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Equality key to rescuing U.S.-China business ties: U.S. business lobby

Recent strains in the relationship between the United States and China make it especially important to establish a policy of 'competitive neutrality' the American Chamber of Commerce in China said on Thursday.



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Fed: Main Street program widened to diverse set of new companies

The Federal Reserve expanded its Main Street lending program to be sure it captured larger firms that were still not big enough to tap public capital markets, the central bank said.



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JPMorgan says it has processed $17.8 billion under emergency aid program

JPMorgan Chase & Co said on Wednesday that it had submitted roughly 220,000 applications worth $17.8 billion to the Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program to help small businesses hurt by the coronavirus shutdown.



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BlackRock names London-based executive as new stewardship chief

BlackRock Inc on Thursday said it named London-based financial executive Sandy Boss as its new head of investment stewardship, bringing a more international structure to the top asset manager's voting on topics like climate change and social issues.



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Comcast revenue misses forecast, shares drop 4% on warning

Comcast Corp on Thursday reported first-quarter revenue that fell shy of Wall Street's estimate, and shares dropped more than 4% as the company warned that the coronavirus will hurt advertising, theme parks and films in the second quarter.



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Fourth stimulus bill may not be needed if states bounce back: White House

A fourth bill to provide stimulus to the U.S. economy may not be needed if states are able to successfully reopen their economies "relatively quickly," as some forecasters and equity markets expect, a White House economic adviser said on Thursday.



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Oil prices surge on last day of roller-coaster month

Oil prices jumped on Thursday, as signs the U.S. crude glut was not growing as quickly as many had feared brought an upbeat close to one of the most volatile months for oil trading in history.



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Macy's reopening 68 stores, targets all within six weeks as U.S. curbs loosen

Macy's Inc plans to reopen 68 U.S. stores on Monday in states that have loosened coronavirus lockdowns, the department store operator said on Thursday, as more retailers sought to get business going after a crushing month of closures.



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Millions of Americans continue to seek jobless benefits; consumer spending slumps

Millions more Americans filed claims for unemployment benefits last week, suggesting that layoffs were spreading to industries that were not initially directly impacted by business closures and disruptions related to the novel coronavirus.



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Equities dip but remain on pace for best month on record

World equity benchmarks dipped on Thursday yet remained on pace for their best month on record as a rebound in oil prices, encouraging early results from a COVID-19 treatment trial and expectations of more government stimulus helped ease the pain of February and March.



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JPMorgan says it has handled $17.8 billion under emergency aid program

JPMorgan Chase & Co said it has submitted roughly 220,000 applications worth $17.8 billion to the Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program to help small businesses hurt by the coronavirus shutdown.



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Wall Street falls on grim jobless claims data

U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as millions of more Americans applied for jobless claims, taking the shine off a strong rally this month and eclipsing upbeat results from Facebook and Tesla.



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Governments, Don’t Let your Startups and Scaleups Die

Startup Genome | JF Gauthier and Arnobio Morelix | Apr 2020 The Importance of Well-Designed Startup Funding Policy in Times of Crisis Policy makers leading advanced startup ecosystems around the  globe have  spent far too  much time and  invested far too  many resources to  watch  the  COVID-19 crisis wash  it all away. To avoid this

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Buffett likely to finally address pandemic at Berkshire Hathaway meeting

Berkshire Hathaway Inc's annual meeting will be nothing like the extravaganzas of years past, but will give Warren Buffett a chance to show how resilient his cash-rich conglomerate may be to the coronavirus pandemic, and the investment opportunities it offers.



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Ford Motor steps up campaign to convince union workers to restart U.S. output

Ford Motor Co on Thursday outlined the safety measures it will institute to restart its most profitable U.S. plants, expanding on similar efforts by General Motors Co and Fiat Chrysler to convince leaders of the United Auto Workers union to send members back to work.



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