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The U.S. government is moving its tax filing day from April 15 to July 15, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday amid the coronavirus crisis afflicting the country.

The Group of 20 major economies faces mounting pressure to bridge internal divisions and unite against the coronavirus, just as it coalesced to address the 2008-09 global financial crisis.

A decision by the world's major central banks to enhance their dollar swap lines will serve as an important backstop to ease strains in global funding markets, the Bank of Japan said on Friday.

JPMorgan Chase & Co said Friday it would give "front line employees," workers who are staffing branches and call centers through the coronavirus pandemic, a sweetener for their efforts: a one-time $1,000 bonus.

Oil prices fell on Friday after rising 10% in the session as the coronavirus epidemic knocked the outlook for demand and Moscow rejected an intervention by U.S. President Donald Trump in Russia's price war with Saudi Arabia.

Accountants are celebrating a 90-day reprieve on filing income tax returns from 2019. If you're due a refund, you should get your return in now. Here's why it pays to act.

Seven days after the Trump administration said people would get a break on their student loans as the coronavirus tears across the country, closing down businesses and spiking unemployment, the companies that service federal student loans and the U.S. Department of Education are still grappling with how to implement the interest waiver.

As congressional lawmakers work on an economic stimulus package in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, critics say any corporation that gets federal aid should be banned from future stock buybacks. Here's what the practice is and why it generates criticism.

Small business owners are sending food deliveries, hiring spouses and more to support their workers during the coronavirus pandemic.

With food flying off the shelves as fast as exhausted shop assistants can replenish them, British supermarkets have stepped up their hiring to see them through the coronavirus crisis.

Spanish authorities said on Friday they would turn a Madrid conference center into a giant makeshift military hospital for thousands of coronavirus patients, as Europe's second-worst outbreak claimed another 235 lives.

Lyft Inc on Friday told drivers they could sign up for delivery services for healthcare, government services and groceries as ride-hailing demand plummeted during the rapid spread of coronavirus in the United States.

Uber Taxi suspended its operations in Saudi Arabia until further notice due to measures announced by interior ministry, a company statement said on Friday.

As many as 300,000 European Union citizens are seeking repatriation due to the coronavirus outbreak, with Latin America and Southeast Asia two regions from where it is proving tough to get people home, the EU's top diplomat said on Friday.

A further 39 people have died in England after testing positive for the coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths in the country to 167, the National Health Service said on Friday.