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Take Five: "Our currency, your problem" - all over again

(Reuters) - 1/KING DOLLAR. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York, U.S., February 6, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson. The dollar juggernaut rolls on. The U.S. currency has rocketed to a near ...

Coronavirus fears weigh on US manufacturing, services sectors

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturing and services sectors activity stalled in February amid growing concerns about the deadly coronavirus' impact on the economy, boosting investor demand for safe-haven assets like government bonds.

Yen repairs some damage as dollar power-charge relents

LONDON (Reuters) - Japan's yen bounced sharply in early European trading on Friday, as traders swooped back into the currency after its worst four-day run in over two years. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Dollar and Japan Yen notes are seen in this June 22, 2017 ...

The Week in Tech: Coronavirus Hits Apple's Financial Forecast

Hello, New York Times tech readers. I'm Nellie Bowles, the tech and culture reporter, here now with the roundup of the news. It was a week that captured the central issues of tech in 2020: privacy versus the convenience of smart home devices, dependence ...

Stocks slip as coronavirus fears spur safe-haven buying

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global equity markets slumped on Friday as the fast-spreading coronavirus drove investors into safe havens, with gold hitting a fresh seven-year high and the yield on the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond sliding to an all-time low. Traders ...

King Dollar rules as virus threatens global growth

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A powerful surge in the dollar threatens to magnify the pain for companies and nations already struggling with the economic fallout of the coronavirus. FILE PHOTO: U.S. one hundred dollar notes are seen in this picture illustration taken ...

Wall Street Journal

Coronavirus Hits US Business Activity

Wall Street Journal

U.S. business activity in February fell to its lowest level in more than six years as companies pulled back on fears that China's coronavirus outbreak would slow global growth, according to private survey data released Friday. Data firm IHS Markit said its U.S. ...

'Now Is the Time': Fed Official Urges Congress to Plan for Recessions

Federal Reserve officials and top economists have been debating which tools will work best to fight future recessions, and a clear consensus is forming: They are going to need lawmakers' help. Interest rates are mired at lower levels than in past economic ...

What to watch today: Dow to drop, Dems spending totals and big Buffett weekend

Futures were pointing to a lower open on Wall Street, pushing the Dow and S&P 500 further into negative territory for the week and making it all but certain that the Nasdaq would lose what's left of its small weekly gain. The moves would be their first weekly ...

Jim Cramer says Facebook, Snap, Twitter and Pinterest earnings were 'about the expectations'

The four major social media companies are all performing well, but the diverging moves that the corresponding stocks made coming off earnings were have been defined by investor expectations, CNBC's Jim Cramer said Friday. The "Mad Money" host ...