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Friday, February 28, 2020 palmbeachpost.com $2 Fears of global pandemic send stock markets spiraling

PENCE IN PALM BEACH As markets roil, Pence to speak to policy group

Vice president, in growing fears of an eco- charge of US response nomic slowdown. to the coronavirus, Pence has been tasked by will speak to the President Donald Trump Club for Growth to lead the federal gov- ernment’s response to the By Antonio Fins spread of the virus. What The Palm Beach Post he will tell the Club for Growth, an influential con- Vice President Mike servative economic policy Traders react to plunging numbers Thursday on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. [JEENAH MOON Pence will visit Palm Beach advocacy groups, isn’t FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES] County today to speak to public. The event is closed a free enterprise advocacy to the press. organization as global fears But Palm Beach County Virus, which has spread to 47 countries, has put pressure about a coronavirus pan- congressional members demic again sent the capital on businesses and supply chains around the world markets into a tailspin on See PENCE, A7

By Stan Choe and Alex Veiga the index in what market after the two sides reached The Associated Press watchers call a “correction,” a preliminary agreement in which some analysts have said January. Even in the early Worldwide markets plum- was long overdue in this bull days of the outbreak, markets DeSantis: ‘Doing everything meted again Thursday, market, the longest in history. took things in stride. deepening a weeklong rout Stocks are now headed But over the past two weeks, in our power to prepare’ triggered by growing anxi- for their worst week since a growing list of major com- ety that the coronavirus will October 2008, during the panies issued warnings that By Jeffrey Schweers at low risk, but that doesn’t wreak havoc on the global global financial crisis. profits could suffer as fac- Tallahassee Democrat mean you don’t want to economy. The sweeping sell- The losses extended a slide tory shutdowns across China plan for any potential off pushed the benchmark that has wiped out the solid disrupt supply chains and Floridians are more transmission,” Gov. Ron S&P 500 down 4.4%, its worst gains major indexes posted consumers there refrain from likely to get the flu than DeSantis told a group of one-day drop since 2011. early this year. Investors shopping. Travel to and from the coronavirus, state reporters at the Capitol. The Dow Jones Industrial came into 2020 feeling confi- China is severely restricted, health officials said, but Also in attendance Average tumbled 1,190 points, dent that the Federal Reserve and shares of airlines, hotels they are still gearing up for were Lt. Gov. Jeanette its largest one-day drop ever. would keep interest rates and cruise operators have been a potential outbreak even Nuñez, Florida Secretary The S&P 500 has now plunged at low levels and the U.S.- punished in stock markets. As though no cases have been of Health and state Surgeon 12% from the record it set China trade war posed less of reported yet. just a week ago. That puts a threat to company profits See MARKETS, A6 “The CDC considers us See DESANTIS, A7

A drifting What the heck is that thing? fish aggregating device, or Weird ‘detached fish Who to call if the tropical Atlantic. FAD, found aggregating devices’ you find a FAD Called “detached fish on Palm washing up on aggregating devices,” or Beach in Florida’s beaches The Caribbean FAD Tracking FADS, the sometimes raft- April 2019. Project is on Facebook @ like structures can get sucked By Kimberly Miller fadtrackers, or you can email into the North Equatorial [PROVIDED BY The Pam Beach Post [email protected]. Current and travel as far as FRIENDS OF the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico PALM BEACH] Makeshift contraptions and Florida. One was found on for catching sea life off fishermen, drowning turtles Palm Beach this month. west Africa are landing on and bashing coral heads in a Florida beaches like hobo current-driven journey across See DEVICES, A14

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2020 Boca’s big fest Everything from ‘Star Wars’ to swing music PAGE 2 2 Friday, February 28, 2020 The Palm Beach Post REAL NEWS STARTS HERE [T]

Postmodern Jukebox plays March 7 at Festival of the Arts BOCA. [JACKSONVILLE JAZZ FESTIVAL] Festival of the Arts BOCA promises tunes, talks, more

By Eddie Ritz Trio at the Beethoven IF YOU GO Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Birthday Bash. Star Wars fans can Festival of the Arts BOCA Want a week of con- see “The Empire Strikes Where: Mizner Park certs, authors, ideas Back” on March 6 with Amphitheater, 590 Plaza and movies? Check The Symphonia, con- Real, Boca Raton; Cultural out Festival of the Arts ducted by Constantine Arts Center, 201 Plaza Real, BOCA which kicks Kitsopoulos, crank- Boca Raton; Mizner Park off tonight and runs ing out John Williams’ East Tent, 590 Plaza Real, through March 8. famous score. Boca Raton; Get an earful of some Finally, on March 7, When: 7:30 p.m. tonight seriously great sounds see the international through 7 p.m. March 8. at this year’s event. sensation Postmodern Information: festivalboca. Marvel at tonight’s Jukebox. This “rotat- org; 561-300-4138. Cirque du Cinema, ing collective of musical which fuses cirque acro- outcasts” reworks popu- batics, classical dance lar modern music into StorySlam and deliver and contemporary the- different genres espe- your best five-minute ater with a live orches- cially swing and jazz. tale in this competition. tra cranking out music Have a penchant for There will also be a from movie classics. the written word? Don’t showing of the docu- On Saturday, celebrate miss a discussion with mentary “Forte,” one of the all-time greats novelist Jesmyn Ward. additional musi- with The Symphonia and Got a story to tell? cal acts, seminars guest artists The Eroica Take part in The Moth and so much more.

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