Virus that causes financial pain, even for people who are still working
ATLANTA (AP) – Returning her job should have been a relief for Leesa Huddleston. A kitchen worker at an Indiana casino, Huddleston returned in June after a three-month furlough caused by the coronavirus. She felt fortunate to no longer be among the roughly 30 million Americans who remain unemployed and …
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A view outside cinemas of cinemas 1, 2 and 3 during the coronavirus pandemic on May 18, 2020 in New York City. COVID-19 has spread to most countries around the world, claiming more than 320,000 lives with more than 4.8 million infections reported. (Photo by Noam Galai / Getty Images) …
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Sundar Pichai and Tim Cook Source: Reuters; Call President Donald Trump on Thursday issued an executive order ordering U.S. companies to stop doing business with popular Chinese apps TikTok, owned by ByteDance, and WeChat, owned by Tencent. This comes after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said earlier in the week …
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This story draws several threads together. Microsoft is willing to pay about $ 50 billion for an app that is primarily used to watch short, funny videos made by other users. The app currently has 100 million US users and analysts believe it could grow so fast that it will …
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