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Chickens come home to roost for new baby chick owners
Jun 17, 2020
Hatcheries across the country saw a surge in orders when the lockdown began. The chickens came first, then the eggs.
As COVID-19 lockdown eases, Britain faces an unfamiliar threat: mass unemployment
Jun 17, 2020
Laid-off workers try to come to terms with a grueling new reality in what was once Europe’s most vibrant labor market.
Which jobs are coming back first? Which may never return?
by
Scott Tong
Jun 17, 2020
A snapshot of who's hiring now, plus a warning about employment predictions in an unknown COVID-19 recovery.
Powell to give Congress another economic assessment
Jun 17, 2020
By some measures, the economy is headed up. But that's coming from a deep trough, and the Fed chair is warning that there are risks ahead.
Work-sharing programs allow companies to keep furloughed workers
by
David Wagner
Jun 17, 2020
Not all states have the programs, in which workers' hours are cut and unemployment benefits are used to fill in wages.
How one food producer kept business going amid the pandemic
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Maria Hollenhorst
Jun 16, 2020
Grand Prairie Foods lost 80% of its hospitality and travel-related business in one day. To survive, it's focusing on packaged foods.
The Fed starts buying corporate bonds
Jun 16, 2020
The Federal Reserve is buying a broad cross-section of bonds to make sure firms have the money they need to weather the COVID-19 pandemic.
For public good, not for profit.
Retail sales were way up in May. But don't pop the Champagne just yet.
Jun 16, 2020
March and April's weak numbers were easy to beat. Upcoming changes, such as the end of unemployment bonus payments, may stall the upward trend.
China's big savers weather pandemic uncertainty
by
Jennifer Pak
Jun 16, 2020
The communist government is not handing out cash to struggling workers. Many have to depend on themselves.
Will surges in COVID-19 cases mean a return to lockdowns?
by
Jack Stewart
Jun 16, 2020
Coronavirus cases are rising in many parts of the country, at the same time movement restrictions are lifted.