Economy

Farm and feed retailer Tractor Supply Company announced Monday it will add 5,000 new jobs during the current coronavirus outbreak, calling the hiring drive its “most ambitious” ever.

Cincinnati, Ohio, is lighting up blue on Thursday evening to support health care workers and essential employees during the coronavirus pandemic.

The United States’ reliance on China and Canada for plastic lids and bottles is trickling down into a shortage of high-demand hand sanitizer for Americans in the midst of the Chinese coronavirus crisis.

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street,” Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said that he believes it’s possible the U.S. economy could be reopened in May. Host Jim Cramer asked, “Now, do you think, with this, there’s a possibility,

Rep. Thomas Massie said Nancy Pelosi should allow a remote vote on the next coronavirus relief measure in lieu of an in-person roll call vote.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said on the Senate floor on Thursday that Democrats continue to hold small business aid “hostage.”

The small-cap Russell 2000 index rose 18.5 percent this week and the S&P 500 had its best week since 1974.

A bar owner in Tybee Island, Georgia, is doing whatever it takes to help her employees make it through the coronavirus pandemic.

The coronavirus is adding stress to truckers delivering essential goods throughout the U.S. as they struggle to find bathrooms and rest stops to grab a bite to eat and take a nap.

Alongside its allies, America should seize China’s holdings of U.S. Treasury and other state treasuries’ obligations, said Gordon Chang.

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) told Breitbart News during a press conference on Thursday that recent coronavirus data looks “promising” as part of a potential plan for the government to reopen less coronavirus-afflicted parts of the country.

A recent report from AP News investigates how the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic has forced Silicon Valley’s most popular companies, including Airbnb, to face a number of harsh truths.

Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft founder Bill Gates stated in a recent interview that he thinks schools in the United States will be able to reopen in the fall but that the U.S. economy won’t magically return to how it was before the coronavirus pandemic.

Video conferencing app Zoom has reportedly formed a new security advisory council and implemented new features to prevent “Zoom bombing.”

The Fed said Thursday that it is activating a Main Street Business Lending Program authorized by the CARES Act, the largest economic relief package ever passed by Congress.

Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked a Republican effort to unanimously pass legislation to add $250 billion to the government’s small business loan program aimed at helping companies devastated by the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.

Toilet paper is bulky and not very profitable, so retailers don’t keep a lot of inventory on hand.

Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” network host and Capitol Hill correspondent Kasie Hunt discussed the impact of the coronavirus pandemic raging on during the 2020 presidential race.

A staggering 16.8 million Americans have been thrown onto the unemployment rolls in just three weeks.

Oil prices jumped higher on hopes of a deal then crashed as the day wore on.

During an interview aired on Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Vice President Mike Pence stated that if people continue to follow guidelines, “we could be in a very different place by the end of April, and we

Many progressives who welcomed poor illegal migrants are now complaining that millions of illegal migrants are unprotected in the nation’s epidemic and economic crash, according to press reports and activists’ demands.

Food and Drug Commissioner (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn said on Tuesday that serological tests could help determine who is no longer “susceptible” to coronavirus infection and who can return to work.

Tech giant Google has banned Zoom, the videoconferencing service that has enjoyed explosive growth during the Chinese virus lockdown, from employees’ computers, citing potential security vulnerabilities.

Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) called on the State Department and Attorney General Bill Barr on Wednesday to bring a case against China in the International Court of Justice for failing to contain the coronavirus.

Even without the stringent mandatory shutdowns imposed in much of the world, Japan’s economy will suffer its worst contraction on record.

A Florida veteran and philanthropist bought a $20,000 bottle of bourbon for $40,000 to help a Tampa-area restaurant stay open during the coronavirus pandemic.