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Since its alarming 50% freefall on March 12, Bitcoin has made a comeback 12 short days later.

Ma Huateng, who chairs Tencent, is the richest man in China. He beats rival Jack Ma in the money game with $39.7 billion net worth. Aside from WeChat, Tencent also has stakes in Spotify, Tesla and Snap Inc.

Francoise Bettencourt Meyers is the wealthiest woman in the world with $58.6 billion. She is the CEO of cosmetics giant L'Oréal.

Tom Barrack warned that the coronavirus pandemic could destroy the commercial mortgage market

The company says it meets the definition of an essential business under New York state guidelines.

Pelosi says she wants the House to be able to approve the $2 trillion measure without having to return to the Capitol.

The Dow recorded its largest one-day gain since 1933.

Wondering what is considered an essential business during the coronavirus outbreak? Here are some industries that thought to be essential.

This department store is still staying open during the coronavirus pandemic.

Costco has added dedicated senior hours to allow shoppers 60 and older time to shop.

Trump says he think federal guidelines aimed at slowing spread of the disease may have gone too far and would like to see things back to normal by Easter Sunday.

Travel bans and cancelled flights are wreaking havoc on Caribbean tourism

Preliminary agreement reportedly had been reached giving Facebook a 10% stake in India's tech juggernaut.

Amazon has a zero-tolerance policy for price gougers and said it will suspend or terminate their accounts and send them to local law enforcement for prosecution.

South Africa has ordered a three-week lockdown to halt the spread of virus

Amazon is offering family-friendly Prime Video streaming content for free during the coronavirus outbreak.

"Many Americans are now experiencing a war time footing for the first time will make permanent changes to how they save, how they spend and how they prepare themselves for the future” -- Paul Magel

All taxpayers and businesses have this additional time to file and make payments without interest or penalties.

Some experts are warning of catastrophic damage to the U.S. economy

U.S. stocks jumped on Tuesday on hopes for a stimulus bill

When it seems like a final blow is all that's left to lay the crypto market's most popular asset to its coffin, renewed buying had quashed the chances of that happening -- at least for the time being.

Twitter said it is "withdrawing" its earlier forecast for the first quarter of 2020 and now expects an operating loss along with declining revenues.

Zillow has joined the legion of companies suspending services to help stem the spread of coronavirus.

U.S. stocks dropped on Monday as lawmakers failed to pass virus relief bill

The researchers say keeping restrictions in place until a vaccine is developed will exacerbate a recession but limit death toll.

Walmart and CVS Health have opened a few COVID-19 test sites in their parking lots for first responders.

New Zealand has ordered a month-long lockdown to stem coronavirus

Hobby Lobby has made the decision to keep its stores open after the founder's wife received a message from God during her "quiet prayer time."

McDonald’s will close all of its nearly 1,300 restaurants in the UK and Ireland