Articles filed under Economy
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6 do's and don'ts when saving money during a crisisJul 12, 2020 6:12 am - Probably the last thing you want to think about during a crisis is working on healthy financial habits like saving money. But if you're able to save, you can make your e...
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Back at work, but facing a 25 percent pay cutJul 11, 2020 6:15 am - With everyone scrambling to stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic, businesses and employees are operating under less-than-ideal conditions. (The same can also appl...
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As businesses reopen, many Americans plan to spend lessJul 11, 2020 6:12 am - The novel coronavirus - which has infected almost three million people and killed more than 130,000 in the U.S. alone - has roiled the economy and brought many aspects o...
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Pay cuts for millions of U.S. workers worsen the pain of pandemicJul 05, 2020 6:24 am - Denise Iezzi, an accounting assistant, has had every Friday off since the pandemic escalated in March. This isn't by choice. Her employer cut her hours and pay. It's an ...
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Millennial Money: 4 expert tips on getting hired from homeJul 05, 2020 6:18 am - Job hunting has always been a little stressful. OK, a lot stressful. A global pandemic certainly hasn't remedied that. Rather, it's changing the landscape. For one, it's...
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Where the Class of 2020 is finding job opportunitiesJul 05, 2020 6:12 am - Some 2020 graduates are finding jobs, even in this economy. Luck plays a role, sure, but so does a willingness to compromise. Halle Steinberg said she wasn't surprised w...
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How new grads can handle 3 essential post-college questionsJul 05, 2020 6:10 am - Life after graduation is always an unknown. But the coronavirus pandemic has added even more uncertainty for the nearly 4 million students expected to receive college de...
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Liz Weston: Some taxpayers face a desperate wait for refundsJul 05, 2020 1:00 am - As a 58-year-old woman on disability, Robin Short of Wallingford, Connecticut, relies on her tax refund to catch up on bills. She filed her return electronically in Febr...
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Consumers are closing their wallets again as coronavirus infections soarJul 04, 2020 6:19 am - Governors of states seeing coronavirus infections surge are piling restrictions back onto their citizens. But a raft of new data show its everyday Americans who have bee...
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Ex-cons confront labor market that's likely to leave them behindJun 28, 2020 6:25 am - Eric Hughie felt lucky to land a job making eyeglasses in January. Then his job vanished, along with 40 million others, as the coronavirus tore through America. But Hugh...