Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:   

• China Faces Angry World Seeking Virus Answers at Key WHO Meeting.  

• BOE Considering Negative Rates, Haldane Says: Telegraph.

• Johnson Warns That Coronavirus May Stay, Announces Vaccine Site.

• Italy’s Next Bond Sale Is Like a Public Vote on Crisis Handling.  

• Fiat Seeks $6.8 Billion State-Backed Loan for Italy Operations.

• Spain to Seek Extension of State of Emergency by One Month.

• Oil Watchers Applaud Swift Delivery of OPEC+ Supply Cuts.

• Charting the Global Economy: Covid-19 Pandemic’s Toll Deepens.

• Republicans Plan Convention; India Overtakes China: Virus Update. 

• U.K. Speeds Vaccine Work; Brazil’s New Cases Surge: Virus Update.  

• J.C. Penney Gets Approval of Motions to Support Operations.

• Fed Warns of Significant Hit to Asset Prices If Crisis Grows.

• Hedge Funds Headed to Quarantine Stocks in First Quarter Turmoil.

• Saudi Sovereign Wealth Fund Seeking $10 Billion Margin Loan.  

• Trump Says Tech Giants Controlled by ‘Radical Left,’ Vows Action. 

• Drastic Makeover Looms for World’s Most Followed Stock Index.

• The Future of Air Travel ‘Will Be as Enjoyable as Open-Heart Surgery’.

Wall Street Journal:

• After Devastating Contraction, Glimmers of Growth Emerge.

• When It’s Time to Go Back to the Office, Will It Still Be There?

• TSA Preps Passenger Temperature Checks at Some Airports.

• How WHO Lost Its Way.

• What Happens When a Lender’s Borrowers All Lose Their Jobs at Once?

• Stores Stress Over How to Handle Mask-Less Customers.

• For Airlines Strapped by Coronavirus, the Repo Man Is the Latest Challenge.

• Learning to Live With Fear.

• Democrats Probe State Department Watchdog’s Ouster.

• States Postpone Road Projects, Saying They Need Federal Aid.

CNBC:

• How the pandemic may change the way we grocery shop.

• Stock market live updates: Dow sheds 2.6% this week, record retail sales plunge, China tensions.

• Chinese rocket weighing 18 tons falls to Earth as space junk hits tipping point.

• As JC Penney goes bankrupt, some question if it should continue to operate.

IG:

• Weekend Markets Trading Live.

Barron's:

• Had bearish commentary on (W).

MarketWatch.com: 

• Visa sees ‘massive’ digital acceleration with millions trying e-commerce for the first time.

• Inside the science, and companies, in the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine.

• Wall Street sees plenty of upside for these downtrodden tech stocks.

Fox News:

• Obama rips 'folks in charge' of COVID-19 response in commencement speech.

• NEWT GINGRICH: 'Survivor' speaker's crazy $3T bill may have secret purposes.

Zero Hedge:        

• China Has Jailed Hundreds Of People For Questioning Official COVID-19 Narrative, Report.

• Meet Barbara Ferrer, The Social Justice Warrior With No Medical Background Leading LA's COVID Response.

• TSA To Check Passengers' Temperature At Airports.

• Bipartisan Beijing Bashing: College Dems & Reps Demand Closure Of All Chinese "Propaganda" Centers.

• Global COVID-19 Cases Top 4.5 Million As Italy Sees Deaths Fall To 10-Week Low: Virus Updates.

• "We Need Help" - Cuomo Demands Federal 'Assistance', Claims Coronavirus Has Left New York State $61 Billion In Debt.

• Here Is What Hedge Funds Bought And Sold In The Q1 Chaos: Full 13F Summary.

• United Airlines Only Needs 3,000 Of Its 25,000 Flight Attendants.

• Trump: "I'm Not Running Against Sleepy Joe Biden...Not Even A Factor".

• Volkswagen's $33,000 ID3 EV Arrives In The UK This Summer And Is A Major Threat To Tesla.

• 1 Million Students At California Universities To Stay Home Next Fall As Campuses Go 'Online Only'

• The Complete "Collusion Against Trump" Timeline.

• Border Spat Between Spain And France Suggest Europe Will Be Difficult To Reopen.

• "Bolsonaro Is A Virus" - Opposition Leader Calls For President's Impeachment As Brazil Reports Record 15k Cases In A Single Day.

• Pompeo Was Right, China Admits It Ordered Early Virus Samples Destroyed.

• Goldman Spots A Huge Problem For The Fed.

• Understanding The Mueller Lies About Michael Flynn.

• Global Cooling!! Low Solar Activity To Cause Temperatures To Plummet, Say Scientists.

• Seventh Amazon Worker Dies Of COVID As Staff Scared To Return.

• JC Penney Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.

• "Selling American": Buffett Dumps Most Of His Goldman Stake, Trims JPMorgan In Turbulent First Quarter.

• Tesla Plans To Open New Factory In Texas As Musk Spurns "Fascist" California.

• How COVID-19 Is Forcing Americans Into Early Retirement.

• Another Week, Another Governor With A God-Complex.

• Camera Feed Cuts Out After CNN Asks James Clapper About Leaking Classified Information.

• Wuhan Ordered To Test All 11 Million Residents In 10 Days As Beijing Scrambles To Stop COVID 'Round 2'.

• Will Congress Bankrupt The Mom-And-Pop Landlord With This Socialist New Bill?

• Google Shares Tumble On Reports Of Imminent Antitrust Lawsuit.

• Foreigners Dumped Record Amount Of US Treasuries Amid March Liquidity Crisis.

• Gold, Dollar, & Bonds Jump; Stocks Slump On Fauci Fearmongering, China Trade Turmoil.

Business Insider:

• As restaurants struggle, cities across America consider turning streets into dining rooms.

• These 7 economic signals flashed red this week, showing the continued damage being inflicted by coronavirus.

• How Brazil went from carnival floats to mass graves. Photos show what its like in the world's latest coronavirus hotspot.

• Charts show how new coronavirus cases are progressing daily in 20 states as a majority of the US starts to reopen.

• The Mormon Church's secretive $100 billion fund slashed its Exxon, Marriott, and Wells Fargo stakes last quarter.

• 20 US cities with great jobs and smaller crowds that could bounce back quickly after the coronavirus pandemic.

The Epoch Times:

• US Will Not Be Intimidated by Chinese Regime’s Bullying: National Security Adviser.

• Senator Proposes New Bill to Safeguard US Research After Recent Arrests of Chinese Professors.

John Hopkins University:

• Coronavirus Global Cases. (map)

BNO News:

• Tracking Coronavirus: Map, data and timeline. 

KFF:

• State Data(Tests/Hospitalizations).