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Virus Throws Millions More Out of Work, and Washington Struggles to Keep Pace
Federal efforts to keep businesses operating and workers employed have so far failed to stop the bleeding as the coronavirus tears through the economy in devastating ways.
6 minutes ago - NY Times
Fed's latest $2.3tn bailout unleashes it on US junk bond market while Main Street continues to languish
The Fed has unveiled yet another $2.3 trillion coronavirus bailout, revealing it will purchase even recently-downgraded junk bonds in the quest to jump-start the economy, amid...
6 minutes ago - RT
New pressures arise as disease seems to level off but economy plummets
New coronavirus cases seem to level off, but the economy is in free fall, confronting policymakers with pressures and choices.
12 minutes ago - The Washington Post
U.S. urged to go slow on easing coronavirus lockdown, even as jobless claims surge
The top U.S. infectious disease expert on Thursday warned against reopening the economy too soon in the face of improving data on the coronavirus outbreak, but a third week of...
18 minutes ago - Reuters
President Trump mulling second coronavirus task force, reports say
WASHINGTON - President Trump is expected to announce the creation of a second coronavirus task force focused on reopening the nation's battered economy, according to reports...
36 minutes ago - New York Post
Webinar Recap: Resume Optimizer - How Emsi's New Prototype Can Help Millions of Displaced Workers
This week, we hosted a webinar on “ Resume Optimizer - How Emsi's New Prototype Can Help Millions of Displaced Workers.” Kelly Bailey, director of Emsi Open Skills...
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How People Analytics Teams Can Use Data to Navigate COVID-19
As COVID-19 continues to upend the United States economy, companies everywhere are scrambling to adjust their people analytics strategies. After all, talent needs are now...
44 minutes ago - Economic Modeling
How to Evaluate the Economic Impact of COVID-19 On Your Community
In a perfect world, economic impact studies would only be conducted to determine the likely effects of positive events in a community: expansion of a local manufacturer...
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Coronavirus Live Updates: As Economy Hemorrhages Jobs, Europeans Agree to Prime E.U.'s Pump
A push for more aid stalled in the Senate. In the last three weeks, 16 million U.S. workers filed for jobless benefits. A principal investigator in a federal clinical trial of...
54 minutes ago - NY Times
Mnuchin, Kudlow say U.S. economy could open in May, defying experts
The Trump administration's top economic officials said on Thursday they believe the U.S. economy could start to reopen for normal business in May, despite health experts'...
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Boris Johnson has been moved out of intensive care as his coronavirus...
Boris Johnson has left intensive care but remains in hospital. The UK Prime Minister's coronavirus symptoms are improving and he is in "extremely good spirits." He spent three...
US gig workers and self-employed face delays in jobless aid
After Rich Cruse saw about $3,000 in income for his photography business quickly disappear to the coronavirus, he tried to apply for unemployment benefits in California. But...
CNN spreads the blame around as Democrats block Senate effort to pour more...
A Senate bill to add $251 billion to the emergency small business coronavirus stimulus program met with opposition from Democrats, who tried to tack on their own agenda - but...
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway sold $30 million worth of BNY Mellon...
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway sold about $30 million worth of Bank of New York Mellon stock this week. The billionaire investor's company flogged close to 860,000 BNY...
OPEC+ reach deal to cut production by 10mn barrels per day, ending price war...
Representatives of oil-producing countries have reached a tentative agreement on limiting production, nudging upward the price of crude that plummeted after a Saudi push to...
S&P 500 posts best week since 1974 as new Fed stimulus offsets historic...
US stocks climbed on Thursday, continuing gains from Wednesday, as t he Federal Reserve announced an additional $2.3 trillion in aid to businesses and governments. The S&P...
The Trump administration is cutting federal resources for coronavirus...
The Trump administration is ending federal support for coronavirus testing sites on Friday, according to CNN . The Federal Emergency Management Agency has helped run...
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Oil surges as Saudi Arabia and Russia end price war by agreeing on...
Saudi Arabia, Russia, and the OPEC+ coalition agreed on Thursday to slash crude oil production, a move that's expected to boost prices. The agreement puts an end to an...
Coronavirus hospitalizations are slowing but the death toll just hit a new...
New York recorded only 200 coronavirus -related hospital admissions in the past 24 hours, the smallest increase since March 18. Gov Andrew. Cuomo said the slowing rate of...