Articles filed under Economy
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Business recovery will require resilience, relationshipsJan 22, 2021 12:00 am - A banker, an accountant and a lawyer all meet on Zoom. No, this isn't the start of a joke. It's what really happened at the 2021 Business Outlook Webinar sponsored by th...
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Holiday season exposes widening disparity among American familiesDec 20, 2020 5:25 am - Vastia Sylvester told her teenage daughter weeks ago: no Christmas gifts this year. The single mother usually goes all out. In 2019, she spent more than $1,000 on an iPh...
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Daily Herald Business Ledger webinar: Panelists optimistic, but there's much to do in 2021Dec 08, 2020 12:00 am - There's reason for optimism about the Illinois economy in 2021, but there's also a lot of work to do. That was the consensus of a Daily Herald Business Ledger panel webi...
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Rights for gig workers are a political issue now, but many of them can't voteDec 05, 2020 5:19 am - This November, gig economy companies won a resounding victory on the California ballot. Voters overwhelmingly agreed to allow them to keep their workers as contractors, ...
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US hiring slows sharply to 245,000 jobs as virus intensifiesDec 04, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - America's employers sharply scaled back their hiring last month as the viral pandemic accelerated across the country, adding 245,000 jobs, the fewest s...
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Liz Weston: When life blows up your well-laid plansNov 15, 2020 5:12 am - Job loss, business failure, involuntary retirement, divorce, disability or the death of a breadwinner - these are just some of the ways our finances can force us to come...
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Pandemic firings lead to wave of bias claims from parentsNov 14, 2020 5:25 am - Parents who've lost their jobs during the pandemic are driving a surge of litigation, alleging their employers discriminated against them for taking care of their kids w...
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Growth should continue in 2021, strategist saysNov 12, 2020 6:00 pm - The economy should continue to improve in 2021 and the stock market will reflect that, a local financial adviser said Thursday. John Chapman, CEO and chief investment st...
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709,000 seek US jobless aid as pandemic escalatesNov 12, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits fell last week to 709,000, a still-high level but the lowest figure since March and a sign that...
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Bidenomics: More stimulus, tougher regulation, and gridlockNov 11, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Joe Biden will inherit a vulnerable economic recovery under threat from a resurgent virus, likely with a divided Congress that will hin...