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Widows can lead a rewarding life after grief and growth stages

Widows can lead a rewarding life after grief and growth stages

After a spouse's death, women look for new interests in a life without a partner. Here's how widows can be ready for more advanced wealth-management issues, including legacy planning.

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Netflix to slash traffic across Europe to relieve virus strain on internet providers

Netflix to slash traffic across Europe to relieve virus strain on internet providers

Netflix Inc said it will cut traffic by 25% on networks across Europe in a relief measure for internet service providers (ISPs) experiencing a surge in usage due to government "shelter in place" orders aimed at slowing the coronavirus outbreak.



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Fed's Bullard: Coronavirus shutdown not a recession but an investment in survival

Fed's Bullard: Coronavirus shutdown not a recession but an investment in survival

In normal times massive unemployment and a collapse in economic output would be tragic.



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Explainer: Hobbled IRS tax agency may need months to put cash into Americans' hands

Explainer: Hobbled IRS tax agency may need months to put cash into Americans' hands

In order to put recession-fighting checks into the hands of millions of Americans, President Donald Trump will rely on a tax agency that has fewer workers, a smaller budget, and the same 1960s-era computer systems it had the last time it was asked to do so.



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Exclusive: Agitating bondholders press Argentina to step up efforts

Exclusive: Agitating bondholders press Argentina to step up efforts

Agitating bondholders have written to Argentina's government, accusing it of not doing enough to allow the country's crucial debt restructuring negotiations to make progress, according to bondholder sources involved in the process.



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Emirates stops flights to New York and other cities as virus crushes demand

Emirates stops flights to New York and other cities as virus crushes demand

Emirates is suspending flights to cities including New York, Delhi and Melbourne due to the coronavirus outbreak that has severely hit travel demand.



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Major U.S. airlines, unions insist on cash grants from Congress over coronavirus

Major U.S. airlines, unions insist on cash grants from Congress over coronavirus

Chief executives of major U.S. airlines were reaching out to key members of Congress on Saturday in a last-ditch uphill effort to try to win cash grants to weather the coronavirus crisis, warning that the consequences if they did not receive help could be dire, two people briefed on the calls said.



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Exclusive: Goldman injects $1 billion into own money-market funds after heavy withdrawals

Exclusive: Goldman injects $1 billion into own money-market funds after heavy withdrawals

Goldman Sachs Group Inc poured more than $1 billion into two of its prime money-market portfolios this week due to heavy investor withdrawals, according to a filing with the U.S. securities regulator.



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Exclusive: Amazon.com to stop shipping non-essentials to consumers in Italy and France

Exclusive: Amazon.com to stop shipping non-essentials to consumers in Italy and France

Amazon.com will stop shipping non-essential products to consumers in Italy and France, the company said on Saturday, representing an escalation in the e-commerce giant's response in regions hard hit by the coronavirus outbreak.



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Latest on the spread of the coronavirus around the world

Latest on the spread of the coronavirus around the world

As coronavirus cases ballooned in Europe, several countries imposed or planned new restrictions to try to curb the spread. Britain told panic-buyers to calm down. California and three other U.S. states directed tens of millions of people to stay at home.



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U.S. Senate races to agree on massive coronavirus relief package

U.S. Senate races to agree on massive coronavirus relief package

The Republican-led U.S. Senate scrambled on Saturday to forge a bipartisan agreement on a $1 trillion-plus bill aimed at stemming the economic fallout from the growing coronavirus outbreak, as talks neared a deadline for drafting and passing the legislation.



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Winklevoss twins launch a marketplace for blockchain digital art

Winklevoss twins launch a marketplace for blockchain digital art

The Toronto Star | Olga Kharif | March 17, 2020 Crypto entrepreneurs Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss are launching a marketplace for nifties, the tradable digital art that can sell for thousands of dollars. Nifty Gateway, a startup that the Winklevoss’s Gemini Trust Co. bought last year, is debuting a website Tuesday where consumers will be

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In the Battle Against Coronavirus, Humanity Lacks Leadership | The World After Coronavirus

In the Battle Against Coronavirus, Humanity Lacks Leadership | The World After Coronavirus

Time | By Yuval Noah Harari | March 15, 2020 A Leaderless World Today humanity faces an acute crisis not only due to the coronavirus, but also due to the lack of trust between humans. To defeat an epidemic, people need to trust scientific experts, citizens need to trust public authorities, and countries need to

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LVMH orders 40 million masks from China for France

LVMH orders 40 million masks from China for France

LVMH , the world's biggest luxury goods group, is ordering 40 million health masks from a Chinese supplier to help France cope with the coronavirus outbreak.



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Airlines appear to come up short in bid to win cash grants in rescue package

Airlines appear to come up short in bid to win cash grants in rescue package

A last-ditch effort by the chief executives of major U.S. airlines to try to win cash grants to weather the coronavirus crisis looked to be unsuccessful, four congressional aides and airline officials said late Saturday.



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