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The Internal Revenue Service has set up a new website through which you can find out if you are eligible for a federal stimulus payment and track its timing.
The new site, called Get My Payment, went live on April 15. It works. You may have to wait a bit, as site traffic is high, but it automatically refreshes. If you normally get IRS refunds as checks in the mail, or are otherwise not set up for IRS direct deposit, you can provide your bank account information and possibly avoid months of waiting.
Andrew Keshner describes the timing of stimulus payments and provides additional important details.
Also read:Can you alter your 2019 taxes in order to qualify for the $1,200 stimulus check?
Try your pharmacist first
Pharmacists are the most overtrained and underutilized health-care professionals in America, according to Steven Chen, a clinical pharmacist and a professor of pharmacy at the University of Southern California. Pharmacists have already proven their ability to reduce health-care costs, including hospital admissions. And they’re now being allowed to do more to fight COVID-19.
Life during the pandemic: video streaming
Shares of Netflix have fared quite well during the coronavirus crisis, and the video streaming pioneer has an advantage over rivals with so much original content. Meanwhile, Walt Disney DIS, +2.82% is facing great difficulty with its theme parks closed and the movie and sports industries shut down, but Disney+ keeps growing rapidly.
Life during the pandemic: updating a will while quarantined
You don’t necessarily need to do it in person.
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Life after the pandemic: companies prepare for ‘a touchless future’
CEOs of Sealed Air SEE, +4.17% and Simplehuman tell Tonya Garcia how their companies are evolving to reduce contact risk and improve sanitary conditions in everyday life.
Life after the pandemic: A longer-term threat to jobs
The coronavirus shutdown will accelerate the trend toward automation, even in traditional service jobs with a lot of human contact, according to Johannes Moenius, a professor of global business at the University of Redlands, in California.
Stocks to sell now — take the money and run
After dropping 34% between Feb. 19 and March 23, the S&P 500 index SPX, +1.56% climbed 25% through April 16. This sets up an opportunity for investors holding shares of these five companies to sell now and then stay away, according to Jeff Reeves.
Stocks to buy now, setting up index-beating gains as the economy recovers
Michael Brush lists five companies with “power brands” that should enable them to pick up where they left off as economies reopen.
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Safe dividends
During the coronavirus crisis, many companies have been cutting or eliminating dividends to shore up cash. For investors craving income, Brush lists 26 safe dividend plays to buy now.
Banks pointing to trouble
The “big four” U.S. banks all made money during the first quarter, but the COVID-19 outbreak didn’t begin to damage the economy until mid-March. There are signs of big trouble ahead.
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Two words you never expected to see together
Jeffery Wilson, the author of “Shakespeare and Trump,” compares the president to various characters from Shakespeare’s plays.
