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Top 5: April 2020

A video of the top five products of the month for April 2020.

Alert Over Fake COVID-19 Test Kits

Ventilator Maker Ups Output

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First Coronavirus Vaccine Test

Tesla Looks to the Midwest

Fiat Chrysler Recalls Vehicles

The displays can stay illuminated for more than 10 seconds after the vehicles are shifted out of reverse gear.

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Tech Company to Create Jobs

Bandwidth counts Google, Microsoft, Cisco System and Zoom among companies that use its networking technology.

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Climate-Changing Emissions Down

The agency’s Energy Information Administration projects a 7.5% drop in fossil fuel emissions for 2020, the most significant since 1990.

In this March 2020 photo provided by Gilead Sciences, a vial of the investigational drug remdesivir is visually inspected at a Gilead manufacturing site in the United States.

Virus Patients Rush to Join Studies

Interest has been so great that the U.S. National Institutes of Health is expanding its study.

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Leaders Ask Economic Powers for Help

They also urged the international community to waive this year’s debt repayments from poorer countries, including $44 billion due from Africa.

In this March 1999 file photo, the first load of nuclear waste arrives at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) site in Carlsbad, N.M., from Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Virus Delays Nuclear Waste Cleanup

Work at the country's national laboratories and defense sites is shifting to only those operations considered “mission critical.”

In this Aug. 15, 2019, file photo, a Pacific Gas & Electric worker walks in front of a truck in San Francisco.

PG&E Deal Threatened by Pandemic

The red flag raised in court documents filed Monday threatens to derail PG&E's plan to emerge from bankruptcy this summer before Northern California's wildfire season enters its most dangerous period.

In this Oct. 29, 2019 file photo, opponents of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada demonstrate in sub-freezing temperatures in Billings, Mont.

Work Starts on Disputed Pipeline

Work on the project has begun despite calls from tribal leaders and environmentalists to delay the $8 billion project amid the coronavirus pandemic.

States Predict 80% Slump in Auto Sales

Industry-wide predictions are worse than the drop seen during the Great Recession.

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GE Furloughs Jet Engine Workers

Salaried and hourly employees will be furloughed for up to four weeks.

Snack Maker Keeps Farmers, Amazon Moving

Their cheese snacks are keeping the paychecks flowing for 250+ employees and local dairy farmers, but will that matter to the Shark Tank panel?

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General Mills Allowing Office Employees to Work in Plants

The company's new staff support actions allow healthy office workers to help in its factories and include enhanced benefits for plant employees.

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Judge Tosses Shareholder Suit

The judge’s ruling indicates that Lululemon’s board negotiated a separation deal with CEO Potdevin after confirming that he had engaged in “pervasive misconduct.”

Workers gather near the Unit 2 reactor which is undergoing re-fueling during a tour of the Browns Ferry nuclear plant in Athens, Ala. U.S.

Longer Shifts at Nuclear Plants

The shift extensions would allow workers to be on the job for up to 86 hours a week.

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WI Dairies Dump Milk Amid Oversupply

Closures of restaurants and schools have left a lot of milk products with nowhere to go.

In this Nov. 7, 2019, file photo, the first panels of levee border wall are seen at a construction site along the U.S.-Mexico border, in Donna, Texas.

Border Towns Fear Virus Spread

Despite a clampdown on people’s movements in much of the country, groups of workers travel every day from camps in New Mexico to build President Donald Trump’s border wall.

'For Sale By Owner' and 'Closed Due to Virus' signs are displayed in the window of Images On Mack in Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich., Thursday, April 2, 2020.

Lost Your Job? What Now?

Workers who have lost their jobs or income through no fault of their own should immediately file a claim for unemployment.

In this Dec. 20, 2018, file photo Juul products are displayed at a smoke shop in New York.

Feds to Breakup Altria-Juul Deal

The complaint alleges that Altria agreed not to compete against Juul in return for the $13 billion stake in the company.

This Saturday, March 28 file photo shows a sign on a liquor store announcing it is closing to keep the neighborhood safe and slow down the COVID-19 coronavirus in Indianapolis.

SMB Stimulus Will Go to Some Big Chains Too

A broad definition of “small business” includes much more than just Main Street shops when lenders start processing applications Friday.

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How Small Business Can Get Virus Aid

Here are questions and answers about financial help available through the government and other sources.