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Laid-Off Flight Attendants Find New Work Fighting COVID-19
It seems like such an obvious and powerful idea: airlines that laid off thousands of workers over the past few weeks are retraining some employees to… -
Mexican Economy May Contract By 4 To 8% In 2020
Mexico's Treasury predicts the country's economy will contract by as much as 3.9% in 2020 the face of the spreading COVID-19 pandemic, but private analysts are making even more dire predictions: the country's worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. -
Economist Jon Gruber On What The Federal Stimulus Package Does And Doesn't Do
Expanded unemployment insurance access and direct check to Americans is a "vital combination." -
Cambridge City Council Passes Measure To Hold Off On Eviction During Pandemic
Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui says the city is encouraging landlords to hold off on filing evictions in this difficult time. -
Urgent Question From Small Businesses: When Will Aid Arrive?
When will the money arrive? That's the urgent question for small business owners who have been devastated by the coronavirus outbreak. -
Conditions For Companies That Get Virus Aid: Room For abuse?
A $500 billion federal aid package for companies and governments hurt by the coronavirus includes rules aimed at ensuring that the taxpayer money is used in ways that would help sustain the economy. -
Rep. Joe Kennedy Drives To DC To Vote On Stimulus Package
The congressman said the call to D.C. was unexpected, and that now, many members may not have their votes on the Senate's stimulus package counted at all. -
Amazon Closes Kentucky Warehouse After Workers Test Positive
The closure of a Kentucky warehouse is the first confirmed prolonged shutdown of an Amazon facility. Workers in at least 10 others have tested positive for COVID-19, prompting shorter closures. -
How The Senate Economic Stimulus Package Could Benefit Americans
Economists Jonathan Gruber says the bill "landed in a very good place" overall. -
Unemployment Claims Expected To Shatter Records
Millions of Americans are expected to have filed for unemployment benefits for the first time last week — a number far above the levels seen during the depths of the Great Recession.