26 million Americans, including 1.3 million Texans, seek jobless aid since virus hit
AUSTIN, Texas — The number of Texans filing for unemployment went up by 280,406 last week as both the oil market collapse and coronavirus…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — The number of Texans filing for unemployment went up by 280,406 last week as both the oil market collapse and coronavirus…
Continue ReadingFor the fifth week in a row, millions of American workers applied for unemployment benefits, seeking financial relief as businesses remained closed…
Continue ReadingFor the fifth week in a row, millions of American workers applied for unemployment benefits, seeking financial relief as businesses remained closed…
Continue ReadingThe US House of Representatives will vote to send an additional $310 billion to the Small Business Administration’s emergency lending program,…
Continue ReadingThe US House of Representatives will vote to send an additional $310 billion to the Small Business Administration’s emergency lending program,…
Continue ReadingSweetgreen is returning a $10 million loan it received from the US government to help it weather the coronavirus pandemic’. The trendy salad…
Continue ReadingSweetgreen is returning a $10 million loan it received from the US government to help it weather the coronavirus pandemic’. The trendy salad…
Continue ReadingA handful of states and cities have mandated that shoppers wear coverings in grocery stores and other public places as they try to contain the spread…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Texas will reopen “massive” amounts of businesses soon, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday evening, teasing an imminent…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — El Paso city employees are concerned the coronavirus pandemic could cost them their jobs as the city could soon be facing as much…
Continue ReadingTyson Foods is closing its largest pork plant as a growing number of workers become ill from coronavirus infections. The plant, located in Waterloo,…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK, NY — Stock rose on Wednesday, and the S&P 500 recovered a chunk of this week’s sharp losses as a bit of oxygen pumped through…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — The only El Pasoan picked to be on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s strike force tells ABC-7 that more testing is what it will take to…
Continue ReadingFor nearly three years, Bashir Mohamed worked night shifts at an Amazon warehouse in Shakopee, Minnesota. As a “stower” at the facility,…
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Continue ReadingWorking from home has been a big adjustment for millions of workers as we try to stop the spread of coronavirus. But for some company employees,…
Continue ReadingWorking from home has been a big adjustment for millions of workers as we try to stop the spread of coronavirus. But for some company employees,…
Continue ReadingThe federal money for Main Street was supposed to come fast. But most small business owners still haven’t received any aid from the federal…
Continue ReadingFor Marcela Sapone, the decision to expand her company into food and essential deliveries during the coronavirus pandemic didn’t come without…
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Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — Unemployment rates are surging nationwide. Many businesses have closed while the country works to fight against the spread of…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — A local real estate developer has made an offer to purchase El Paso’s signature, but financially-troubled public golf course that…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — A $483 billion coronavirus aid package flew through the U.S. Senate on Tuesday after Congress and the White House reached a deal to…
Continue ReadingJust over half of lower-income adults say they or someone in their household has lost their job or taken a pay cut because of the coronavirus…
Continue ReadingWant to know just how serious a blow the coronavirus pandemic has dealt to markets and the economy? Look at the price of oil. On Monday, US oil to be…
Continue ReadingWant to know just how serious a blow the coronavirus pandemic has dealt to markets and the economy? Look at the price of oil. On Monday, US oil to be…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK, NY — Oil prices crumpled even further Tuesday, and U.S. stocks sank to their worst loss in weeks as worries swept markets worldwide about…
Continue ReadingCongress has reached a deal on a fourth coronavirus relief package, this one aimed at sending additional help to small businesses and hospitals…
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES, California — Chipotle Mexican Grill agreed Tuesday to pay a record $25 million fine to resolve criminal charges that it served tainted…
Continue ReadingThe novel coronavirus, like all other viruses, has a specific biology based on its genetic material. It expresses particular proteins that have a…
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