Pet owners react to coronavirus fears

A dog in Honk Kong has tested as a weak positive for coronavirus. That has some pet owners worried.

Hong Kong pets face coronavirus quarantine if owners test positive

Seattle feels like 'ghost town' business owners say as they face life in coronavirus hot spot

As the death toll in Washington climbed, Seattle's mayor declared a civil emergency and businesses braced for economic fallout.

Coronavirus in Oregon adds to restaurant owners’ worries

Oregon coronavirus: During what it typically one of the slowest months on the calendar, restaurant and bar owners prepare for the worst.

Business owners contend with threat reality of coronavirus

NEW YORK (AP) — Rachel Sklar planned to go to the big South by Southwest film, media and music gathering in Austin, Texas, this month, but changed her mind as cases of coronavirus started appearing in the U.S. She was scheduled to speak at the annual event and expected to recruit new members for her businesswomen's organization, TheLi.st. “I'm less worried about getting sick than I am about getting stuck in Austin, either by quarantine or, God forbid, things snowball and there is some sort of air travel freeze," Sklar says. She's concerned that either turn of events would prevent her from returning home to her nearly 5-year-old daughter in New York. Some hotels overseas went on lockdown after guests tested positive for the virus, and flights to some cities have been suspended because of widespread outbreaks. Small businesses in the U.S. and other countries are dealing with the fallout or even just the possibility of the coronavirus. Owners are canceling or changing plans, arranging for staffers to work from home, even asking employees who have traveled to places with widespread outbreaks to stay home for as long as a month. Some manufacturers are stockpiling raw materials and components, and companies that depend on in-person interactions with customers are exploring Plan B — getting their work done via video. Sklar is aware that at this point, there isn't a widespread U.S. outbreak but “it's not unreasonable to think that there are these possibilities." She'll try to attend sessions on video when South by Southwest begins, but she'll lose out on chances to network. Many owners whose companies' work is done on computers and the internet are setting employees up to work from home. In New York, the 17 staffers at Lunchbox now must take their laptops and chargers home every night to ensure that they can...

Tesla quietly downgraded the chips for some Model 3 vehicles because of coronavirus and owners are furious

Tesla said it hadn't meant to mislead customers, and that the chip swap made "almost no difference" to driver experience or safety.

Animal owners in Hong Kong warned they CAN transmit coronavirus to dogs and cats

A pomeranian (believed to be pictured) in the Chinese territory became the first animal to test positive for the virus last month, sparking fierce debate about whether the diagnosis was legitimate.