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4/3/20
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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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.
Read more from finance.yahoo.com4/10/20
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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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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but futures are up nicely ...
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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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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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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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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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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