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Amway Rallies Thousands to Raise Awareness of Malnutrition and Break GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ Record Title - GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™: Largest collage of cutout handprints

The Nutrilite™ Power of 5 Campaign engaged over 260,000 people worldwide to “raise their hand” to fight childhood malnutrition and accomplished a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for Largest collage of cutout handprints.




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Walgreens Wellness Tour With The National Urban League Returns For The Ninth Year To Provide Communities With Free Health Tests - Walgreens Wellness Tour

The Walgreens Wellness Tour with the National Urban League is a community outreach program that helps provide free health tests and education to urban and at-risk communities across the country.




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West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. and HealthPrize Technologies Announce Self-Reporting and Barcoding Capabilities for Self-Injection Technology - West and HealthPrize Collaboration

West and HealthPrize are collaborating to provide an end to end connected health solution for pharmaceutical companies and the patients they serve.




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Fuel Up to Play 60 Launches New Spanish-Language Resources to Encourage Healthy Lifestyles among Hispanic Youth and Communities Nationwide - VAMOS: Fuel Up to Play 60 en español

Visit FuelUpToPlay60.com to access new Spanish-language materials and get your school involved.





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March Of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card Grades Cities, Counties; Focuses On Racial And Ethnic Disparities - Photographer Anne Geddes

March of Dimes volunteer ambassador and world famous photographer Anne Geddes is featured in a PSA to raise awareness about preventing preterm birth and give more babies a healthy start in life.





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Gout & Uric Acid Education Society Hosts Roundtable Exploring Strategies for Elevating the Severity of Gout and Improving Access to Public Education and Treatment - Gout as a Serious Health Issue

Gout as a Serious Health Issue




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Charles Schwab to offer investors fractional trades of S&P 500 companies including Amazon and Apple

With Schwab Stock Slices, investors will be able to trade fractional shares of any S&P 500 company, including Amazon, Apple, Disney, Facebook and Netflix, starting at $5 each.




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These small tech companies are soaring after crushing Q1 earnings

Investors are rewarding the likes of Chegg and Everbridge for impressive growth while other companies struggle.




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Oil and gas companies set to lose $1 trillion in revenues this year

The energy sector is shrinking so dramatically that it's become the second-smallest group in the whole S&P index.




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Feeding strawberries to cows: Farmers forced to throw fruit and flowers as coronavirus disrupts supplies

Farmers around the world are letting their crops rot in the fields as the coronavirus outbreak disrupts supply and demand for flowers, fruit and milk.




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Coronavirus could be the tipping point for movie theaters, gyms and other industries already suffering from disruption

Movie theaters, fitness centers, commercial real estate and pay TV could be among the industries that are vulnerable in prolonged quarantines.




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UK TV watchdog 'assessing' popular daytime show over comments on 5G-coronavirus conspiracy theories

Ofcom is looking into a popular morning show after its presenter made comments about baseless conspiracy theories linking Covid-19 to 5G.




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Trade groups representing PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble and others want guidance on factories from Pence

Trade groups representing the country's biggest consumer companies, including PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble and Clorox, wrote a letter to Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday urging federal guidance on how to safely manage their factory workers as states begin to reopen for business.




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Homeowners should grab this emergency lifeline before it dries up

Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase are temporarily halting applications for home equity lines of credit. If other lenders follow suit, it could mean that homeowners will miss out on an emergency source of funding. What you should know.




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Test, trace, isolate: Governments need to do these three things before reopening economies, expert warns

A global health expert and physician told CNBC that easing lockdowns without taking certain action would risk a second surge in coronavirus infections.




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California identifies nail salons as source of coronavirus community spread, Gov. Newsom says

Unlike some other states that have announced reopenings, California nail salons won't be allowed to reopen until the state's phase 3.




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New York investigates coronavirus in children after 5-year-old NYC boy dies from complications, Gov. Cuomo says

New York is investigating how Covid-19 impacts children after a 5-year-old boy in New York City died due to coronavirus-related complications, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday.




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Gold is one of the few industries without a demand issue: Evolution Mining

Jake Klein of Evolution Mining explains why gold companies are faring better than most sectors during this time of extended uncertainty due to the coronavirus pandemic.




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Singapore minister says safeguards in migrant dormitories 'not sufficient' during coronavirus outbreak

Singapore learned from the coronavirus pandemic that its migrant workers' dormitories need redesigning to prevent future outbreaks, says Lawrence Wong, second minister for finance, who is also co-chair of the country's Covid-19 task force.




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Even if China sells US treasuries, demand from other sources will keep the dollar elevated: TD Securities

According to Mark Mccormick of TD Securities, there lacks a realistic alternative in the currencies markets, so even if China sells U.S. treasuries, demand from other sources will come in and keep the U.S. dollar elevated for the next couple of months.




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Stock markets could still relapse on coronavirus worries: JPMorgan

Investors should be prepared for a potential stock market relapse and that they are not solely invested in the United States, says David Kelly, chief global strategist for JPMorgan Asset Management. He suggests exploring countries in East Asia, which will likely exit the coronavirus crisis faster than Europe or the U.S.




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Medical supplies provided a boost for Chinese exports: Economist

Jian Chang of Barclays Asia Pacific says medical supplies are a key factor driving the increase in China's export numbers. Jian Chang also explores the worsening U.S.-China relationship in recent weeks amid the coronavirus crisis, with the trade agreement being a key focal point.




