Month: May 2020

Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin speaks with President Donald J. Trump and members of the coronavirus task force during a briefing in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic on Thursday, April 02, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) The Washington Post The Small Business Administration is applying
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By singling out state and local pensions as undeserving of coronavirus relief, McConnell has … [+] redirected national attention to the pre-existing public pension underfunding crisis. Americans are rallying in support of police, firefighters, and school teachers. ASSOCIATED PRESS By singling out state and local pensions as undeserving of coronavirus relief, Mitch McConnell has redirected
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The Fed’s historic $500 billion intervention will help stabilize the muni market. But it won’t solve the plummeting state and local budgets caused by the pandemic recession. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is overseeing a historic intervention in municipal bond … [+] markets. (Photo by Federal Reserve via Getty Images) Getty Images Among the extraordinary policy
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Lloyd Blankfein, the ex-Goldman Sachs CEO whose bank accepted bailout funds during the financial crisis, said that large companies should be “very reluctant” to take taxpayer money amid the coronavirus pandemic.  “Big companies should be very reluctant to take government money,” Blankfein said Thursday on CNBC’s Squawk Box in response to a question about how
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States need help closing their deficits, avoiding further disaster Getty Congress is negotiating another round of financial support for a cratering economy. Help for state and local governments is central to this effort. Their budgets are getting hammered by a loss of tax revenue and rising demand for health care and other public services. Financial
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In a further indication of how competitive the luxury residential market has become, New Yorik … [+] City’s 30 Warren is making resident floral advisor Emily Thompson Flowers available to help make Mother’s Day special. Emilty Thompson Flowers How swiftly are high-end amenities and services evolving in today’s competitive luxury residential real estate market? For
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This is CNBC’s live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks. Global cases: More than 3.74 million Global deaths: At least 263,000 Most cases reported: United States (1,227,430), Spain (220,325), Italy (214,457), United Kingdom (202,356), France (174,224).  The data above was compiled by
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Sarah Whitten | CNBC Consumers stocked up on board games, not Barbie dolls, amid the coronavirus pandemic, sending Mattel’s sales in the first quarter tumbling. While toy sales across the industry rose 7.6% between January and March, according to NPD data, it seems that lockdowns aren’t giving all toymakers a boost. On Tuesday, Mattel reported
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One of the world’s leading authorities on Asia is worried Wall Street is miscalculating China’s efforts to reopen its economy. While it’s going relatively smoothly on the supply side, Yale University senior fellow Stephen Roach warns the demand side is struggling, and that’s a bad sign for the U.S. economy as it begins reopening. “Chinese consumers
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‘Concerned and confused’ about the future, young adults try to navigate through the coronavirus crisis Monthly retirement for a $50,000 salary factoring in Social Security and savings Here’s how to get into the habit of saving more and spending less How to pay less in taxes on your Social Security benefits How to earn $40,000
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