Articles filed under Economy
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Pay cuts become permanent for many Americans during pandemicSep 27, 2020 6:00 am - Pay cuts introduced by U.S. employers in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic - meant to stave off layoffs and retain key employees - have proved less temporary th...
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Analysis: New grads should take (almost) any job that paysSep 20, 2020 6:00 am - Today's young adults are graduating into an uncertain job market, as the pandemic has shuttered entire industries, raised the U.S. unemployment rate to roughly 10% and l...
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Analysis: Comparing the Trump vs. Obama economiesSep 13, 2020 6:16 am - As the United States suffers the worst economic downturn in nearly a century, a key question remains: How quickly can the nation recover, and who has the better track re...
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COVID-19 recession financial planning for women of colorSep 13, 2020 6:15 am - I am facing a triple risk of financial failure in this pandemic: - I am a Black woman. - I am divorced and therefore a single parent. - I run my own small business. And ...
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GOP's slimmed-down virus bill scuttled by Senate DemocratsSep 10, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats scuttled a scaled-back GOP coronavirus rescue package on Thursday, saying the measure shortchanged too many pressing needs as the pand...
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US layoffs remain elevated as 884,000 seek jobless aidSep 10, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits was unchanged last week at 884,000, a sign that layoffs remain stuck at a historically high ...
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Should students gamble on an income share agreement?Sep 06, 2020 6:18 am - Students watching the COVID-19 pandemic play out have reason to be wary of taking on additional loans for college. With what could be a slow economic recovery, signing u...
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Wages are soaring in southeastern Wisconsin - a key region of this battleground stateAug 30, 2020 6:25 am - Perhaps no investment project in the U.S. has been more controversial in recent years than Foxconn's construction of a manufacturing complex in Wisconsin. Between the mu...
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Millennial Money: 6 Great Recession lessons that still applyAug 30, 2020 6:15 am - The Great Recession demolished jobs across the U.S., and it eventually came for mine, too. After graduating in 2009, I worked four months as an entry-level executive ass...
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Average CEO earnings soared to $21.3 million last year and could rise again in 2020Aug 23, 2020 6:22 am - Fueled by a surging stock market, CEO compensation climbed to its highest level in seven years last year and could be poised to rise again in 2020, despite the widesprea...