Month: April 2020

Add child support and alimony to the list of obligations weighing on people during this coronavirus crisis. As household finances reel from unemployment, business shutdowns and stay-at-home orders, some individuals are reaching out to lawyers to explore their options for modifying those payments. “Anecdotally, [family law] attorneys are seeing a marked increase in inquiries for
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A United Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner sits parked at the terminal at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images United shares fell close to 2% in extended trading after the airline said it’s planning a fresh stock offering, the latest measure by a carrier to raise money as the
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Reed Hastings attends Reed Hastings panel during Netflix ‘See What’s Next’ event at Villa Miani on April 18, 2018 in Rome, Italy. Getty Images Netflix is set to report its Q1 2020 earnings after the bell on Tuesday. The company has seen its stock outperform the market during the coronavirus pandemic as stay-at-home orders have
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freemixer | E+ | Getty Images Social Security beneficiaries who do not typically file tax returns have until tomorrow to tell the government to include their dependent children in their stimulus payments.  The U.S. government is in the process of deploying one-time checks of up to $1,200 to Americans who qualify, including those receiving Social
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Howard Schultz said Tuesday that additional funding for the Paycheck Protection Program is not adequate to help small restaurants survive the coronavirus pandemic.  “What’s needed is not another version of PPP. Again, good intent but it’s the wrong medicine,” the billionaire former Starbucks CEO said on “Squawk Box.”  Rather, Schultz said he believes the government needs to create
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) speaks during a press Conference at the State Capitol. Michael Brochstein | Barcroft Media | Getty Images New York’s unemployment website “collapsed” following a surge in claims after the state shuttered nonessential businesses to curb the coronavirus pandemic, putting a record number of New Yorkers out of work, Gov.
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An employee works on the production line of the Swire Coca-Cola Beverages Hubei Limited on March 24, 2020 in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. Getty Images Coca-Cola on Tuesday said that the closure of movie theaters, restaurants and stadiums from the coronavirus is continuing to hurt its business, with a material impact expected on its second-quarter results. The
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Coca-Cola Chairman and CEO James Quincey said Tuesday that easing restrictions on business during the coronavirus pandemic needs to be done with an understanding it may not last.  “We shouldn’t assume that each step forward is permanent necessarily,” Quincey said on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.”  People must recognize that the economic restart must be done in
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Smucker’s Fruit & Honey brand fruit spread Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell. IBM — The technology company’s stock fell 3% in extended trading after IBM reported first-quarter financial results. The company reported revenue of $17.57 billion while analysts polled by Refinitiv expected $17.62 billion.
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