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Walgreens Slumps After Executives Flag Downturn in Sales

(Bloomberg) — Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. sank after executives said sales have started to decline at its drugstores as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, though the full impact on its business won’t be known for months.U.S. consumers had raced early last month to stock up on drugs, cleaning supplies and toilet paper as they prepared to stay at home to avoid getting or spreading Covid-19. Now, that rush appears to be ebbing.In the first three weeks of March, Walgreens’ comparable sales rose about 26%, Chief Financial Officer James Kehoe said on a call Thursday with Wall Street analysts, adding …read more […]

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J.P. Morgan: 3 Risky Stocks to Sell Now

New month, same volatility. Kicking off the second quarter of 2020, all three of the major U.S. stock indexes dropped more than 4% yesterday in response to an update from the Trump administration. Late on March 31, the President stated the next two weeks will be “painful,” with health officials predicting a significant spike in COVID-19-related deaths.As U.S. stock futures tick up on April 2, investors are worried the volatility is here to stay, and new economic data hasn’t calmed these fears. According to an ADP National Employment report, last month, private payrolls fell for the first time since 2017, …read more […]

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U.S. weekly jobless claims hit record once again

The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits last week shot to a record high for a second week in a row – topping 6 million – as more jurisdictions enforced stay-at-home measures to curb the coronavirus pandemic, which economists say has pushed the economy into recession.

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