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26 Million Have Sought US Jobless Aid Since Virus Hit
More than 4.4 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week as job cuts escalated across an economy that remains all but shut down, the government said Thursday.
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April 25, 2020
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Belgian Port to Test Virus Bracelets Amid Tech Tracing Fears
As the spread of the coronavirus eases and people gradually return to work pondering the impact it might have on their jobs, Europe’s second-biggest port is getting ready to test a device aimed at helping thousands of people employed there to respect social distancing.
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April 25, 2020
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‘Beastie Boys Story' Isn't A Sure Shot, But It'll Do
Little was predictable about the Beastie Boys in their three-plus decades of making music. They were spontaneous, always evolving, off-the-cuff pranksters who turned pro without ever losing the punchline.
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April 25, 2020
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LEGAL BATTLES LOOM AS BUSINESSES HIT BY VIRUS SUE INSURERS
A once-bustling bar and grill tucked below a Michigan Avenue overpass famously inspired a “Saturday Night Live” skit starring John Belushi and Bill Murray. But the money the Billy Goat Tavern is losing during the coronavirus outbreak is no joke.
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April 25, 2020
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VENTILATOR FROM OLD CAR PARTS? AFGHAN GIRLS PURSUE PROTOTYPE
On most mornings, Somaya Farooqi and four other teenage girls pile into her dad’s car and head to a mechanic’s workshop. They use back roads to skirt police checkpoints set up to enforce a lockdown in their city of Herat, one of Afghanistan’s hot spots of the coronavirus pandemic.
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April 25, 2020
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EU LEADERS WEIGH MASSIVE VIRUS ECONOMIC RECOVERY MEASURES
The new coronavirus is devastating lives, health care systems, and economies, and European Union leaders must work together, using every lever at their disposal, to rebuild and restore public faith in the EU project, the head of the bloc’s parliament warned.
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April 25, 2020
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AMID PANDEMIC, CHARITIES AND NONPROFITS FACE HUGE CHALLENGES
While celebrities and billionaires have announced huge gifts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, many charities and nonprofits are still struggling. Donations to some churches have plummeted, and many charities have had to cancel crucial fundraising events such as galas, bike races, and walkathons.
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April 25, 2020
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THINK THINGS ARE BAD FOR AIRLINES? IT'S ABOUT TO GET WORSE
The biggest and most profitable U.S. airline just posted its first quarterly loss in more than five years. Now things are going to get really bad.
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April 25, 2020
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TYSON FOODS IDLES LARGEST PORK PLANT AS VIRUS SLAMS INDUSTRY
Tyson Foods suspended operations at an Iowa plant that is critical to the nation’s pork supply but was blamed for fueling a massive coronavirus outbreak in the region.
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April 25, 2020
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Richest Countries Agree To Freeza Poorer Nations' Debt
The world’s richest countries agreed to freeze poor nations’ debt obligations, shortly after nearly 20 European and African leaders made a joint appeal for a massive international effort to boost Africa’s coronavirus response, saying that “only a global victory that fully includes Africa can bring this pandemic to an end.”
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April 18, 2020
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Broadcast Crews Struggling After Sports Go Dark
Greg Calvin believed his job as an audio technician could survive most economic downturns because people will keep watching sports while the networks that air the games still receive advertising revenue.
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April 18, 2020
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Can You Fix Ventilators? A Fuel Cell Engineer Figures It Out
It was late when engineer Joe Tavi’s boss called with an odd question: Could their company, which makes fuel cells, learn how to fix a ventilator?
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April 04, 2020
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TIRED OF ‘FROZEN?' STREAM THESE LESS OBVIOUS KIDS MOVIES
Weeks of quarantine with kids have a way of burning through a movie collection.
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April 18, 2020
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PENTAGON: $10B CLOUD CONTRACT THAT SNUBBED AMAZON WAS LEGAL
The Pentagon’s process for awarding a highly lucrative cloud computing contract to Microsoft instead of Amazon was in line with legal and government purchasing standards, a government watchdog agency said Wednesday.
