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Crisis Spurs Vast Change in Jobs Trump,Speaking in the White Faces a Reckoning P2JW090000-4-A00100-17FFFF5178F ADVERTISEMENT Breaking news:your old 401k could be costing you. Getthe scoop on page R14. **** MONDAY,MARCH 30,2020~VOL. CCLXXV NO.74 WSJ.com HHHH $4.00 Last week: DJIA 21636.78 À 2462.80 12.8% NASDAQ 7502.38 À 9.1% STOXX 600 310.90 À 6.1% 10-YR. TREASURY À 1 26/32 , yield 0.744% OIL $21.51 g $1.12 EURO $1.1139 YEN 107.94 In Central Park, a Field Hospital Is Built for Virus Patients Trump What’s News Extends Distance Business&Finance Rules to edical-supplies makers Mand distributors are raising redflagsabout what April 30 they sayisalack of govern- ment guidanceonwhereto send products, as hospitals As U.S. death toll passes competefor scarce gear amid 2,000, experts call for the coronavirus pandemic. 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