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[CNN] Businesses struggle to rehire workers as states reopen New York (CNN Business)US airline workers have been largely spared from the carnage that’s pushed the country’s unemployment to record highs since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. But those same workers -— roughly 750,000 pilots, flight attendants, baggage handlers,mechanics and others — […]
[Bloomberg] FOMC voter says virus impact may linger for year or two Real jobless rate in U.S. is already as high as 24%, he says Americans should brace for even more gut-wrenching news on unemployment amid the coronavirus pandemic, and Congress should consider providing more help, said Federal Reserve Bank […]
[AFP] The marble statues at Caesars Palace are fenced off, the Venetian hotel’s gondolas sit empty, and the New York-New York casino rollercoaster has ground to a halt. Even the Bellagio’s famous dancing fountains are “completely shut” due to the coronavirus pandemic, says a surly security guard, before shooing an […]
[CNN Business] Hundreds of people lined up outside of Vegas casino for food New York (CNN Business)The US job market has completely cratered within mere weeks. And it isn’t coming back anytime soon.The pandemic forced local and federal officials to shut down the American economy, delivering an instant shock to the […]
[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 […]
[USA TODAY] When will travelers be able to slide $20 bills into a slot machine, feast at a celebrity restaurant or see a show in Las Vegas again? MGM Resorts, operator of a dozen properties in the gambling and entertainment capital, can’t answer that question because the decision rests in the […]
[MarketWatch, Getty Images] To conserve cash, some employers are suspending contributions to their workers’ 401(k) accounts. And if this downturn plays out like previous recessions, more will follow. The handful of employers announcing suspensions in recent weeks include travel companies and retailers hit first and hardest by shrinking consumer demand, […]
[ESPN] Iconic bat maker Louisville Slugger has temporarily closed its factory and furloughed the majority of its workforce because of coronavirus shutdowns. “We’re not doing any advertising. We’ve cut all our expenses we can. We’re just hoping we get back to normal before we run out of cash,” CEO John Hillerich […]
[MONEY, GETTY IMAGES] Is the check in the mail? For many people receiving paper stimulus checks, the answer is: no, not yet. While tens of millions of taxpayers have already received $1,200 coronavirus stimulus payments, as part of the $2 trillion CARES Act, most of this coronavirus relief money so far has […]
[POLITICO] Congress is poised to add $300 billion to the loan program, but banks are handing out $50 billion per day. Lawmakers are nearing a deal to restart an emergency small-business loan program that exhausted its funding last week — but it may buy only a few days before the […]