NEW YORK (AP) – Stocks sank to their worst week since the financial crisis of 2008 as traders went into full retreat out of fear that the coronavirus will plunge the U.S. and other major economies into deep recessions. The Dow industrials dropped more than 900 points, extending their weekly loss to 17%. The price […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defending his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, an angry President Donald Trump on Friday lashed out at reporters and broke with his own health officials on the science of the outbreak. Trump said he was tapping the Defense Production Act to order American businesses to manufacture and send supplies, like testing kids, […]

NEW YORK — New York City health officials have directed medical providers to stop giving patients tests for COVID-19 except for those sick enough to require hospitalization. Widespread testing is exhausting supplies of protective equipment. In an advisory issued Friday, the health department said outpatient testing should stop unless results would impact treatment for the […]

Framingham-based TJX is closing all stores and stopping online sales for two weeks amid the coronavirus outbreak.
“Our hearts are with people around the world who have been affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. TJX has made the decision to do our part to help prevent the further spread of this virus by temporarily closing all stores globally as of (Thursday) for the next two weeks in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia,” said Ernie Herrman, CEO and president of TJX Companies Inc.
The company is also temporarily closing its online businesses: tjmaxx.com, marshalls.com and sierra.com, as well as its distribution and fulfillment centers and offices, TJX said.

Georgia Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler reportedly sold stock weeks before the coronavirus outbreak triggered a stock market downfall.
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