Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Many businesses cautious about restarting economy amid virus, by Michelle R. Smith, Dee-Ann Durbin
‘The whole city laid off’: US jobless claims climb sky high, by Rebecca Santana, Davi A. Lieb
CNN
Egg prices are skyrocketing because of coronavirus panic shopping, by Nathaniel Meyersohn
What constitutes ‘essential businesses’? States seem to have varying standards, by Scottie Andrew
The Wall Street Journal
Coronavirus Shows Cash Is King, Even for Biggest U.S. Companies, by Theo Francis, Thomas Gryta
Occidental Petroleum Reaches Truce With Activist Investor Carl Icahn, by Rebecca Elliott, Ryna Dezember
CNBC
Lowe’s CEO Marvin Ellison says customers are buying appliances and doing home projects as they hunker down at home, by Melissa Repko
FDA warns consumers against fraudulent coronavirus tests, vaccines and treatments, by Noah Higgins-Dunn
Reuters
Airbnb holds meeting with bankers to extend $1 billion debt facility: source, by Jane Lanhee Lee
Trump says reopen by Easter, Corporate America says not so fast, by Diane Bartz
News about business journalism
How tech reporter Lorenz develops her sources
Business Insider hires D’Onfro as enterprise technology editor
CNBC moves Sheetz to space beat
“Work it Out” columnist Fisher is leaving Fortune
Reuters expands fact-checking service to United Kingdom
