coronavirus

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said Thursday that the company is on its way to building the capacity to test all of its employees for the coronavirus. In a shareholder letter, Bezos said that the e-commerce juggernaut is on the cusp of being able to begin tests on employees in its warehouses, and will eventually be …

US stocks attempted to shrug off another surge in unemployment filings on Thursday only to slip back into negative territory by the afternoon. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed as much as 62.01 points, or 0.2 percent, at the open before dropping as much as 292.97 points, or 1.2 percent, in midday trading after being …

George Stephanopoulos, who revealed this week he has tested positive for COVID-19, is being accused by a hacked-off neighbor in the Hamptons of not following social-distancing guidelines. The 59-year-old co-host of ABC’s “Good Morning America” — whose wife, Ali Wentworth, earlier this week emerged from a three-week battle with the deadly bug — has been …

Paul Singer’s Elliott Management said global stocks could tumble further, ultimately losing half or more of their value from February’s high, as the world braces for the deepest recession since the 1930s-era Great Depression. The New York-based hedge fund firm, in a letter to clients on Wednesday seen by Reuters, wrote that the sharp market …

An IRS glitch appears to be stopping Americans who broke even on their latest tax returns from speeding up their coronavirus stimulus checks. Millions of people file federal income tax returns without owing extra money or getting a refund. Yet this group claims the Internal Revenue Service has forgotten to include them in its online …

Princess Beatrice and fiancé Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi have officially called off their wedding in light of the coronavirus pandemic. The couple, who were set to wed at St. James’s Palace in London on May 29 with a reception hosted by Queen Elizabeth II to follow at Buckingham Palace, confirmed the news Thursday. “There are no …

Hair salons all closed? Just Dua it yourself! Pop superstar Dua Lipa took to Instagram Thursday to show off her brand-new pink dye job, achieved at home in quarantine with a little help from her boyfriend Anwar Hadid. “This weeks experiment… pink hair,” the 24-year-old “Physical” singer captioned a gallery of images and videos that …

Executives at Carnival Cruise Lines were aware of the potential danger that the coronavirus posed to passengers and crew but let ships set sail anyway, an explosive new report alleges. The beleaguered cruise company, which has seen more than 1,500 positive diagnoses and 39 deaths on its fleet of ships, ignored warnings and didn’t take …

Millions of Americans — especially those who use income tax preparers such as H&R Block and TurboTax — are still waiting for their promised stimulus checks, according to a report Thursday. While many did find their $1,200 check deposited into their accounts by the IRS on Wednesday, millions of others were greeted with the words …

Chadwick Boseman sparked concern among fans when he posted a video of himself on Instagram and unwittingly revealed his notable weight loss. The “Black Panther” star took to the social medium Wednesday to announce the launch of “Operation 42,” a donation of $4.2 million in personal protective equipment to hospitals that service the African-American communities …