Business Stories from April 3, 2020 (Change date)
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A bleak US jobs report likely portends even deeper lossesApr 03, 2020 4:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - 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 beca...
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Uber drivers and other gig economy workers were promised unemployment benefits. It may be a long wait.Apr 06, 2020 7:07 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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Everybody seems to be using Zoom. But its security flaws could leave people at risk.Apr 06, 2020 1:58 pm - 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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Hackers 'without conscience' demand ransom from health providersApr 03, 2020 1:40 pm - 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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Americans adopting e-commerce faster than ever amid pandemicApr 06, 2020 1:58 pm - 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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Amazon vowed to crack down on coronavirus profiteering. Some sellers have figured out loopholes.Apr 06, 2020 7:07 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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More than 14K Illinois jobs lost in March due to virusApr 07, 2020 8:09 am - Note: This story has been updated to remove mention of layoffs by Fabrik Molded Plastics at its McHenry plant, as they have been removed from the state report. And i...
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Governor to take ventilators for New York City as hospitals buckleApr 04, 2020 8:25 am - NEW YORK - With coronavirus deaths surging in New York, the governor announced Friday he will use his authority to seize ventilators and protective gear from private hos...
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U.S. stocks deepen sell-off after jobs reportApr 06, 2020 7:07 am - U.S. stocks extended declines and the dollar gained after a plunge in hiring last month hinted at the extent of the pandemic's toll on the world's largest economy. Oil r...
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District 211 extends period of Schaumburg land saleApr 07, 2020 8:09 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 ...