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4/3/20
US sheds 701,000 jobs, ending a record-long hiring streak
WASHINGTON (AP) - A record-long streak of U.S. job growth ended suddenly in March after nearly a decade as employers cut 701,000 jobs because of the viral outbreak that's all but shut down the...
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4/6/20
Dow Jones Futures Jump As Virus Cases Slow; Why This Stock Market Rally Is More Dangerous Than The Coronavirus Market Crash
Futures rose Sunday. The choppy market rally is riskier for active investors than the coroanavirus stock market crash. AMD, Nvidia, Amazon and Microsoft are stocks to watch.
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4/10/20
Worldwide deaths from the coronavirus hit 100,000
NEW YORK (AP) - The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus hit 100,000 as Christians around the globe marked a Good Friday unlike any other - in front of computer screens instead of in church...
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4/15/20
US retail sales plunge by record 8.7% in March amid shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. retail sales plummeted 8.7% in March, a record drop as the viral outbreak closed down thousands of stores and shoppers stayed home. Sales fell sharply across many...
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Apr-29
but futures are up nicely ...
US economy shrank at 4.8% rate last quarter as virus struck
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. economy shrank at a 4.8% annual rate last quarter as the coronavirus pandemic shut down much of the country and began triggering a recession that will end the longest...
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Apr-29
One Wall Street veteran's explanation of weird investor behavior: gambling
There's an interesting correlation in the closure of gambling facilities in the U.S. to the rise of what appears to be more people actively trading very volatile companies. DataTrek research wonders if people who can't gamble are turning to the market.
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May-8
Jobless rate spikes to 14.7%, highest since Great Depression
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. unemployment rate hit 14.7% in April, the highest rate since the Great Depression, as 20.5 million jobs vanished in the worst monthly loss on record. The figures are...
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May-14
36 million have sought US unemployment aid since virus hit
WASHINGTON (AP) - Nearly 3 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week as the viral outbreak led more companies to slash jobs even though most states have begun to...
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May-15
US retail sales plunged a record 16% in April as virus hit
BALTIMORE (AP) - U.S. retail sales tumbled by a record 16.4% from March to April as business shutdowns caused by the coronavirus kept shoppers away, threatened stores across the country and...
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