Record 6.6M Americans file for unemployment amid coronavirus crisis

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glegorly/iStock(NEW YORK) — A record-smashing 6,648,000 people filed for unemployment in the week ending March 28 amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday.

Thousands of businesses have been forced to close amid government-mandated stay-in-place orders.

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Home prices are soaring. Is this another bubble?

Thomas Northcut/Getty Images/STOCK (NEW YORK) — Roughly 15 years after a housing bubble triggered the worst U.S. financial disaster since the Great Depression, some observers are voicing concern that the industry has fallen into another bubble. Home

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TikTok sues to block potential ban. Can it win?

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TikTok to automatically label AI-generated content

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