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The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits last week shot to a record high for a second week in a row - topping 6 million - as more jurisdictions enforced stay-at-home measures to curb the coronavirus pandemic. As Fred Katayama reports, economists say that move has pushed the economy into recession.

Amazon uses automated detection tools to search its listings for use of "coronavirus" and "COVID-19." But those tools won't detect words in a product image.

Protecting yourself is important in lots of situations. But there's all kinds of protection out there that simply isn't worth the money.

While most European countries go into lockdown, Sweden has allowed restaurants, bars and schools to stay open, simply asking citizens to observe social distancing. Lucy Fielder reports.

It's important to keep your pantry stocked with staple food and snacks while staying home during the coronavirus outbreak.

The mayor of Stockton, Calif., which launched a basic income experiment last year through the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration, offered U.S. policymakers some reassurance and a few notes of caution.

Retail giants Macy's, Kohl's and Gap have announced widespread furloughs amid soaring reports of coronavirus cases in the U.S. The pandemic has sent the economy into free fall, with massive layoffs and small business closures happening across the country as a result of precautions to slow the disease's spread. Jill Schlesinger joins "CBS This Morning" to talk about this latest hit to workers and what it means for the future of the economy as the pandemic continues.

Real estate can stabilize a portfolio in an economic downturn.

Averaging into the stock market is "not very sophisticated, but no one can tell you for sure how these dynamics are going to evolve," he said.