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Monthly Archives: May 2020

Unemployment soars to 14.7%, job losses reach 20.5 million in April as coronavirus pandemic spreads

[USA TODAY] The U.S. economy lost 20.5 million jobs in April and the unemployment rate soared to 14.7% — both record highs — laying bare the starkest picture yet of the crippling gut-punch delivered by the coronavirus pandemic. In just a month, the historically dismal performance abruptly wiped away nearly all the nation’s […]

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How to buy face masks, according to medical experts

[NBC NEWS, GETTY IMAGES] Shopping for face masks? We consulted medical experts on how to shop for face masks and rounded up those adhering to the CDC’s guidelines. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised Americans last month to wear face masks while in public to minimize the spread of COVID-19 — guidance which seems […]

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Catastrophic Disruption or Healthy Rebalancing? How the Halving Will Impact Miners

BY SAMUEL HAIG (Cointelegraph) With the Bitcoin halving set to transpire in just a few days, analysts are predicting significant disruptions to mining operations. With Bitcoin (BTC) block rewards expected to halve during the early hours of May 12, many analysts are starting to weigh in on what the event […]

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Paul Tudor Jones Buys Bitcoin as a Hedge Against Inflation

[Bloomberg] Becomes one of first big-name investors to embrace crypto. Private Company Macro investor Paul Tudor Jones is buying Bitcoin as a hedge against the inflation he sees coming from central bank money-printing, telling clients it reminds him of the role gold played in the 1970s. “The best profit-maximizing strategy […]

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