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Black women twice as likely as white men to suffer economically from COVID-19

by Kimberly Adams
Apr 30, 2020
That includes getting laid off, furloughed or having hours or pay reduced because of the pandemic.
Risk of job loss is already a reality for many black women.
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Robots use game theory to understand how we think

by David Brancaccio and Rose Conlon
Apr 30, 2020
Robots are doing their part in this pandemic — and they're using behavioral economics.
Robots are helping hospital staff manage the influx of COVID-19 patients. Pictured: An Indonesian technician listens to a robot known as Amy during a simulation on assisting medical teams.
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OSHA takes a limited role protecting workers in pandemic

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Apr 29, 2020
The agency hasn't set specific safety standards to hold employers to.
President Donald Trump has declared that meat processing businesses are "critical infrastructure."
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For some small businesses, paycheck protection loans aren't the answer

by Justin Ho
Apr 29, 2020
The loans, designed to help businesses hurt by COVID-19, come with requirements that some don't want to take on.
Some eateries decided they couldn't hire back all of their employees.
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Fed says not to worry about debt right now. But we have to, eventually.

by Andy Uhler
Apr 29, 2020
Politicians never want to tell voters about the need to balance the budget through tax hikes or spending cuts.
"This is not the time" to worry about debt, Jerome Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, said at the Federal Open Market Committee meeting on Wednesday in Washington, D.C.
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Will COVID-19 end open plan offices, useless meetings, and handshakes?

by Jana Kasperkevic
Apr 29, 2020
We ask experts to imagine American workplace after COVID-19.
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What does President Trump's order on meat processing plants mean for workers and food supply?

by David Brancaccio , Candace Manriquez Wrenn and Alex Schroeder
Apr 29, 2020
Maintaining social distance at these COVID-19 hot spots is not easy.
We're now buying almost all of our meat through supermarket chains.
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U.S. economy shrank at 4.8% rate in first quarter

by Associated Press
Apr 29, 2020
It's the sharpest fall since the deepest depths of the Great Recession.
GDP posted a quarterly drop for the first time in six years.
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How to rebuild a more resilient economy during COVID-19 recovery

by David Brancaccio and Rose Conlon
Apr 29, 2020
The U.S. can avoid economic pitfalls during its next crisis by shoring up infrastructure.
"We've done this before. We've built whole infrastructures to deal with fire risks in American cities that used to burn to the ground on a regular basis."
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Ford records $2 billion first-quarter loss from shutdown

by Jack Stewart
Apr 29, 2020
The auto manufacturer says its global operations hit the "off" switch, and anticipates higher losses in the second quarter.
A Ford worker at an F-150 truck plant in Michigan.
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