Coronavirus

Yvette Shields
March 12, 2020 4:07 PM

Other Midwest legislatures are canceling sessions or weighing early spring breaks to slow the spread of COVID-19.

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Aaron Weitzman
March 12, 2020 3:59 PM

Career veterans call fallout from COVID-19 concerns on the municipal market worse than that of 9/11 and the 2008 financial crisis combined.

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“We have to act now, to make sure we can focus all our efforts on preventing this virus from spreading, and don’t have one crisis stacked on top of another,” said Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio.
Neil Haggerty
March 12, 2020 2:52 PM

Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, the top Democrat on the Banking Committee, said financial institutions "need to be investing in their communities right now, not investing in their CEOs’ stock portfolios.”

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Andrew Coen
March 12, 2020 2:36 PM

With a state budget deadline on the horizon, NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo is requesting revised revenue estimates that factor in the economic realities of fast-spreading virus.

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COVID-19 coronavirus cases in New York state 3/12/20
Jessica Mathews
March 12, 2020 2:19 PM

There are more than a hundred cases of COVID-19 in Westchester County, New York, and financial planners are handling more than market volatility.

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Jeff Stimpson
March 12, 2020 1:57 PM

Notice 2020-15 clarifies what Covid-19 expenses can be covered from HSAs.

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Brad Finkelstein
March 12, 2020 1:41 PM

Companies in the mortgage business were already focused on processing a lot of loans and generating efficiencies before the latest uptick in business hit.

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March 12, 2020 12:34 PM

The stock market plunge amid the COVID-19 pandemic increases the risk of a revenue shock for California and other states that depend on capital gains taxes.

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By Glen Fest
March 12, 2020 12:30 PM

Wells Fargo reports senior bondholders still hold significant protections against a worldwide slowdown in travel or a decline in aircraft values despite the reclassification of the global coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic.

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Houston homes
By Nancy Sarnoff
March 12, 2020 11:59 AM

Houston-area home sales experienced another double-digit gain in February as buyers came out in droves to take advantage of low mortgage rates.

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