FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2020, file photo, store closing signs are shown on a Stein Mart store in Salt Lake City. The government issues the jobs report Friday, Sept. 4, for August at a time of continuing layoffs and high unemployment. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
United States

US unemployment rate falls to 8.4% even as hiring slows

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Construction

US construction spending edges up tiny 0.1% in July

A foreclosure sign stands outside a home in Winchester, Virginia, U.S., on May 28, 2009. Photographer: Jay Mallin/Bloomberg News
Real Estate

More Homes In U.S. Fall Into Vacant Zombie Foreclosure Realm In Third Quarter Of 2020

Pile of United States dollar USD banknotes. | Photo: Eugene Sergeev
Money

U.S. economy plunged an annualized 31.7% in second quarter

FILE - In this April 30, 2020 file photo, a man writes information in front of Illinois Department of Employment Security in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
United States

Paradox of a pandemic: Many in US shoring up finances amid downturn

A handful of Lenovo Chromebook laptops sit in shipping boxes in an empty warehouse used for distribution by Denver Public Schools, Friday, Aug. 21, 2020, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Education

US faces back-school laptop shortage

A logo sign outside of a facility occupied by S&P Global, Inc., in Centennial, Colorado, on July 22, 2018. (Photo by Kristoffer Tripplaar/Sipa USA)
Markets

Highly disrupted corporate and financial information flow begins recovery from COVID-19

Rica Sunga-Kwan, owner of Churn Urban Creamery, wears a mask while interviewed at the shop in San Francisco, Thursday, April 23, 2020. Churn, which had closed days before San Francisco's shelter in place orders for coronavirus concerns, reopened on April 1, for online orders and curbside pickup, and created an online store to sell supplies such as flour, sugar, toilet paper and other items they had for their ice cream business to customers. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Entrepreneurs

NJ: Survey Finds Business Owners Eager to Reopen, but Concerned about Consumer Confidence

Being open for business means being open to your customers' needs. | Photo: Getty Images
Chambers

“We need to show solidarity with small businesses, without greed or electoral calculations”

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Real Estate

‘Too early to write the epitaph’ for office real estate, UBS analyst says

Governor Phil Murphy holds a coronavirus briefing in Trenton on March 17, 2020 (Edwin J. Torres for Governor’s Office).
United States

Governor Murphy Signs Executive Order to Cease All Non-Essential Construction Projects

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