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The CARES Act created a $350 billion program to make emergency loans to small businesses impacted by the coronavirus crisis, designed to help these companies continue to pay workers and cover their

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The COVID-19 crisis has not only upended the U.S. economy, but changed the way the entire workforce is functioning. If you're fortunate enough to have kept your job throughout the ordeal, you're

The country's largest bank is raising borrowing standards on home loans in order to reduce future exposure to an economic downturn brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Members of OPEC have agreed to partner with several non-member nations on a coordinated effort to stabilize the oil market. Overall, 23 countries -- dubbed OPEC+ -- will slash supplies by 9.7

eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) is under new leadership. The digital marketplace giant announced on Monday that it hired a new chief executive, Jamie Iannone, who will officially step into the CEO role on April

Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) said on Monday that it has enough cash, $30 billion, to stay afloat through at least the end of September even if it can't reopen its closed factories before then.

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Respirator maker 3M (NYSE: MMM) has filed a lawsuit in a New York City federal court accusing a New Jersey company of price gouging and deceptive trade practices in the sale of its N95 respirator

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett is easily the greatest value investor of all time. By buying high-quality stocks and holding them for decades, he has been able to

American Airlines Group (NASDAQ: AAL) has cut about 80% of its flights and grounded planes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic-induced travel slowdown. While the company has not yet resorted to

The New York Times reported on Sunday that former Disney (NYSE: DIS) CEO Bob Iger has effectively returned to running the company. Iger stepped down as the head of the company on Feb. 25 and handed

If you'd like to gauge the health of the technology market, there are a few large semiconductor companies that act as bellweathers for the industry. Three of the biggest and broadest are Intel

iQiyi (NASDAQ: IQ) and Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH) both generated robust returns in 2019. Shares of iQiyi, one of China's top video platforms, rallied more than 40%. Shares of Match, the online

The coronavirus pandemic has forced Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) to make major operating adjustments on the fly. It has prioritized some items over others, asked vendors to hold off on non-essential

If you've been dreaming about retirement for decades, you might be itching to retire as soon as you can. And in some scenarios, retiring as early as possible could be a fantastic decision.

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The novel coronavirus pandemic has sent the stock market packing in 2020 as Wall Street braces for a severe economic fallout on account of the lockdowns imposed by several countries across the

The cruise line industry is sailing in choppy and uncharted waters these days. Carnival (NYSE: CCL) (NYSE: CUK), Royal Caribbean (NYSE: RCL), and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NYSE: NCLH) haven't

Penny stocks, defined as equities that trade at less than $5 a share, are rarely worth the risk. Companies with extremely low share prices tend to have weak balance sheets, an absurdly high number

Zoom Video Communications, Teladoc Health, and a handful of other stocks have been garnering much attention for being "coronavirus stocks." That is, they are stocks of companies that are

The COVID-19 outbreak has caused bottlenecks on Nintendo's (OTC: NTDOY) supply chains, making it impossible to find a Nintendo Switch available for sale anywhere, unless you're willing to pay above

In this episode of Industry Focus: Wildcard, Dylan Lewis and Motley Fool contributor Dan Kline look at how the retail sector is doing amid the coronavirus crisis, with a particular focus on two

The coronavirus pandemic has had a major effect on the lives of people across America. Not only are they under stay-at-home orders aimed at slowing the spread of the virus, but tens of millions have

Technology stocks aren't exactly well known for their dividends. But due in large part to the chaos caused by the reaction to the coronavirus and what the pandemic has unleashed on the economy and

Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) is giving diabetes patients in the U.S. a break. The pharmaceutical giant is capping the out-of-pocket cost of most of its insulins to $35 per month to help ease the financial

Millions of Americans have lost their paychecks over the past few weeks as the COVID-19 crisis has turned the U.S. economy on its head. Things have gotten so bad that lawmakers pushed through a $2