The social distancing of America
Large sections of public life came to a standstill over the month of March as the novel coronavirus - which causes the potentially lethal respiratory illness COVID-19 - spread across the United States. State and
Foxconn Assures Investors 5G iPhone Can Still Launch This Fall
Apple Inc.'s most important manufacturing partner has reassured investors it can still get the latest 5G-enabled iPhones ready for an autumn launch despite global Covid-19 upheaval.
Amazon and Microsoft actually ended the first quarter higher as most of the market tanked
Shares of Microsoft and Amazon closed the year’s first quarter in the black, while its tech peers followed the broader market sell-off due to impacts from COVID-19.
Coronavirus Is Expediting iPhone Makers’ Plans to Move Beyond China
Wistron Corp., one of Apple’s manufacturing partners, said this week half its capacity could reside outside China within a year. The declaration underscored how the Asian assemblers that keep the world supplied with iPhones and
Goldman sees 15% jobless rate and 34% GDP decline, followed by the fastest recovery in history
Goldman Sachs has revised its view on how the coronavirus will impact the U.S. economy, seeing a sharper downturn than originally thought followed by an even bigger upturn. Among its expectations are that the unemployment
Bend it like the Bay Area: Doctors see flatter curve after 2 weeks of social isolation
State leaders and doctors are cautiously optimistic that the Bay Area's early moves to lock down residents two weeks ago have prevented surges of coronavirus patients from overwhelming the region's health care capacity thus far.
Larry Fink says economy will recover from coronavirus, ‘tremendous opportunities’ in markets
Larry Fink, CEO of the world’s biggest asset manager BlackRock, told shareholders that the economy will recover from the coronavirus pandemic, and when it does, there will be “tremendous opportunities” to be had. “In my
JPMorgan Says the Market Rout Is Probably Past Its Worst Now
Strategists at JPMorgan Chase & Co. have concluded that most risk assets -- a universe that typically includes stocks and credit -- have seen their low points for the recession that’s gripped economies around the
Coronavirus Deaths in California Likely to Spike in Late April, Fade Away by Mid-July
Newly released projections reveal the worst impacts of the coronavirus in California may still be nearly a month away. The rate of COVID-19 deaths is expected to peak on April 25 with 148 deaths per
A Plan to Get America Back to Work
These are days that test every leader — local, state and national. They are each being asked to make huge life and death decisions, while driving through a fog, with imperfect information, and everyone in