Like most of us, Elaine Regus and her husband have adapted to being home most of the day, except for the occasional walk around the neighborhood.

The San Dimas, Calif., resident told me that in the past, they'd typically find several messages from robocallers awaiting them any time they returned home.

"These days, nothing," said Regus, 68. "We...Read more

WASHINGTON -- More than 6.64 million workers filed initial claims for unemployment insurance in the week ending March 28, exceeding the 3.3 million who filed claims a week earlier, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

The record-setting filings in the most recent two weeks as the COVID-19 pandemic forces the shutdown of many businesses may ...Read more

As the coronavirus outbreak spread last month, producers Jonah Bekhor and Jonas Bell Pasht worried their Quibi show, "The Nod with Brittany & Eric," was doomed. The duo had taken over a loft in Manhattan's Flatiron District to film the black culture show, hosted by podcasters Brittany Luse and Eric Eddings, with episodes planned to air daily on ...Read more

People fleeing cities in an attempt to outrun the coronavirus have caused consternation in rural hinterlands and warm-weather refuges.

But the COVID-19 crisis has triggered a longer-term discussion about the health risks in densely packed cities and whether the crisis will lead to living quarters being more spread out in the future.

In the ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes wants the judge overseeing her criminal fraud case to order her legal team's trial preparations essential and exempt from coronavirus safety restrictions so lawyers and their agents can perform tasks that they say may provoke hostility.

"While we are hesitant to encourage any person to ...Read more

The legal fight over Quibi's mobile technology escalated on Wednesday as media and technology company Eko said it would request an injunction to block Hollywood's newest streaming service from launching on Monday.

Eko, a New York-based company, says that Quibi's app has a feature that uses technology stolen from Eko. The Quibi feature, called "...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- With millions of Americans unemployed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, bank call centers are swarmed with thousands of requests to delay mortgage payments, get fee waivers and help people sort out the biggest economic dislocation in recent memory.

On top of that, their branches are generally thought of, by both the ...Read more

Kroger gave temporary raises to its hourly grocery, supply chain, manufacturing, pharmacy and call center employees, the company announced Tuesday night.

The raise was $2 an hour to each employee's current rate of pay for hours worked March 29 through April 18, according to a news release. The extra pay was in addition to the appreciation bonus...Read more

Jennifer Herrera is down to her last 15 days of a drug she needs to control her inflammatory arthritis. Her pharmacy is out of stock and has no idea when its next shipment will come in.

Her misfortune is that she's dependent on a version of chloroquine, a drug touted by President Trump and others as a treatment for COVID-19, the disease caused ...Read more

For many out-of-work Americans, the first of the month looms larger now than it did just four short weeks ago.

Even if your landlord has announced rent cuts or is helping you cover the rent due, you may be wondering just what to do on the first of the month.

You're not alone. Two weeks ago, a record 3.28 million Americans filed unemployment ...Read more

Cigarette makers may seem like an unlikely source of life-saving vaccines, yet Philip Morris International Inc. and British American Tobacco Plc are trying to devise a defense against the coronavirus from the humble tobacco leaf.

BAT said Wednesday that it's in pre-clinical testing of a plant-based vaccine via a U.S. biotech subsidiary Kentucky...Read more

MIAMI -- A tractor with a 35-foot blade mowed down one million pounds of green beans ready to be picked at R.C. Hatton's Pahokee, Fla., fields.

Those crops should have been going to South Florida's restaurants, cruise ships, school cafeterias, airlines and even theme parks.

Instead, they are going into the ground.

"And I've got another one ...Read more

U.S. hospitals are burning through cash so quickly on the front lines of the nation's fight against the coronavirus pandemic that the more than $100 billion they're set to get from the federal emergency stimulus package might not be enough.

The $2.2 trillion package lets hospitals get an advance on expected Medicare reimbursements and helps ...Read more