Month: May 2020

Vehicles travel along Gloucester Road past commercial buildings in the Wan Chai district of Hong… [+] Kong this month. The coronavirus pandemic has clouded the economic outlook. Photographer: Paul Yeung/Bloomberg © 2020 Bloomberg Finance LP Investment in Asia-Pacific commercial real estate plunged by 26% during the first quarter of 2020 as the spread of COVID-19
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Check out the companies making headlines after the bell. Booking Holdings — The travel booking service’s stock whipsawed in extended trading after the company released its first-quarter earnings. Booking Holdings said it had earnings of $3.77 per share excluding some items with revenue of $2.29 billion, while analysts estimated earnings of $5.64 per share on
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New Yorkers giving thanks to all the frontline workers on April 4th, 2020. Adam Jeffery | CNBC New York residents struggling amid the coronavirus pandemic can’t be evicted by their landlords until at least Aug. 20, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday.  Cuomo’s announcement extends the state’s previous moratorium on evictions, which lasted only through June.   “I don’t
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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 3.8 million Global deaths: More than 268,000 Most cases reported: United States (1,254,740), Spain (221,447), Italy (215,858), United Kingdom (207,977), and Russia (177,160).  The data above was
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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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