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  • Restaurants and bars in states where COVID-19 is spiking have run up against new rules to once again cut capacity or certain services.
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    Many bar and restaurant employees went back to work in June. New COVID-19 spikes and shutdowns might be sending them back home. Plus, potential furloughs for United Airlines. And, how Americans are spending pandemic unemployment insurance.

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  • Singaporean voters will head to polls on July 10.
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    The wealthy city-state of Singapore heads to the polls amid rising concerns about socioeconomic inequality. Australia ignites more fury from China, its biggest trading partner. As disease ravages global pork stocks, could fake meat be the answer?

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  • The decision of whether to keep schools and universities open during the pandemic has been mostly a local decision up to this point.
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    President Trump pushes for schools to reopen this fall. Looking forward to Thursday’s forthcoming jobless claims numbers, as we wait to see if people are getting back to work amid COVID-19 spikes. And, how summer camp closures are hitting parents.

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  • Investigators found rehab participants doing everything from picking cotton in Georgia to doing doing construction on high rises in the San Francisco Bay Area, all with no or little pay.
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    An investigation by Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting shows workers in rehab programs often don’t get paid. Plus, global joblessness is rising 10 times faster than during the Great Recession. And, how pay cuts have helped save jobs.

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  • A waiter serves drinks to diners in the Soho area of London.
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    The U.K.’s $2.5 billion “kick-start scheme” to create more jobs for young people after the pandemic. The latest on how the coronavirus is squeezing jobs in China. The CEO of Loon on providing internet to rural Kenya using balloons.

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  • The biggest share of the movers was young people ages 18 to 29.
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    How COVID-19 is changing where people live. Will we see a rebound in the demand for labor after declines in the spring? Job openings numbers for May are out today. And, how the U.K. has kept its unemployment rate down.

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  • Larger companies initially took advantage of the Paycheck Protection Program, which was intended to offer forgivable loans to smaller businesses.
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    The PPP data raises questions, again, about whether aid helped well-off businesses rather than those most in need. Extended federal unemployment benefits are coming to an end. And, why it matters that carbon dioxide is currently in short supply.

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  • TikTok said it couldn't run its services under the new law for Hong Kong.
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    TikTok has said it will withdraw from Hong Kong after China imposed a new security law on the city. Also, whether the U.K. furlough scheme for workers has saved millions of jobs or just delayed the inevitable.

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  • Food delivery is one area where business has been up during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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    Uber is buying food-delivery service Postmates. Plus, an early look at why market futures were up all morning. And, how does the cancellation of minor league baseball this year affect the towns where teams play?

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