Florida is paying only 14% of unemployment claims filed – CNN

The state reported Tuesday that only 14.2% of the more than 668,000 unique claims filed since March 15 were being paid — just under 95,000 people....

China ‘the biggest winner’ of coronavirus-inspired oil plunge – Yahoo Money

Crude remains trapped in a downdraft of oversupply and the demand shock created by the COVID-19 crisis, with Wall Street roiled for a second consecutive day...

Oil Market’s Crisis Spreads to Individual Investors – The Wall Street Journal

The unprecedented collapse in crude prices is creating mounting losses for ordinary investors, a sign that the energy crisis is starting to ripple beyond the oil...

Some Business Owners Can’t Compete For Jobs With New $600 Unemployment Benefit – NPR

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When and how to re-open the economy from coronavirus lockdown: Starwood Capital CEO – CNBC Television

Barry Sternlicht, chairman and CEO of Starwood Capital Group, joins “Squawk Box” to discuss how and when the U.S. economy can begin to reopen amid the...

Making Sense of Hong Kong’s Economy – Bloomberg Markets and Finance

‘I Don’t Think the New York That We Left Will Be Back for Some Years’ – The New York Times

It took just a matter of days to shut down New York City, once the coronavirus took hold. Restarting it will take much, much longer. The...

Trump adviser Stephen Moore: It’s time to reopen the economy because we are seeing real devastation – Yahoo Finance

Stephen Moore, an economic adviser to President Donald Trump, thinks the U.S. economy needs to be opened back up immediately, despite the very real ongoing health...

American crude oil is worth less than nothing – The Economist

Excess supply and a storage shortage push prices through the floor Apr 20th 2020 ON MONDAY AMERICA, the world’s biggest producer of crude, found itself in...

Bigger checks? Relief for states? What could be in the next coronavirus bill – USA TODAY

Michael Collins USA TODAY Published 5:33 PM EDT Apr 20, 2020 WASHINGTON – The White House and congressional leaders are nearing a deal to pump an...