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Another 2.1M Americans File Jobless Claims As Pandemic’s Total Tops 40M
Another 2.1M Americans File Jobless Claims As Pandemic’s Total Tops 40M
May 28, 2020  |  Economy

More than 2 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as the number of workers seeking assistance since the COVID-19 pandemic began in mid-March...

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New U.S. Unemployment Claims Add Another 2.4M As Pandemic’s Total Job Losses Near 39M
New U.S. Unemployment Claims Add Another 2.4M As Pandemic’s Total Job Losses Near 39M
May 21, 2020  |  Economy

The number of workers who filed jobless claims fell slightly again last week, but the coronavirus crisis has put 38.6 million Americans on unemployment insurance...

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Banks Brace For Forbearance Program Expiry Dates
Banks Brace For Forbearance Program Expiry Dates
May 21, 2020  |  Loans

The time is almost up for people who got mortgage forbearance under the CARES Act, but banks can’t predict how many will default of the...

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Google, Amazon Tech Help States Handle Jobless Claim Boom
Google, Amazon Tech Help States Handle Jobless Claim Boom
May 12, 2020  |  Google

Help is on the way for beleaguered states facing a record number of jobless claims. Google and Amazon Web Services are assisting Rhode Island, Kansas,...

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Today In Payments: Mastercard Expands Commitment To Connect 1B People; Digital Car Buying Platform Vroom To Test June IPO
Today In Payments: Mastercard Expands Commitment To Connect 1B People; Digital Car Buying Platform Vroom...
May 11, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Mastercard vows to connect 1 billion people to the digital economy by 2025, and Vroom is looking at filing an initial...

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Optimism Remains Despite Record Jobless Numbers
Optimism Remains Despite Record Jobless Numbers
May 08, 2020  |  Economy

Despite Friday’s (May 8) grim unemployment report, which revealed that the number of Americans who have lost their jobs has quadrupled since February, there is...

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Unemployment Filings Top 3.1M Across US
Unemployment Filings Top 3.1M Across US
May 07, 2020  |  Economy

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to cripple the U.S. economy, another 3.169 million people filed for unemployment benefits in the week ending May 2. Total...

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US Treasury Eyes Borrowing Almost $3 Trillion In Second Quarter
US Treasury Eyes Borrowing Almost $3 Trillion In Second Quarter
May 04, 2020  |  Debt

To fight the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. government said it is planning to borrow $2.99 trillion in the second quarter this year, a record number,...

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TripAdvisor Cuts 900 Staff As COVID-19 Decimates Travel
TripAdvisor Cuts 900 Staff As COVID-19 Decimates Travel
April 28, 2020  |  Coronavirus

TripAdvisor is further cutting staff after already doing so earlier this year, with the coronavirus’s crippling blow crushing the travel business, according to a report...

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