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Traders listen at the New York Stock Exchange to President Donald Trump's televised speech from the White House, Friday, March 13, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
March 13, 2020 - 7:33 pm

Stocks roar back on hopes for government's virus plan

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street roared back from its worst day in 30 years Friday with a broad rally that sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average nearly 2,000 points higher — its biggest point gain ever — after President Donald Trump declared the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency. Fueled by a...
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Traders listen at the New York Stock Exchange to President Donald Trump's televised speech from the White House, Friday, March 13, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
March 13, 2020 - 6:20 pm

Stocks roar back on hopes for government's virus plan

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street roared back from its worst day in 30 years Friday with a broad rally that sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average nearly 2,000 points higher — its biggest point gain ever — after President Donald Trump declared the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency. Fueled by a...
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Traders listen at the New York Stock Exchange to President Donald Trump's televised speech from the White House, Friday, March 13, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
March 13, 2020 - 5:49 pm

Stocks roar back from big losses after emergency declaration

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street roared back from its worst day in 30 years Friday with a broad rally that sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average nearly 2,000 points higher — its biggest point gain ever — after President Donald Trump declared the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency. Fueled by a...
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Traders listen at the New York Stock Exchange to President Donald Trump's televised speech from the White House, Friday, March 13, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
March 13, 2020 - 5:22 pm

Stocks roar back from big losses after emergency declaration

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street roared back from its worst day in 30 years Friday with a broad rally that sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average nearly 2,000 points higher — its biggest point gain ever — after President Donald Trump declared the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency. Fueled by a...
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Stock trader Thomas Lee works at the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, March 13, 2020. Stocks are opening sharply higher on Wall Street a day after the worst drop since 1987. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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March 13, 2020 - 4:52 pm

Stocks surge on new virus measures; Dow up 1,985 points

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street roared back from its worst day in 30 years Friday with a broad rally that sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average nearly 2,000 points higher — its biggest point gain ever — after President Donald Trump declared the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency. The Dow's gains...
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Stock trader Thomas Lee works at the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, March 13, 2020. Stocks are opening sharply higher on Wall Street a day after the worst drop since 1987. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
March 13, 2020 - 3:52 pm

Stocks claw back some ground a day after historic plunge

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks have clawed back some of their recent losses at the end of a brutal week of selling. The gains Friday came in another day of turbulent trading fueled by heightened fears of a global recession from the coronavirus. Thursday's drop was the worst for the U.S. market since the...
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Stock trader Thomas Lee works at the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, March 13, 2020. Stocks are opening sharply higher on Wall Street a day after the worst drop since 1987. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
March 13, 2020 - 2:38 pm

Stocks claw back some ground a day after historic plunge

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks clawed back some of their recent losses Friday at the end of a brutal week of selling as the spreading coronavirus heightened fears of a global recession. The gains, which came in yet another day of turbulent trading, followed the worst slide for the U.S. market since the...
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A broker watches his screens at the stock market in Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, March 13, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
March 13, 2020 - 2:19 pm

Fed takes extra steps to sooth virus-rattled bond market

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank have taken large steps this week to try to calm financial markets and restore some degree of confidence. So far, it hasn't quite worked. The central banks are facing a crisis only partly responsive to the medicine they can provide...
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Traders Edward Curran, left, and Jonathan Mueller work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, March 12, 2020. The deepening coronavirus crisis is sending stocks into another alarming slide on Wall Street, triggering a brief, automatic shutdown in trading for the second time this week. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
March 12, 2020 - 6:08 pm

As central banks intervene to calm markets, few see solution

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank moved Thursday to try to calm financial markets and restore some degree of confidence. It didn't quite work. The central banks are facing a crisis only partly responsive to the medicine they can provide. The Fed sought to ensure...
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President Donald Trump speaks in an address to the nation from the Oval Office at the White House about the coronavirus Wednesday, March, 11, 2020, in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
March 12, 2020 - 1:49 am

In battle against virus, Trump restricts travel from Europe

WASHINGTON (AP) — Taking dramatic action, President Donald Trump sharply restricted passenger travel from 26 European nations to the U.S. and moved to ease the economic cost of a viral pandemic that is roiling global financial markets and disrupting the daily lives of Americans. Trump, in a rare...
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