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3M Co. responded Friday to criticism from President Donald Trump, saying the request to cease exports of much-needed N95 masks to fight the COVID-19 pandemic will not only have the ‘opposite’ effect of what is needed, but also ‘significant humanitarian’ consequences.

Jobless claims jumped to 6.6 million last week, but several sectors are ramping up hiring.

Oil prices surge again Friday after a report that OPEC+ members will discuss production cuts at a virtual meeting early next week.

Investors say there’s no one chart that will signal when the stock-market bottom is in. But technical analyst Chris Kimble is keeping his eye on a commodity index that is testing a very important level of support.

Cities and communities would see economic benefit while hundreds of millions of dollars are raised for charity.

HBO and AMC Networks are making hundreds of hours of programming available for free online to help people want to stay at home.

Ryan Sitton, the commissioner of the Texas Railroad Commission, on CNBC Friday afternoon explained his efforts to help do his part to stabilize crude-oil prices, which have plunged since February.

Oil prices posted their largest weekly gain on record Friday, buoyed by expectations that Saudi Arabia and Russia will work together to cut global crude production, but analysts say any agreement to stave off a market surplus would need help from the United States, the world’s largest oil producer.

When it comes to ETFs, there are three big players, and then there’s everyone else, but in the first quarter, there was one asset manager to rule them all.

‘It could be a bandana, something you create yourself,’ Mayor De Blasio said. You know what’s better than a bandana? A balaclava.

Shares of Bank of America Corp. got a lift Thursday, after analyst David Konrad at D.A. Davidson turned bullish, saying he believed the bank will outperform its peers during the economic weakness brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The number of cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 topped 1 million on Thursday as U.S. jobless claims soared to record levels, offering a grim look at how the illness is hurting businesses, individuals and the economy.

While much of America was grounded under stay-at-home orders, several states continued business as usual, in terms of travel. The lack of action on their part could pose big problems:

Real estate industry sees no problem, hears no problem, speaks no problem, writes Keith Jurow.

‘I see him every day relaxing and taking it easy while I’m working. I’ve suggested jobs with car services and food-delivery services, but to no avail.’

Hedge-fund manager Dan Niles, in a note cited by Yahoo Finance this week, warned his clients way back in February that he was getting “increasingly worried” investors weren’t ready for the impact the spread of the coronavirus could have on the U.S. economy. He’s not any more optimistic now then he was back then.

The author of many books and essays died of heart failure on March 22 after exhibiting symptoms of the coronavirus.

In a chilling reminder of how fast the novel coronavirus has spread around the world, Fitch Ratings changed its 2020 view on the global economy to “deep global recession” from slow growth in just 10 days.

Government intervention should be enough to keep your money market fund safe, writes Robert C. Pozen.

As COVID-19 has spread across the globe, online daters are having longer conversations and adopting an option that has previously not been popular: video dates.