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A grim test case on how progressive paid-leave and child-care policies fail to address the gap in men and women’s wages

The U.S. is the only highly-developed country without a federal paid parental leave law. This is especially critical as millions of American women face a coronavirus-induced recession that’s hit them especially hard, advocates for paid leave say. Shutdown orders and consumer anxiety have cut into the services sector, which also …

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Futures Movers: Oil prices fail to find support as weekly U.S. crude supplies and stocks at the Cushing storage hub decline

Oil prices failed to find support on Wednesday, even after U.S. government data showed an unexpected weekly decline in domestic crude supplies, along with a fall in stocks at the Cushing, Okla. storage hub. “Any further upside [for prices] will be rather tepid from here,” said Tariq Zahir, managing member …

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