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Walmart has struggled to keep its shelves stocked and online orders in the mail as U.S. shoppers have rushed to buy health supplies and food to prepare for the coronavirus pandemic.

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Tesla’s factory in Fremont, Calif., will be shutting down temporarily starting March 23.

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Many supermarkets are setting special designated hours when only seniors and others most vulnerable to the coronavirus are invited to shop.

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Norwegian Jewel passengers — and their family members back home — are still struggling to get answers about when they’ll be back on solid land again.

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Vehicles go through the assembly line at a General Motors assembly plant in Lansing, Mich., on Feb. 21. GM is assessing the feasibility of converting its plants to make medical equipment.

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As people make efforts to stay apart from each other physically, video games are filling the socializing gap.

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The coronavirus pandemic is continuing to roil financial markets as businesses shut down with their customers and employees forced to stay home.

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The coronavirus pandemic has closed businesses around the country as the government asks people to stay home.

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell pauses during a news conference in Washington earlier this month. The Fed announced late Wednesday a new lending facility to back money market mutual funds battered by the coronavirus crisis.

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Tony Vassiliadis, the head nighttime custodian at Wellesley High School in Wellesley, Mass., demonstrates an electrostatic sprayer. During an actual cleaning, he would he would wear gloves and an N95 mask.

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A demonstration of a ventilator for future patients with coronavirus at Samson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital in Ashdod, Israel.

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The $1 trillion stimulus package proposed by the Trump administration would give Americans more spending money, but beside grocery stores many spending outlets have been closed by the pandemic.

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An Urban Outfitters store displays a closed sign in Santa Monica, Calif. With businesses shutting down around the country, a flood of new unemployment claims are pouring in.

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