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Jobs aren’t coming back for everyone

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A waiter serves a customer outdoors at a Maryland restaurant in June. Service-industry jobs saw the biggest comeback in the July jobs report. Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images

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COVID & Unemployment

How's the jobs recovery? Depends on the sector of the economy.

by Mitchell Hartman Aug 7, 2020
Service-sector jobs are coming back, but professionals who've been working from home are facing layoffs.

The Weekly Wrap: Jobs and TikTok

Marketplace host Molly Wood talks with Heather Long at The Washington Post and Jeanna Smialek at The New York Times about what the July jobs report means, President Trump’s relationship with China and the reinstated aluminum tariffs.

TikTok

How TikTok and WeChat escalated the U.S.-China trade war

by Molly Wood and Jennifer Pak Aug 7, 2020
President Trump's executive order restricts Chinese tech platforms. Correspondent Jennifer Pak discusses the future of competition in developing markets.
COVID-19

Caution: Kodak's comeback may not be picture-perfect

by Jasmine Garsd Aug 7, 2020
The Trump administration has given Kodak hundreds of millions of dollars to produce chemicals for COVID-19 treatments. But the venerable photography company will have to compete with a global supply chain.
COVID-19

Sturgis biker rally starts despite COVID-19 concerns

by Andy Uhler Aug 7, 2020
The South Dakota rally, now in its 80th year, has been scaled back, with no parades or contests. But about 250,000 are expected to gather.

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