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Google to Slow Hiring for Rest of 2020, CEO Tells Staff

Google parent Alphabet Inc. is slowing hiring for the remainder of the year, the most drastic action by the web search giant since the Covid-19 pandemic began battering its advertising business.

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U.S. weekly jobless claims seen underscoring deepening economic slump

Millions more Americans likely sought unemployment benefits last week, lifting total filings for claims over the past month above an astounding 20 million due to deepening economic slump caused by coronavirus outbreak.

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Trump halts US funding for World Health Organization as it conducts coronavirus review

The U.S. will suspend funding to the World Health Organization while it reviews the agency’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, President Donald Trump announced.