In the four counties covered by the Southern California News Group, the combined unemployment rate fell to 3.9 percent vs. 4.2 percent in February, the lowest in current database from the state’s Employment Development Department that dates to 1990. (File photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Money

California jobless rate falls with help of temporary jobs

Karen Antunez, left, Nikita Bhagat, and Lisa Ferkinghoff are among the many women joining the construction industry. All three are working on the Collin College Technical Campus construction site in Allen. | Photo: Jason Janik
Construction

Inspiring More Women to Join the Building Trades

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster removes his mask while speaking during a COVID-19 briefing on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in West Columbia, S.C. As of Monday, McMaster says all businesses will be allowed to be open, as long as they adhere to social distancing and capacity limits. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
Money

South Carolina approves 2nd round of federal COVID-19 aid

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Real Estate

Palm Springs Homeowners Can Now Get a Cash Offer from RedfinNow

FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2020, file photo, a help wanted sign hangs on the door of a Target store in Uniontown, Pa. Hundreds of thousands of Americans likely applied for unemployment benefits last week, a high level of job insecurity that reflects economic damage from the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
United States

COVID-19 danger continues to drive joblessness in US

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Construction

Construction Starts Post Solid Gain in August

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Money

US budget deficit hits record $3 trillion through 11 months

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, joined by state Sen. Anna Caballero, left, signs bills at a press conference at Solomon's Delicatessen in Sacramento, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. (Daniel Kim/The Sacramento Bee via AP, Pool)
Entrepreneurs

Now hiring: California offers credits to small businesses

FILE - In this July 21, 2020, file photo, a homeowner tours his new home, in Washingtonville, N.Y. U.S. average rates on long-term mortgages fell this week amid signs that the halting economic recovery slowed over the summer. The key 30-year mortgage again marked an all-time low. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reports that the average rate on the 30-year home loan declined to 2.86% from 2.93% last week. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Real Estate

US long-term mortgage rates fall; 30-year at 2.86%

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2020 file photo, buildings line Wall Street, in New York. Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street Thursday, Sept. 10 as the market claws back some more of the ground it lost in a three-day slump that snapped a day earlier. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Markets

US stocks turn lower again as a wild trading week continues

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 17, 2020 file photo, a lone shopping cart sits in an empty parking lot near a shopping mall closed due to coronavirus concerns in Pottsville, Pa. The temporary $300-a-week unemployment insurance boost implemented by President Donald Trump is about to end, with no extension in sight. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020 in an email to The Associated Press that it has distributed $30 billion of the $44 billion it had set aside for the benefit. (Jacqueline Dormer/Republican-Herald via AP)
Money

Money for $300 unemployment boost to run out after 6 weeks

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