Coronavirus
– Hospitals Tell Doctors They’ll Be Fired If They Speak Out About Lack of Gear
– First US service member dies from coronavirus
– What Experts Say You Can Do to Treat Yourself at Home If You Have a Mild Case of COVID-19
– Connecticut Newborn Believed To Be World’s Youngest Patient To Die From COVID-19
– These Coronavirus Exposures Might Be the Most Dangerous
– U.S. coronavirus deaths top 1,000 in single day, White House expected to recommend everyone wear masks
– Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Worldwide Pass One Million After Doubling In Less Than A Week
– Georgia governor says he didn’t know people without symptoms can spread coronavirus
– Fauci: ‘I don’t understand why’ every state hasn’t issued stay-at-home orders
Business/Economy
– GOP Rep. Rogers: ‘The Economy Is Going to Roar Back by Fall’
– A glossary of the Federal Reserve’s full arsenal of ‘bazookas’
– Instacart employees plan nationwide strike as demand for grocery delivery soars amid coronavirus outbreak
– US mall owner Taubman is telling tenants they must pay rent
– YouTube to reduce video quality worldwide to ease strain on internet networks
– Retailers Prepare For Civil Unrest; Boarded-Up Stores Seen From SoHo To Beverly Hills
– Whole Foods Employees Are Staging a Nationwide ‘Sick-Out’
– Kennedy Center, with $25 Million Stimulus Funding, Furloughs 96 Members of National Symphony
– Banks Stuck With $23 Billion of Loans for T-Mobile’s Sprint Deal
– Fed Launches Repo Facility To Provide Dollars To Foreign Central Bank
– U.S. Retail Crisis Deepens as Hundreds of Thousands Lose Work
– Amazon Fires Worker Who Led Strike Over Virus
– U.S. consumer confidence sinks as virus begins having impact
– 28 percent of Americans say they’ve already lost wages
– J.C. Penney furloughs most of its 90,000 workers as stores remain closed until further notice
– Ford Is Delaying North American Production “Indefinitely”
– Foretaste of the Lockdown-Driven Collapse in the Services & Retail Sectors: Holy Moly, What a Catastrophic Mess
– Broken Markets: A Visual Odyssey Through All The Market’s Dislocations In 56 Charts
– Fed Temporarily Eases Capital Requirements for Big Banks
– Jobless claims leap record 6.6 million at end of March
– Amazon Bans Sale Of N95 And Surgical Masks To General Public
– US Box Office Sales Collapse To Just $5,179; Was $204 Million During Same Period Last Year
– What Really Caused Oil To Rally By 25%?
– As millions lose jobs, Fed policymakers say recession is here
– “US Labor Market Is In Free-Fall” – 10 Million Americans Have Filed For Unemployment In Past 2 Weeks
– Amazon warehouses will stop accepting non-essential items
– U.S. Payrolls Fall 701,000 in March Ahead of Surge in Layoffs
Government
– Trump Authorizes Defense Secretary Mark Esper to Order National Guard and Reservists to Active Duty
– Mnuchin: US will bounce back after we ‘kill this virus’ and ‘reopen this economy’
– Trump extends federal social distancing guidelines to April 30
– DC mayor threatens jail time for leaving home during coronavirus
– CDC considering recommending general public wear face coverings in public
– White House projects 100K to 240K US deaths from virus
– Protective gear in national stockpile is nearly depleted, DHS officials say
World
– German state minister kills himself as coronavirus hits economy
– China Shuts Down All Cinemas
– China Is “Fixed”: Chinese PMIs Soar Back Into Expansion, Smashing Expectations
– Wuhan Residents Dismiss Official Coronavirus Death Toll: ‘The Incinerators Have Been Working Around the Clock’
– New Law Gives Sweeping Powers To Hungary’s Orban
– For India’s Laborers, Coronavirus Lockdown Is an Order to Starve
– Coronavirus measures could cause global food shortage, UN warns
– Social unrest spreads in Italy as coronavirus lockdown nears fourth week
– “Shoot them dead”: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte orders police and military to kill citizens who defy coronavirus lockdown
– Wuhan, endless queues for ashes of coronavirus dead cast doubts on numbers
Society
– Federal authorities warn of an increase in Asian American hate crimes
– Malaysia apologises for telling women not to nag during lockdown
– Florida Pastor Arrested After Defying Virus Orders
– ‘Jails Are Petri Dishes’: Inmates Freed as the Virus Spreads Behind Bars
– Empire State Building Debuts Dystopian Red ‘Siren’ Light
– Louisiana pastor arrested for holding services with up to 1,000 attendees
– Cincinnati police temporarily suspending in-person response to certain 911 calls
– Lines stretch at California food banks near Disneyland as ‘The Happiest Place on Earth’s’ home city is crippled by its closure and charities warn of 40-fold increase in pleas for help
Lockdowns, Closures
– Florida governor Ron DeSantis finally issues a statewide lockdown
– 30 states have issued stay-at-home orders
– Coast Guard: Cruise ships must stay at sea with sick onboard
– Grand Canyon National Park closes to visitors amid pandemic
Local
– Dunwoody shelter-in-place begins Sunday at midnight
– Days After a Funeral in a Georgia Town, Coronavirus ‘Hit Like a Bomb’
– All Fulton residents ordered to stay home or face jail/fines
– Gov. Kemp orders statewide shelter-in-place, closes schools for rest of school year
Military
– US Navy relieves commander of coronavirus-hit ship over memo leak
Sports
– Wimbledon Canceled for 1st Time Since WWII
Food
– U.S. dairy farmers dump milk as pandemic upends food markets
Weather
– Swarm of 650 earthquakes rattles Utah, Idaho and California
– Strong Magnitude 6.5 Earthquake Hits Idaho For First Time In 50 Years, As Quakes Recorded In Yellowstone And Salt Lake City
– “Above normal” 2020 Atlantic hurricane season on tap, researchers forecast
Precious metals
– The COMEX Issues and Stops Reports Expose Conditions Behind Physical Gold Supply Problems
– Gold Is Now “Unobtaniumâ€
– US Mint West Point Shut Down 2 Week Minimum
– Gold Dealers Report Big Shortages of Small Bars and Coins
– Mexico mining suspension to hit silver supply
Videos
– You Need To Listen To This Leading COVID-19 Expert From South Korea | ASIAN BOSS
– Do Re Mi – Covid 19 version
Twitter
– Hundreds of cars wait to receive food from the Greater Community Food Bank in Duquesne
Op-ed
– Donald Trump And The Fed Are Destroying The U.S. Dollar
– Did Pensions Just Kill The Rally: Quarter-End Rebalancing Suspended Until Further Notice?
– Billionaire David Geffen Incites Social Media Riot After Posting Photos “Quarantined” On His $590 Million Superyacht
– Is Your Grocery Delivery Worth a Worker’s Life?
