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Morgan Stanley and Citigroup have hit pause on layoffs as the coronavirus pandemic has led to a record level of unemployment claims and unprecedented economic uncertainty, according to sources. On Thursday, Morgan Stanley pledged to not cut any jobs this year, according to a memo seen by Reuters, as the Wall Street bank sought to …

Gov Ball has been called off. Festival organizers announced Thursday that the 2020 summer concerts are canceled due to the coronavirus. The three-day event was slated for the first weekend in June. “Simply put – due to current government mandates and the evolving situation in NYC, it is neither safe nor prudent to move forward …

The Feds on Thursday clamped down on trading in shares of an obscure, China-based company called Zoom Technologies, concerned that investors have been confusing it with the teleconferencing giant whose stock has surged amid the coronavirus crisis. The Securities and Exchange Commission said it suspended trading on the Chinese firm until April 9 because of …

Just one month ago, co-owner of Bendt Distilling Company Natasha DeHart was creating her unique blend of Texas whiskeys at her distillery in Lewisville. Now, she has shifted production entirely to combat the coronavirus and help Dallas County by producing and providing free hand sanitizer to local law enforcement, hospitals and first responders. “Daily, we …

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a news conference at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, March 12, 2020. Attorney General William Barr on Thursday announced charges against Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and senior members of his government. The Justice Department has charged Maduro and other officials with drug trafficking and offered a $15 million reward …

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 24, 2014. A Kentucky Congressman said he would vote against the Senate’s phase-three economic relief package that passed 96-0 on Wednesday night, citing concerns that the $2-trillion-dollar bill would worsen the already-growing national debt. Representative Thomas Massie (R., Ky.) told 55 KRC radio Thursday morning …

Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks at the National Rifle Association convention in Dallas, Texas, May 4, 2018. Texas abortion providers sued the state Wednesday to challenge an executive order that prohibited a list of procedures considered not medically necessary, including abortion, to preserve the state’s health-care capacity in the wake of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. …

Members of Joint Task Force 2, composed of soldiers and airmen from the New York Army and Air National Guard, work to sanitize New Rochelle High School during the coronavirus outbreak in New Rochelle, N.Y., March 21, 2020. Chinese state-run media are citing an American conspiracy theorist to push claims that coronavirus was brought to …

People at the March for Reproductive Freedom protest against the state’s new abortion law in Montgomery, Ala., May 19, 2019. Northern Ireland will soon offer abortions “without conditionality” up to 12 weeks of pregnancy. Abortion was decriminalized in Northern Ireland in October of last year, and since then the government has been working on laws to …

Drybar founder Alli Webb — who turned blowouts into a $100 million business — has found love again after a “very, very difficult and challenging” divorce. Webb, who was married to ex-husband and Drybar co-founder Cameron Webb for 16 years, is dating executive life coach Adrian Koehler. The mom of two, whose divorce was finalized …