Business Stories from April 3, 2020 (Change date)
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Stocks drop as coronavirus crunches the job market, economyApr 03, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market's first reaction to Friday's stunningly bad jobs report was to take it in stride. But Wall Street slid through the day as investors look...
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Hackers 'without conscience' demand ransom from health providersApr 03, 2020 6:00 am - When hackers broke into computers at Hammersmith Medicines Research, a London-based company that carries out clinical trials for new medicines, it was a nightmare scenar...
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Everybody seems to be using Zoom. But its security flaws could leave people at risk.Apr 03, 2020 6:00 am - When Georgetown University began advising faculty to use the video-call service Zoom to record their classes during the coronavirus lockdowns, professor James Millward c...
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Uber drivers and other gig economy workers were promised unemployment benefits. It may be a long wait.Apr 03, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - For millions of Americans who drive for Uber, deliver food with Postmates and rent houses on Airbnb, the $2 trillion coronavirus aid package extends an econ...
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Amazon vowed to crack down on coronavirus profiteering. Some sellers have figured out loopholes.Apr 03, 2020 6:00 am - Amazon took a hard line against pandemic profiteering last month, vowing to remove product listings that claim to prevent the coronavirus. But third-party merchants that...
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Americans adopting e-commerce faster than ever amid pandemicApr 03, 2020 6:00 am - The coronavirus pandemic is sparking enormous changes in e-commerce over a very short period of time, according to a study from Adobe Analytics. Average daily online sal...
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District 211 extends period of Schaumburg land saleApr 03, 2020 1:00 am - Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 board members Thursday unanimously approved a three-month extension to the consideration period leading up to their pending ...
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CMX CinéBistro in Wheeling receives permission to add games to dining areaApr 03, 2020 1:00 am - CMX CinéBistro Wheeling will have a couple of additional entertainment options whenever it is allowed to reopen. Wheeling village board members recently approved an amen...
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Roadrunner sells off Stagecoach Cartage businessApr 03, 2020 1:00 am - DOWNERS GROVE - Roadrunner Transportation Systems announced it has sold a Dry Van business unit, Stagecoach Cartage and Distribution to J.H. Rose Logistics, LLC of Santa...
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A bleak U.S. jobs report likely portends even deeper lossesApr 03, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - A grim snapshot of the U.S. job market's sudden collapse emerged Friday with a report that employers shed hundreds of thousands of jobs last month because o...