Wall Street's disaster playbook never included work-from-home trading. Insiders explain how banks rapidly adjusted during one of the most chaotic markets in history.

Banks like Citi, Goldman, and JPMorgan have moved traders to remote work. Sources say technical challenges include replicating turret phones at home.

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Wall Street's disaster playbook never included work-from-home trading. Insiders explain how banks rapidly adjusted during one of the most chaotic markets in history. Alex Morrell | Banks like Citi, Goldman, and JPMorgan have moved traders to remote work. Sources say technical challenges include replicating turret phones at home. Read More »

5 corporate-debt experts break down how the coronavirus crisis is ravaging cash-strapped firms — and share what they're buying to avoid risky 'zombie' companies Akin Oyedele | Here's where to invest during the coronavirus-led recession, and how to avoid zombie companies that are running low on cash. Read More »

Here's what it takes to get accepted into the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern's MBA programs, according to 6 graduates, the senior director of full-time admissions, and a former admissions officer Robin Madell | The third round of applications will now be accepted through June 1 because of the COVID-19 outbreak. Here's how to bolster your odds of getting in. Read More »

Microsoft just launched a big new push to win consumers over to Office 365 — here are the 22 power players now running its Windows and cloud software businesses Paayal Zaveri,Ashley Stewart | Microsoft 365 bundles together Office, Windows, and other key products — and it's a key part of Microsoft's strategy in the cloud wars. Read More »

'We are not going to go back': Tradeweb's CEO explains why working from home is a game changer for the $1 trillion-a-day marketplace Dan DeFrancesco | Lee Olesky, Tradeweb's cofounder and CEO, spoke on a webinar Friday about having 900 of its 940 employees work from home. Read More »

Amazon bucked one of the worst quarters in market history and posted a gain amid the COVID crisis — here's why Wall Street loves the stock Eugene Kim | Analysts explain why Amazon's stock is more resilient than others in a period of historic market volatility amid continued coronavirus fears. Read More »

Oracle tells employees it donated a COVID-19 'therapeutic learning system' that can help speed up the development of a treatment to the US government Benjamin Pimentel,Rob Price | Oracle told employees it has set up cloud tools for the US government to speed up the quest for a COVID-19 cure. Read More »

A Slack investor predicts that any productivity startup that doesn't become a 'daily use tool' won't have the 'engagement' to survive whatever comes next in the market Megan Hernbroth | Index Ventures partner Sarah Cannon thinks the "unbundling" of Microsoft Office services led to a boom for productivity startups. Read More »

Morgan Stanley has hired a top trader away from Deutsche Bank in distressed credit — an area primed for a boom as corporate debt gets crushed Alex Morrell | Matthew Weinstein resigned from the German lender and is joining Morgan Stanley as head of North American distressed trading, sources said. Read More »

Leaked Office Depot manual reveals that the store does not allow its workers to wear masks on the job Shoshy Ciment | Office Depot and OfficeMax employees are not permitted to wear masks at work. A manual says that this policy is in line with CDC recommendations. Read More »

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