coronavirus

“Def Comedy Jam” is to return for the first time since 1997 with the special “Healing Through Laughter,” a stand-up show to help raise funds for protective equipment for “workers and people in vulnerable and underserved communities” struggling with the pandemic. The show — which aired on HBO from 1992 to 1997 — will be …

JPMorgan pressured its traders to come into work despite a coronavirus outbreak on its Midtown trading floor, a new report alleges — and now nearly two dozen traders are sick and another 65 are in quarantine. In just three weeks some 20 employees on one floor in the investment bank’s Madison Avenue headquarters have tested …

The US Transportation Department on Friday issued a notice to airlines reminding them they are obligated to refund tickets when they cancel a flight or make a significant flight schedule change that passengers opt not to accept, but will not take any immediate action against airlines. US and foreign airlines have canceled hundreds of thousands …

Bank of America said on Friday it has already received about 35,000 applications for federally backed small-business loans within hours of starting to accept them. The second largest US bank by assets became the first major bank to accept applications for the massive small-business rescue program approved by Congress last week. But the bank was …

FedEx said on Friday it would slash its chief executive’s pay and draw down $1.5 billion from a credit facility as parcel delivery services take a hit from coronavirus-led lockdowns across the globe. The company also plans to tap debt markets to bolster its reserves as the pandemic compounds its own troubles, including integration issues …

Pan-dammit, the employment numbers for March were truly shocking! That doesn’t understate what can be said about the employment report for last month that was released by the Labor Department Friday morning. It was so shocking, in fact, that it’ll make the experts reconsider how bad the job numbers are going to get in the …

Thousands of recorded Zoom video calls have been left exposed on the web, including one-on-one therapy sessions, elementary school classes and even a Brazilian waxing class, according to a new report. The video conferencing platform — which has seen its popularity explode during the coronavirus epidemic — has cut corners with its recording tool, and …

Patricia Bosworth, who started out as an actress in films such as “The Nun’s Story” and went on to become a notable celebrity biographer and magazine editor, died Thursday of complications of the coronavirus. She was 86. Her friend Ray Leslee wrote on Facebook, “Patti was more than a great writer. She was an inspiration and …

US stocks tumbled Friday after a brutal monthly jobs report gave Wall Street more proof of how hard the coronavirus pandemic has hit the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped −360.91 points, or 1.7 percent, to 21,052.53 after the feds’ March jobs report said the US economy lost 701,000 jobs last month, bringing the …

Cardi B thanked medical professionals for their tireless efforts amid the coronavirus pandemic with a massive meal donation. The “I Like It” rapper supplied 20,000 bottles of Owyn, a plant-based vegan meal supplement drink, to hospitals around the city, her rep confirmed to Page Six. The idea behind the generous donation was to provide sustenance …