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Volkswagen offers cars for relief efforts in U.S. virus-hit regions

Germany's Volkswagen AG said on Monday its U.S. dealers would provide cars for free delivery of essential supplies to people in need during the coronavirus crisis.



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Aurora Cannabis falls on capital raise, reverse stock split

Aurora Cannabis Inc's U.S.-listed shares fell nearly 14% in morning trade on Monday after the Canadian pot producer renewed an at-the-market offering under which it can raise as much as $350 million in equity capital.



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Ford expects coronavirus shutdown to cause $600 million quarterly loss

Ford Motor Co said on Monday it expects to post a pre-tax loss of about $600 million for the first quarter as the coronavirus outbreak pummeled its sales and shuttered vehicle assembly plants, resulting in a 21% drop in vehicle sales to dealers versus the same quarter in 2019.



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Trump: It's my decision when to reopen U.S. economy

President Donald Trump said on Monday it was his decision when to reopen the U.S. economy, not that of state governors.



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'We're not governments' — Cramer says small business owners can't front their employees forever

CNBC's Jim Cramer said Monday the slow rollout of promised small business loans is unfairly putting more burden on small business owners.

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Coronavirus-earnings season: What to expect as companies begin to report Tuesday

Companies in every sector face challenges giving forward-looking guidance in a pandemic that remains unpredictable.

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Performance Food furloughs 3,000 employees as coronavirus takes toll

Grocery distributor Performance Food Group Co said on Monday it had furloughed about 3,000 employees and cut pay, while funneling 1,100 workers to help keep its retail clients' shelves stacked as it deals with the pressures exerted on supply chains and its business by the coronavirus crisis.



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Oil prices edge higher after output cut, but demand worries weigh

Oil prices edged higher on Monday in a muted response to a global deal on record output cuts amid concerns over whether the pact will head off an oil glut as the coronavirus pandemic hammers demand.



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Wall Street tumbles as investors brace for dour earnings

Wall Street's main indexes slipped on Monday as corporate America launches into what is expected to be a painful quarterly earnings season due to the coronavirus pandemic.



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Factbox: Spread of coronavirus closes North American meat plants

Major meat companies in the United States and Canada have closed plants temporarily due to cases of the new coronavirus and concerns about its spread.



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Dish Network cuts jobs, re-evaluates business in coronavirus fallout

Dish Network Corp has cut staff and is re-evaluating its business to cope better with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. satellite TV provider told Reuters, without disclosing the number of employees laid off.



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Grant: Fast Funding for COVID-19 Science

Fast Grants | Apr 7, 2020 Science funding mechanisms are too slow in normal times and may be much too slow during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fast Grants are an effort to correct this. If you are a scientist at an academic institution currently working on a COVID-19 related project and in need of funding, we

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McDonald's faces class action over 'pervasive sexual harassment'

McDonald's Corp has been hit with a class action lawsuit accusing it of subjecting female employees in its corporate-owned fast-food restaurants in Florida to widespread sexual harassment.



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Athene pays $45 million fine in first settlement of New York pension transfer probe

Athene Holding Ltd agreed on Monday to pay a $45 million civil fine to settle charges it conducted insurance business in New York without a license, the first settlement in a probe into an industry where life insurers take over corporate pension plans.



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What do the next ten years hold?

Expoential View | Azeem Azhar | Jan 2020 I’m Azeem Azhar. I’m exploring how our societies and political economy will change under the force of rapidly accelerating technologies and other trends. I convene Exponential View to help us explore these topics. Making predictions is complicated once we understand that the system we are trying to predict is

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