As restaurants close, airlines stop flying and streets go empty, business and households have a problem paying bills—an urgent matter for Washington
Behind a flurry of activity in Washington Tuesday was an increasingly urgent problem for a nation grappling with the novel coronavirus pandemic: the growing risk that millions of businesses and households won’t be able to pay their everyday bills—rent, payroll, utilities—as business activity grinds to an unprecedented halt.
The Federal Reserve launched a program to provide short-term loans to businesses in commercial paper markets, while White House officials and lawmakers scrambled for ideas to get funds into the private...
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Hardee's Introduces Shame Curtains For Customers To Eat BehindST. LOUIS—In response to extensive market research, fast food chain Hardee’s announced plans Tuesday to equip every table at its restaurants with its all-new “Shame Curtains,” large, dark drapes behind which menu items can be consumed in complete privacy. “We asked customers what we could do to improve their dining experience, and they said nothing would be better than finding a way to prevent them from making humiliating public spectacles of themselves as they enjoy Hardee’s classics like our two-thirds pound Monster Thickburger,” CEO Andrew Pudzer said during a press conference at which he demonstrated how to use the fully opaque, ceiling-to-floor Shame Curtains. “Once the double-Velcro closure is secure, you can consume your meal free from the recriminating glances and disgusted stares of your fellow patrons. And you don’t have to worry about feeling embarrassment in front of passersby, either, because we’ve decided to just go ahead and brick up all the windows.” Pending the success of the curtains, Hardee’s may experiment with subterranean tunnels that allow its restaurants to be entered from across the street.
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States have seen a 'phenomenal increase' in coronavirus tests — but U.S. still lags far behindSome states have seen a desperately needed increase in their bandwidth to test for the coronavirus in recent days — but the US' testing capacity still lags behind other nations.
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How Coronavirus Is Destroying the Livelihood of Music's Behind-the-Scenes WorkforceAs the COVID-19 outbreak threatens live music everywhere, crew members, venue workers, and many other employees are struggling to pay their bills
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Go Behind the Scenes of Normani's First-Ever Solo Savage x Fenty CommercialThe 'Motivation' singer became a Savage x Fenty's brand ambassador in November 2019
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Creators behind viral video of quarantined Italians share warning: ‘Learn from our mistakes and don’t underestimate this’Italians in quarantine send a warning to themselves 10 days prior to the nationwide lockdown, pleading other nations to pay attention to the coronavirus.
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