The number of first-time filers for unemployment benefits last week was slightly higher than expected as the sluggish recovery from the coronavirus epidemic in the labor market continues. The Labor Department reported Thursday that Sept. Initial job claims for the week ending on the 19th came in at 870,000. Economists …
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The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Shi Sunak, left 10 Downing Street after attending a Cabinet meeting on February 14, 2020. Barcraft Media UK Finance Minister Shi Sunak has announced a new emergency package of measures to control unemployment, ending next month, replacing the country’s furlough plan. The Jobs Support Scheme …
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Monsef Sloy, former head of the GlaxoSmithKline vaccine department, heard US President Donald Trump comment on coronavirus vaccine development on May 15, 2020 at the White House Rose Garden in Washington, DC. The Trump administration is announcing plans for an all-out effort to produce and distribute the coronavirus vaccine by …
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Health workers treating patients with coronavirus can be at the top of the line to get vaccinated once they are approved. But that is not a clear step. The National Vaccine Advisory Committee met on Wednesday for a two-day public meeting on the Covid-19 epidemic, vaccine development and distribution plan …
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Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon as well as space company Blue Origin, talks about the future of commercial space travel. Brent Lewis | Denver Post | Getty Images Blue Origin, founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, is considering hiring an “orbital habitat formulation lead,” according to a post in the Jobs …
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