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A view of the front pages of Britain's newspapers showing their coverage of the coronavirus, in London, Thursday, April 2, 2020. Newspapers in Britain have criticised the lack of testing NHS staff for the virus. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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Stocks post gain...Unemployment numbers exceed record...Businesses tapping credit lines

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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street climbed to its first gain in three days after strengthening oil prices revived beaten-down energy stocks. The S&P rose 2.3% and...

A ventilator is displayed during a news conference, Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at the New York City Emergency Management Warehouse, where 400 ventilators have arrived and will be distributed. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has sounded his most dire warning yet about the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, saying the infection rate in New York is accelerating and the state could be two to three weeks away from a crisis. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
States demand ventilators as feds ration limited supply

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Robert Burns And Ben Fox Apr. 02, 2020 04:23 PM EDT

An Ultra orthodox man cross a main deserted street because of the government's measures to help stop the spread of the coronavirus in the orthodox city of Bnei Brak, a Tel Aviv suburb, Israel, Thursday, April 2, 2020. ‏On Wednesday, Netanyahu ordered a police cordon around the largely ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, east of Tel Aviv, to limit movement to and from the city. Bnei Brak has the second highest number of coronavirus cases in Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Outbreak: bankruptcies, layoffs, quiet skies and empty rails

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