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Millions of Americans may not be able to pay bills. These banks are offering coronavirus relief

From emergency loans to deferred credit card payments, credit unions and banks across the country are making accommodations for Americans impacted by Covid-19.

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Cramer: Dominant US companies hold up in 'winner-take-all' stock market during the pandemic

"If you look at Amazon, I never wanted Amazon to be 7% of my charitable trust but I don't want to sell any Amazon. It's fantastic," CNBC's Jim Cramer said.

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'I don't know how small businesses are doing it': One owner's struggle to apply for a loan

Ten days after banks began accepting loan applications from small businesses hurting from the coronavirus pandemic, Israel Shaked was still trying to file his request. "The process is very, very lengthy," he said.

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Here's how Americans plan to spend their coronavirus relief checks

As federal coronavirus stimulus checks start to arrive in Americans' bank accounts, two surveys found that paying for basic necessities, from rent to groceries, top spending lists.

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Exponential Launches $100MM Digital Asset Fund on DealSquare Leaning Into The Post-COVID-19 Future

Exponential Group | Sunny Durante | Apr 8, 2020 Toronto, April 8, 2020 Despite current market conditions, it is business as usual for a new digital fund. Exponential, a global financial services company focused on digital asset investing, fundraising and trading, has made its new, actively managed Digital Asset Fund available on investment crowdfunding platform

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Wells Fargo profit decimated as coronavirus-led loan defaults loom

Wells Fargo & Co on Tuesday reported a plunge in first-quarter profit as the U.S. bank set aside nearly $4 billion to cover potential losses on loans to consumers and small businesses hurting due to the coronavirus outbreak.



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JPMorgan profit dives as banks brace for coronavirus-led loan defaults

JPMorgan Chase & Co's profit plunged by more than two-thirds in the first quarter as the largest U.S. bank put aside nearly $7 billion in reserves to protect it from a wave of potential loan defaults in the months ahead.



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Wall Street jumps 2% on hopes of lockdown easing; JPMorgan kicks off earnings

Wall Street rose more than 2% on Tuesday on signs some economies would ease strict coronavirus-induced lockdowns, with investors also looking at quarterly earnings from JPMorgan and Johnson & Johnson for clues on the business hit from the outbreak.



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U.S. import prices post biggest decline in over five years; more to come

U.S. import prices dropped by the most in more than five years in March amid declines in the costs of petroleum products and a range of other goods, pointing to import deflation that could deepen amid the coronavirus pandemic.



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Bank of America survey shows highest cash positions since 9/11 attacks, demand for end to buybacks

Professional investors are heading for the sidelines while demanding that companies stop using their cash to buy back stocks and instead improve their balance sheets.

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Coronavirus 'Great Lockdown' will shrink global economy by 3% in 2020: IMF

The global economy is expected to shrink by 3.0% during 2020 in a stunning coronavirus-driven collapse of activity that will mark the steepest downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.



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G7 backs debt moratorium for poor countries if G20 creditors, Paris Club join

Group of Seven (G7) finance officials on Tuesday vowed to continue to act as needed to combat the coronavirus pandemic and stabilize the global economy, and threw their support behind a push to provide temporary debt relief to the poorest countries.



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Texas hearing on oil production curbs stirs hornet's nest

Texas energy regulators are scheduled on Tuesday to hear from dozens of energy executives on an initiative calling for the state to mandate an output cut to stem the sharpest oil price drop in decades.



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Oil producers pin hopes for massive cuts on unprecedented stocks purchases

An unprecedented deal by oil producers to curb supply to match demand hollowed out by the coronavirus pandemic is set to depend partly on purchases by consumer countries for their strategic stocks on a scale not before seen.



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Pelosi rejects McConnell emergency coronavirus spending plan, urges Fed to widen loans

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday rejected Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's proposed emergency spending plan to help small businesses cope with the coronavirus outbreak, saying it did not do enough to help hospitals or state and local governments.



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