operations in France Over Coronavirus Dispute
– Australia may keep coronavirus restrictions for a year, schools may work on roster
– China’s economy contracts for first time on record
– Mexico Downgraded To Just One Notch Above Junk On Imminent “Severe Recession”
Government
– ‘You Should Be Saying Congratulations’: Here Are 116 Times Trump Has Praised His Own Coronavirus Response
– Navarro publicly said Americans had ‘nothing to worry about’ while privately warning coronavirus could cost lives and dollars
– Torn Over Reopening Economy, Trump Says He Faces ‘Biggest Decision I’ve Ever Had to Make’
– For First Time Ever, All 50 US States Now Under Major Disaster Declaration At Same Time
– Trump claims ‘total’ authority, over govs, to reopen economy
– Trump halts World Health Organization funding over handling of coronavirus outbreak
– Fmr. Secy. Albright: I’m troubled by Trump’s unpredictability
– Trump Says States Can Start Reopening While Acknowledging the Decision Is Theirs
Religion
– Mississippi city’s coronavirus shutdown bans drive-in church services ahead of Easter
– Virginia pastor who defiantly held church service dies of coronavirus
Military
– Hit by virus, Pentagon warns enemies: don’t test us
Sports
– Coronavirus Ends XFL Comeback: Vince McMahon Signs Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Declaration
Social
– Hundreds protest Michigan governor’s social distancing order
Local
– Another metro city sees spike in speeders during COVID-19 pandemic
Food
– Six THOUSAND families line up in their cars for hours at a food bank in San Antonio
– The coronavirus pandemic could threaten global food supply, UN warns
– Dumped Milk, Smashed Eggs, Plowed Vegetables: Food Waste of the Pandemic
– Smithfield Foods To Close Sioux Falls, SD Plant Indefinitely Amid COVID-19
– Amazon stops accepting new online grocery customers amid surging demand
– Seed companies can’t keep up as more Americans turn to growing their own food
– Coronavirus: 1.5 million go hungry as job losses and supermarket strain hits those at risk, poll suggests
– USDA Wants To Purchase Farm Products To Support Food Banks
Oil
– Here Is The “Secret Weapon” That Allowed Tiny Oil Producer Mexico To Defy Giant Saudi Arabia
– OPEC Reaches “Historic” Deal To Cut Oil Production As Mexico Wins “Mexican Standoff” With Saudis… But It’s Not Enough
Precious metals
– Bullion Bank Nightmare as LBMA-COMEX Spread Blows Up Again
– Quebec gold mines deemed essential service, to reopen Wednesday
– US Mint Halts All Production Over Virus Fears As Gold & Silver Coin Demand Nears Record Highs
Twitter
– Everything that is wrong with America, in one image.
Op-ed
– Why the rent is due for rich people in the time of coronavirus
