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Private equity firms have been stockpiling cash in recent years as rising markets made it harder for them to invest.

Walmart is offering some help to its small business partners as the coronavirus forces consumers to self-isolate and companies to shutter their storefronts.

Congress is busy finalizing a coronavirus relief package. Three provisions relate to your retirement nest egg. Here's what you should know.

The U.S. Senate will vote on Wednesday to give the U.S. aviation industry $58 billion in aid, half in the form of grants to cover some 750,000 employees' paychecks, in a badly needed lifeline for an industry facing the worst travel downturn in history.

Buried in the federal COVID-19 relief bill is a measure that allows you to take a $300 above-the-line deduction for giving to charity. Here's what it really might be worth to you.

Target Corp said on Wednesday it saw a more than 50% rise in same-store sales so far in March for certain essential goods, joining a list of grocery chains benefiting from consumers hunkering down for an extended period due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Vehicle sales in U.S. states that implemented lockdown orders to curb the spread of coronavirus will drop 80% or more, analysts said on Wednesday.

As airlines idle thousands of aircraft for which there are no passengers, they are hitting an unprecedented problem: finding a place to park them.

Disease outbreaks have led to longer market declines and rebounds that are less sharp as compared with crises that are brought on by natural disasters, according to Credit Suisse.

Asian equities markets rallied on Tuesday as investors bet the U.S Federal Reserve's promise of unlimited dollar funding would ease painful strains in financial markets even if it could not stop the economic hit of the coronavirus epidemic.

The dollar slipped for a second consecutive day on Tuesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve unveiled fresh measures to supply precious liquidity into funding markets, sending risky currencies such as the Australian dollar soaring.

Britain's biggest sportswear retailer JD Sports said on Tuesday it has delayed the publication of its financial results to May and has enough cash resources to ride out the coronavirus crisis.

Norwegian Air has fulfilled the first condition to access a government-led rescue package for the airline industry and secured an initial cash infusion of 300 million Norwegian crowns ($26.6 million), the budget carrier said on Tuesday.

Oil prices rose around 4% on Tuesday on hopes that the United States will soon reach a deal on a $2 trillion coronavirus aid package that could blunt the economic impact of the outbreak and in turn support oil demand.

The shock from coronavirus to banks is set to be greater but less prolonged than lenders faced in last year's stress test and the financial system remains resilient, the Bank of England said on Tuesday.