Articles filed under Bloomberg
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Illinois becomes first to tap Fed loansJun 03, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois, which has faced escalating penalties in the bond market as the coronavirus batters its finances, is poised to become the first state to borrow from the Federal...
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Americans desperate to travel are buying up 'COVID campers'May 31, 2020 6:18 am - Floor traffic at Mike Regan's two RV dealerships outside Austin, Texas, is up 30% compared with last May. And the reason is fear. Cooped-up Americans desperate to get ou...
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Facebook ran multi-year charm offensive to woo state prosecutorsMay 30, 2020 6:16 am - Sheryl Sandberg's schedule was packed as the Facebook chief operating officer arrived in Portland, Oregon, for a summer forum of state prosecutors who were meeting to ta...
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Salaries get chopped for many Americans who manage to keep jobsMay 30, 2020 6:08 am - Companies across the U.S. are cutting salaries as they fight to survive the coronavirus, upending a key assumption in modern economics and raising another hurdle to rapi...
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Commentary: The robots-are-taking-our-jobs threat gets realMay 30, 2020 6:00 am - If there was ever a good time for the robots-taking-over-jobs argument, this may be it. Not just because factory owners don't want to pay for rising labor costs, but bec...
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Analysis: The coronavirus doesn't have to be the end of your careerMay 24, 2020 6:00 am - For the hotel chef who can't afford his nine prescriptions, losing a job could be a matter of life and death. Even among the employed, fear of what's around the corner i...
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Analysis: Goldman sounds the death knell for high-yield savings accountsMay 24, 2020 6:00 am - Goodbye, high-yield savings accounts. We hardly knew you. For years, the oxymoronic products were a resounding success for both consumers and financial institutions alik...
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Reopening U.S. economy will mean creating all kinds of new jobsMay 24, 2020 6:00 am - Thermal scanners in Utah and Maryland. Contact tracers in San Francisco. Decontamination technicians in Miami. Meet the people needed to keep the post-COVID-19 economy r...
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Opinion: Google and Twitter are right. Workers should stay home.May 23, 2020 6:12 am - The more I read and hear about what offices will be like as they reopen, the more dystopian it sounds: empty desks, no meetings, everyone keeping their distance from one...
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Microsoft unveils cloud tools tailored for health-care systemsMay 23, 2020 6:00 am - Microsoft unveiled a package of cloud software designed for health care systems, starting with a free trial to help the industry weather a viral pandemic that is both in...