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Outside the Box: To save thousands of lives, Congress must extend unemployment benefits and paid leave

Predictions for the coming months are dire. In much of the country, the rate of COVID-19 infections is higher than it was last spring. Vaccines are already being administered in the U.K. and should soon begin to be administered in the U.S., but the pandemic is not over yet. Epidemiologists predict that by spring 2021, when it is likely a vaccine may become more widely available, another 200,000 …

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Dark day for workers as thousands lose jobs including 15,000 at Boeing rival Airbus.

Boeing BA, -1.62% rival Airbus AIR, -0.01% announced on Tuesday it would cut 15,000 jobs globally while travel location food specialist SSP SSPG, +2.14% said it would cut up to 5,000 staff as coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on the travel industry. Retailer Harrods and a host of other stores …

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