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April 18, 2020
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WOULD YOU GIVE UP HEALTH OR LOCATION DATA TO RETURN TO WORK?
Cameron Karosis usually strives to protect his personal information. But a scary bout of COVID-19 that began last month with headaches and fevers, progressed to breathing problems and led to a hospital visit has now left him eager to disclose as much as possible to help halt the virus’ spread.
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April 18, 2020
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FACEBOOK TO WARN USERS WHO “LIKED” CORONAVIRUS HOAXES
Have you liked or commented on a Facebook post about the COVID-19 pandemic?
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April 18, 2020
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EVIDENCE OF VIRUS' EFFECT ON US ECONOMY GROWS MORE OMINOUS
Evidence of the coronavirus’ devastating impact on the U.S. economy has been steadily emerging, and the signs have grown ominous.
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April 18, 2020
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ISRAELI POLICE USE DRONES TO CHECK IN ON VIRUS PATIENTS
The drone glides up toward a high-rise until it reaches an apartment window where a woman waves from inside, proving to police that she is self-isolating after testing positive for the coronavirus.
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April 18, 2020
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MAJOR AIRLINES INE UP TO SPLIT $25 BILLION IN PAYROLL AID
The Treasury Department said this week that the nation’s major airlines have tentatively agreed to terms for $25 billion in federal aid to pay workers and keep them employed through September.
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April 18, 2020
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CHINA TRIES TO REVIVE ECONOMY BUT CONSUMER ENGINE SPUTTERS
China, where the coronavirus pandemic started in December, is cautiously trying to get back to business, but it’s not easy when many millions of workers are wary of spending much or even going out.
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April 18, 2020
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US Economy Unlikely to Recover as Rapidly as It Collapsed
President Donald Trump has been telling voters that the U.S. economy will leap back to life “like a rocket,” stronger than ever after its bout with the coronavirus.
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April 11, 2020
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Lockdowns Mean Millions of Women Can't Reach Birth Control
The callers were in tears. One by one, women in homes across rural Zimbabwe had a pleading question: When would family planning services return?
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April 11, 2020
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Pandemic Has Set The Number of Air Travelers Back Decades
The number of Americans getting on airplanes has sunk to a level not seen in more than 60 years as people shelter in their homes to avoid catching or spreading the new coronavirus.
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April 11, 2020
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VIRUS OUTBREAK DELIVERS TECH DARLINGS A HARSH REALITY CHECK
Just as the coronavirus outbreak has boxed in society, it’s also squeezed high-flying tech companies reliant on people’s freedom to move around and get together.
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April 11, 2020
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SXSW PARTNERS WITH AMAZON TO PUT ITS FILM FESTIVAL ONLINE
The popcorn will be bring your own and the barbecue won’t be as good, but the Austin, Texas, SXSW Film Festival is moving online after having its 27th edition canceled by the coronavirus pandemic.
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April 11, 2020
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OIL-PRODUCING NATIONS SEEK GLOBAL DEAL TO STABILIZE MARKET
Oil-producing countries including those of the OPEC cartel and Russia are trying to strike a global deal to pump less crude in a bid to limit a crash in prices that, while welcome for consumers, has been straining government budgets and pushed energy companies toward bankruptcy.
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April 11, 2020
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BLEACHING ON GREAT BARRIER REEF MORE WIDESPREAD THAN EVER
An aerial survey of the Great Barrier Reef shows coral bleaching is sweeping across the area off the east of Australia for the third time in five years.
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April 11, 2020
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Feed The Soul: In Chaotic Times, Gardening Becomes Therapy
Dig. Plant. Breathe.
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April 04, 2020
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A Guide to Surviving Financially as The Bills Come Due
The coronavirus has dealt a financial blow to millions of Americans and now April’s bills are coming due.
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April 04, 2020
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Q&A: How to Get Aid for a Small Business Hit by Virus Crisis
Millions of small business owners will be turning to the government, seeking help for an individual and nationwide cataclysm, the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
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