Entrepreneurs adapt, brace for the worst amid record surge in U.S. jobless claims

The coronavirus crisis already is testing America's ingenuity and survival instincts in ways unseen since the Great Depression, a trial by fire that is unlikely to soon abate if today's U.S. Department of Labor numbers are an indicator of what's still to come. The federal government reported 3.28 million American workers filed initial claims for unemployment benefits during the week of March 21, a 3 million-claim increase for the week. It was the largest number of Americans reporting layoffs in…