coronavirus

JPMorgan Chase top boss Jamie Dimon on Monday said he sees a “bad recession” in 2020, and that the largest US bank could suspend its dividend if the coronavirus crisis deepens. Dimon, widely regarded as the face of the US banking sector, is the most prominent voice on Wall Street so far to project that …

Dairy farmers are dumping giant loads of milk down the drain as the coronavirus crisis spoils demand for products like butter and cheese. Farmers say they’ve been left with nowhere to send their raw milk now that widespread closures of schools, restaurants and other businesses have shut dairy processors out of some of their largest …

Florida beaches remained packed with partying college students as the coronavirus crisis gathered force, and the Republican governor was slow to impose social distancing in a tourist-dependent economy. That may come back to haunt the US state — and not just in the form of a sky-rocketing case load. According to a newly released study …

Stocks surged Monday amid signs that the coronavirus crisis is easing in some hard-hit places even as US officials warned of a brutal week ahead. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped as much as 1,082.97 points, or about 5.1 percent, in early trading as the number of virus fatalities appeared to slow in Italy, France, …

A former Tekashi 6ix9ine associate who was caught partying in his apartment after his release from jail because of the coronavirus outbreak may now face more time in prison when he is sentenced in June. Manhattan federal court Judge Paul Engelmayer wrote in an order filed Monday that video shows the rapper’s former pal, Kintea …

The 2020 British Open has officially been canceled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the R&A announced Monday. The 149th Open Championship, which was scheduled to be played the week of July 12 at Royal St. Georges in Kent, in the south of England, is the first of the four golf major championships to …

Yankees pitchers Gerrit Cole and Adam Ottavino are seemingly keeping each other company during Major League Baseball’s hiatus due to the global coronavirus pandemic. Cole, who recently announced a significant donation to COVID-19 relief in New York City, told The Post that he had been working out his arm with help from Ottavino, manager Aaron …

Richard Simmons is coming out of retirement (sort of) and doing his bit to help people stay fit during the coronavirus pandemic. The 71-year-old fitness mogul has been re-releasing workout videos on his YouTube channel for the past three weeks. This, after Simmons has been largely silent on social media for the past six years. …

Actor Jay Benedict, who appeared in “Aliens” and “The Dark Knight Rises,” is the latest celebrity to die from the coronavirus. He was 68. “It is with profound sorrow that we must announce Jay’s death on the 4th of April due to complications arising from a COVID-19 infection,” his official website announced. His agency, TSG, …

“Today” anchor Hoda Kotb has opened up about battling the loneliness that millions of Americans are now feeling. She’s living outside New York City with her fiancé Joel Schiffman, her partner of six years, and their two young daughters and she leaves for work at 3:45 a.m. every today to helm the NBC show from …