Coronavirus

Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vazquez Garced
Robert Slavin
March 23, 2020 6:33 PM

The funds will be in addition to the $160 million from the Emergency Reserve Fund that the board released March 12.

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Superstorm Sandy-NYSE-Hurricane-Bloomberg News
Todd Cipperman
March 23, 2020 5:34 PM

We've had many chances to learn, from the dot-com bust to the 2008 financial crisis. But the storm is perhaps most applicable to our current situation.

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Andrew Coen
March 23, 2020 5:28 PM

The economic dislocations brought by COVID-19 led Fitch Ratings to drop the Long Island county to BBB-plus.

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March 23, 2020 5:20 PM

Eric Holcomb said the state will consider using bond authority to move forward with capital projects that were to have been funded on a pay-go basis.

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Sen. Sherrod Brown, Ohio Democrat, is co-sponsoring legislation that would call for a four-month moratorium on all negative credit reporting.
Kevin Wack
March 23, 2020 4:50 PM

Congressional Democrats want forceful action to prevent damage to millions of Americans' credit scores during the COVID-19 pandemic. But the credit bureaus argue that the tools needed to protect consumers are already in place.

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AICPA CEO and president Barry Melancon addressing the 2018 Engage event
Danielle Lee
March 23, 2020 4:36 PM

The coalition proposed the federal government set up and fund a central payroll account for small-business payroll processors to use to direct funds to small businesses to keep paying employees.

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FASB, GASB and FAF logos on the wall at headquarters in Norwalk, Connecticut
Michael Cohn
March 23, 2020 4:32 PM

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has come under pressure to relax its credit losses standard as banks and other financial institutions see the value of their assets plunging from the sell-off in the capital markets amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Keeley Webster
March 23, 2020 3:56 PM

The timing of a $1.5 billion deal California had planned to price Thursday is no longer firm amid massive dislocations in the markets.

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Marin County homes
By Matthew Pera
March 23, 2020 3:37 PM

The coronavirus pandemic is threatening to put a damper on the Marin County, Calif., real estate market as it enters its normally busy spring season, with the nation facing economic uncertainty and a "shelter in place" order forcing the cancellation of many house events.

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Allan S. Roth
March 23, 2020 3:27 PM

Bear markets come with checklists of savvy moves to make for investment portfolios.

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