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MPs have criticised banks for asking business owners to put their own property up to secure loans. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/39eZ8Pz

Supermarkets and ethical toilet roll firms have seen soaring demand as customers stockpile due to Covid-19. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2wrobSp

Michelle Ntalami couldn't buy the products she wanted for her hair, so she set up a company to sell them. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2xjtMu7

Los Angeles to shut off water, power of nonessential businesses that refuse to close during coronavirus restrictions Los Angeles authorities could shut down water and power to “nonessential” businesses that refuse to close amid the coronavirus outbreak there, according to local reports.

Coronavirus pandemic sparks feelings of wartime sacrifice among many Americans For most Americans alive today, the idea of shared national sacrifice has been a collective abstraction, until now. Will Americans step up?

Chicago to use at least 1,000 hotel rooms to quarantine coronavirus patients Chicago will reserve at least 1,000 hotel rooms to quarantine coronavirus patients, offering relief to hospitals filled beyond their capacity.

Miller Lite to donate $1M to unemployed bartenders amid coronavirus outbreak Miller Lite is donating $1 million to laid-off bartenders after bars and restaurants around the country were forced to shut down in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the company recently announced on Twitter.

Millennial coronavirus patient sends message to take COVID-19 seriously A 26-year-old diagnosed with the coronavirus wants to warn other millennials before it’s too late.

Larry Kudlow breaks down coronavirus stimulus plan Stocks rally after Senate reaches deal on stimulus; White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow weighs in.

Florida Gov. DeSantis says he has no plans for statewide stay-at-home order, despite warnings Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis repeated Wednesday that a statewide stay-at-home order in Florida would be “inappropriate,” and he had no plans to enact such a policy. 

Argentina reported 117 new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, its biggest one-day leap yet, bringing its total cases to 502. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Uj6BZN

The number of coronavirus deaths in the UK has risen to 463 as of Wednesday from 422 on Tuesday, the British government said, adding that more than 9,500 COVID-19 cases have now been reported in the country. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2UANc5A

The family of Robert Levinson, the former FBI agent who disappeared in March 2007 after traveling to an island controlled by Iran, said on Wednesday it now believes Levinson died in Iranian custody, based on information from U.S. officials.   from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/39h1RIw

Panama's health minister on Wednesday confirmed 115 new coronavirus cases in the Central American nation, bringing its total number of cases to 558. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/3bla0wO

The Lebanese paramilitary group Hezbollah is mobilizing some 25,000 people including frontline medics and readying hospitals as part of a plan to help confront the coronavirus in Lebanon, it said on Wednesday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Ji6l7c

Republican and Democratic leaders of the U.S. Senate hoped to vote on Wednesday on a $2 trillion emergency package to alleviate the devastating economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, but found themselves fending off critics from the right and left who threatened to hold up the bill. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/3bs9nlf

Armed Honduran soldiers began delivering food to some 3.2 million people on lockdown in their homes on Wednesday, part of the government's efforts stop the spread of coronavirus in a nation with few resources and a limited public health system. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2UiZnFf