Just how bad is the economic situation in China? In late February, MarketWatch interviewed Leland Miller, CEO of the China Beige Book, who warned that economic deterioration caused by the novel coronavirus was, as we put it, “worse than you think.” On Monday, Miller’s firm released a fresh report that …
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Michigan Rep. Justin Amash has announced that he will not run for president as a third-party candidate, CNN reported Saturday. “After much reflection, I’ve concluded that circumstances don’t lend themselves to my success as a candidate for president this year, and therefore I will not be a candidate,” he tweeted …
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Dear Moneyist, I was married and didn’t qualify for the $ 1,200 stimulus check based on my 2018 tax returns. I am now divorced and filed my 2019 tax returns separately. It seems that millions of stimulus payments have already gone out. Where is my stimulus check? Will I ever …
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Chief executives and other representatives from more than 330 businesses, including Capital One COF, -1.91% , General Mills GIS, +0.45% , Microsoft MSFT, +1.45% , Nike NKE, +0.50% , Salesforce CRM, +2.59% , Visa V, +1.43% and more are calling on bipartisan federal lawmakers to build back a better economy …
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The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 rose above 86,000 on Friday, as new outbreaks were reported in states where stay-at-home orders are set to expire and others that never imposed them. Minnesota is due to lift lockdown measures in mid-May even as cases continue to climb. …
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The House of Representatives, for the first time in its 231-year history, is allowing its members to vote without being physically present on the floor, a move Republicans say is unneeded. The Democratic-run House on Friday evening approved a resolution temporarily changing its rules to allow designated members to cast …
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Amid a debate about stock market investors underestimating the risks from the coronavirus-led shutdown of the global economy, China risk is reemerging. How the U.S. responds may determine the direction of the stock market. The U.S. has long contended that Chinese telecommunications-equipment maker Huawei Technologies is a risk to national …
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world’s largest contract manufacturer of silicon chips, said Friday it would spend $ 12 billion to build a chip factory in Arizona, as U.S. concerns grow about dependence on Asia for the critical technology. TSMC TSM, +2.31% 2330, +1.70% said the project, disclosed earlier Thursday …
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New York City is making coronavirus testing available to increasing numbers of its 8.4 million residents, as it aims to conduct 20,000 tests a day by the end of the month, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday. Now that the city has more capacity — with tens of thousands of …
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