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Handshake, the LinkedIn for college students, is offering a virtual platform that helps students find and land jobs as the workforce shifts to one that is primarily remote. 

Dick's Sporting Goods announced Thursday that it will extend its 15 percent employee coronavirus pay raise through the end of 2020 and close all store locations on Thanksgiving Day.

The California-based company, which operates over 200 restaurants in eight countries, said it will close unprofitable locations, saying the coronavirus pandemic has had an "unprecedented impact."

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits remained historically high last week, the Labor Department said Wednesday.

Oyster farmers see sales sink during the pandemic with restaurants operating at limited capacity.

GDP, jobless claims and tech earnings are on tap

The drop in GDP is expected to be the biggest drop ever recorded

Here are the salaries of some of the administration's most recognizable staffers.

Unemployment benefits have run dry for ride-share drivers and demand for rides still remains low. The coronavirus continues to test the waters for gig workers who struggle to remain afloat.

A federal bankruptcy judge on Tuesday limited the amount of political contributions OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma can make to candidates running for state attorney general or governor, particularly as these same offices are working to settle massive lawsuits against the company for their part in the national opioid addiction crisis. 

Nearly half of Americans whose families experienced a layoff during the coronavirus pandemic think the job loss will be permanent.

The mean amount of preretirement income that workers think they'll need to replace is 67 percent, according to a study.

Sycamore sees JCPenney helping to revive the North Carolina-based Belk, a struggling department store chain with 300 stores located mostly in the South, a source said.

The American Federation of Teachers wants schools to open only in communities with below 1 percent transmission rates, with accommodations for at-risk teachers.

Workers at risk of being furloughed include pilots and flight attendants