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Oil drops to 21-year low with storage filling as demand shrivels

Oil extended its slide, falling to the lowest in more than two decades, on concern the world is rapidly running out of places to store crude after output cuts proved insufficient to cope with plunging demand.

A cheaper roof over your head during the pandemic?

We take for granted that homes are either owned or rented, but that could soon change, and pandemic-driven economic pain could accelerate the process. Before the pandemic, homeownership was already slipping out of reach for many in America’s expensive coastal cities. Hybrid arrangements have been emerging that occupy a middle ground between owning and renting — trying to combine the advantages of both. It’s an idea that could bring the benefits...

Your 2021 Social Security checks could get a surprise boost after all

Even with gasoline prices plunging, one set of rising prices elsewhere could give retirees a raise come January.

Here's why you're not able to track your stimulus money

Economic Impact Payments hit millions of accounts on or before April 15. But others report headaches in trying to track their cash.

Shake Shack returning $10M government loan meant for small businesses

With the Paycheck Protection Program already out of money, the hipster burger chain says other restaurateurs need its loan more than it does.

White House orders Puritan to make swabs under Defense Production Act

President Donald Trump announced Sunday he will compel a US company to make swabs under the Defense Production Act.

Amazon is using thermal cameras for temperature checks amid coronavirus

Amazon has started using thermal cameras at its operations facilities to screen workers for fevers, a common symptom of the novel coronavirus.

60 million European jobs are at risk from coronavirus

Nearly 60 million jobs across the European Union and the United Kingdom are at risk from the coronavirus pandemic, according to McKinsey.

Coffee farmers could be winners as prices spike and countries hoard

Fears over disruptions to supply chains have led to some degree of coffee hoarding among consumers and countries — and that's given coffee prices a much-needed boost.

'This is going to kill small-town America'

As the coronavirus upends economic life, small towns are particularly vulnerable.

Unlicensed haircuts are only the beginning

Amid a pandemic, states are cutting back the red tape that kept health care workers out.

Tool for tracking coronavirus relief payments goes live

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin expects 80 million Americans to get emergency federal payments this week.

Here's how much Americans have lost to coronavirus fraud

Americans have reported losing more than $13 million to coronavirus-related scams since the beginning of the year, according to the Federal Trade Commission.

How Starbucks plans to reopen its coffee shops

Starbucks is adopting a "monitor and adapt" strategy to reopen some cafes in the US following their closures in mid-March.

The overworked, underpaid workers fighting the pandemic

Staffing shortages and dismal pay are colliding with a crisis that's testing the limits of people who care for the sick and the elderly.