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Ex-TARP watchdog says Washington is to blame for large companies receiving small business loans

"I mean, Congress went out of its way to carve out businesses that have more than 500 employees but are restaurants, chain restaurants," ex-TARP watchdog Neil Barofsky told CNBC.




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Emons: The stock rally appears to be driven by three types of economies

Ben Emons of Medley Global Advisors discusses the opportunities investors can find among companies operating in the "new economy", such as tech and healthcare, and those in a "return to normal" environment, such as entertainment, leisure and hospitality.




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Jefferies: Boeing may have to shore up about another $15 billion in capital at some point

Sheila Kahyaoglu of Jefferies discusses the biggest issues facing Boeing right now, with much of production still halted due to the coronavirus pandemic.




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Morganlander: Would be a buyer in the markets right now of higher quality companies

Chad Morganlander of Washington Crossing Advisors discusses the factors behind the market's snap-back in April, and which stocks could continue to lead during the uncertainty from the virus pandemic.




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Top-ranked Barron's advisor on investment strategies amid the coronavirus outbreak and market volatility

Greg Sarian, CEO of Sarian Strategic Partners and one of Barron's Top 100 Advisors, says investors should prepare for more volatility, and discusses some tax strategies to employ as stock prices are still lower.




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Wall Street is too optimistic as economies start reopening, Stephen Roach warns

One of the world's leading authorities on Asia is worried Wall Street is miscalculating China's efforts to reopen its economy.




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Lloyd Blankfein says big companies should be 'very reluctant' to tap small business relief program

Blankfein may be speaking from experience: Goldman took $10 billion from the Treasury's Troubled Asset Relief Program in October 2008.




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David Bowie dies at age 69

Rock legend David Bowie, who changed the face of music, endured a long battle with cancer.




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Can stocks and bonds both be right? Making sense of rising equities and ultra-low Treasury yields

Both markets are responding, each in its own way, to the same accommodative Fed.




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Twitter's brief history of earnings rallies shows they often don't last

Twitter surged after a big quarterly increase in users, but history shows the social media stock's rallies don't last.




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US trading systems 'holding up well,' top Securities and Exchange Commission official says

Despite enormous volumes, the U.S. trading system is holding up well, says the Securities and Exchange Commission's Brett Redfearn.




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NYSE readies itself for first ever all-electronic trading day

With the floor of the New York Stock Exchange closed as of Monday, trading will resume electronically.




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Luckin Coffee is a painful reminder of 'the extreme fraud risk' of some China-based companies

Accounting woes at Luckin Coffee led to a 75% decline in the Chinese company's stock on Thursday.




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Pandemic has companies dropping earnings guidance, and some say it should be nixed altogether

A growing number of companies has nixed earnings guidance amid the coronavirus pandemic, and some in the corporate world say they should be dropped permanently.




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'Frozen' companies are not calling Berkshire Hathaway for rescue investments, Charlie Munger says

Berkshire's phone has not been ringing with executives asking for rescue capital amid the coronavirus outbreak, Charlie Munger told The Wall Street Journal.




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Mohamed El-Erian warns the Fed's pledge to support junk bonds could create 'zombie companies'

"My own sense is the Fed went too far in going into the high-yield market," the Allianz economic advisor told CNBC on Monday. "You get people who shouldn't be borrowing raising money."




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Homebound parents bought board games, not Barbies, crippling Mattel's sales in the first quarter

Consumers stocked up on board games, not Barbie dolls, amid the coronavirus pandemic, sending Mattel's sales in the first quarter tumbling.




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No exact playbook on how to reopen economies, doctor says

Peter Drobac, director of the University of Oxford's Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, discusses Europe's handling of the coronavirus crisis.




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Seeing opportunities in UK-listed companies, strategist says

Dan Kemp, CIO of Morningstar Investment Management EMEA, discusses the U.K. economy.




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America's most diverse cities

These towns are the best for racial, income and educational diversity.




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China's May, June exports could be weaker due to lockdowns in other countries: Credit Suisse

China's exports could weaken in May, possibly also in June, as some of its largest export markets in the West have been under lockdown due to the pandemic, says Ray Farris, Credit Suisse's chief investment officer for South Asia.




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Analyst expects low demand for soft commodities to continue from virus outbreak

Global demand on soft commodities has taken a huge hit with the pandemic shutting down food industries across countries, in addition to rising trade tensions between the U.S. and China. Oscar Tjakra from Rabobank gives his market outlook on the back of these issues.




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Middle East companies are 'fighting for survival': AlixPartners

Firms in Gulf Cooperation Council countries are facing "very severe liquidity problems" and "very uncertain times" amid the coronavirus crisis, says Gabriel Chahine of AlixPartners.




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Op-Ed: Cancer surgeries and organ transplants are being put off for coronavirus

In a given month, more than a million people have some kind of surgery. The elective procedures being postponed because of coronavirus aren't all optional. Cancer patients and organ recipients are being forced to wait.




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Coronavirus-earnings season: What to expect as companies begin to report Tuesday

Companies in every sector face challenges giving forward-looking guidance in a pandemic that remains unpredictable.




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Op-ed: Investors will reward companies that take care of others in the coronavirus pandemic

Acts of charity, compassion, and creative generosity may resonate with investors increasingly drawn to socially responsible investing.