Fishing has always been a way of life on the Faroe Islands, where fish accounts for 90% of all exported goods – but coronavirus is hitting its efforts to increase tourism business Article 1228 words 4 votes
A risky bet by America’s mall owners: Plucking retailers out of bankruptcy to salvage a pandemic-hit industry business Article 1264 words 7 votes
New mortgage delinquencies in the United States hit a record in April, well above anything seen during the Great Recession Article 965 words 9 votes
Hawaii grapples with Great Depression-level unemployment as tourism plummets Article 3423 words 21 votes
The US Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus aid Article 2360 words 10 votes
Searchable database of the 661,218 companies who received over $150,000 in forgivable SBA PPP loans Article 750 words 7 votes
Amid wide unemployment during Covid-19, basic income schemes have gained fresh relevance. A successful Canadian scheme that's over four decades old could provide a road map for others economics Article 2289 words 6 votes
Nearly half of commercial retail rents were not paid in April and May business Article 1787 words 9 votes
Amazon drops $2 coronavirus pay rise for warehouse workers as CEO Jeff Bezos' fortune nears $150 billion business Article 1580 words 18 votes
How Germany saved its workforce from unemployment while spending less per person than the US economics Article 2924 words 12 votes
US savings rate hits record 33% as coronavirus causes Americans to stockpile cash, curb spending Article 1065 words 10 votes
US taxpayers' virus relief went to firms that avoided US taxes business.small Article 1769 words 12 votes
Spain set to introduce permanent basic income scheme to rebuild economy post-coronavirus Article 478 words, published May 20 2020 18 votes
European Union proposes $825 billion coronavirus rescue plan, giving Brussels power to raise money for first time Article 1487 words 12 votes
America’s only public bank, the Bank of North Dakota, is number one in saving small businesses banking economics business.small Article 334 words 10 votes
After the crisis, big business could get even bigger: the pandemic and its response thus far are perfectly designed to concentrate corporate power--but we don’t have to accept that economics business.big Article 2700 words 6 votes
The Peruvian finance minister María Antonieta's coronavirus fight makes her a hero Article 70 words, published May 4 2020 4 votes
What will it take to prevent a new Great Depression in the USA? Around $10,000,000,000,000 (ten trillion dollars) economics Article 505 words 9 votes
Merkel and Macron make a stunning coronavirus proposal on EU pandemic fund economics.macro Article 10 votes
Amazon eliminates pay raises for workers as COVID-19 toll mounts economics business Article 1069 words 5 votes
US tribal nations face most severe crisis in decades as the coronavirus closes casinos business Article 517 words 3 votes
Both Senator Richard Burr and his brother-in-law may have traded stocks on insider information related to the coronavirus Article 1089 words 9 votes
The US wants Mexico to keep its defense and health-care factories open. Mexican workers are getting sick and dying Article 1934 words 9 votes
Bill Gates: Here are the innovations we need to reopen the economy Article 1343 words, published Apr 23 2020 5 votes
These US citizens won’t get coronavirus stimulus checks — because their spouses are immigrants Article 1280 words 7 votes
Coronavirus is dealing a gut punch to the illegal drug trade, paralyzing economies, closing borders, and severing supply chains in China economics Article 1165 words 4 votes
Australia's manufacturing pivot in a post-coronavirus world as COVID-19 creates 'new era' for the economy business Article 1063 words 4 votes
Tax change in US coronavirus package overwhelmingly benefits millionaires, congressional body finds Article 881 words 14 votes