Nearly half of global workforce risk losing livelihoods in pandemic – ILO

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Nearly half of global workforce risk losing livelihoods in pandemic – ILO

… * COVID-19 threatens to decimate informal labour force. * Informal workers’ incomes already down 60%. * “Help them now,” pleads global labour body’s head. By Stephanie Nebehay. GENEVA, April 29 (Reuters) – Some 1.6 billion workers in the informal …
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Oil ETF overseer addresses the risks of investing in crude-based funds

ETFs have found themselves at the epicenter of the crude oil collapse. One exchange-traded fund in particular — the United States Oil Fund — has been under extensive pressure in the wake of last week’s collapse oil price futures. The unprecedented move …
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Husky Energy reports $1.7-billion first-quarter loss, cuts dividend

CALGARY — Husky Energy Inc. slashed its dividend as it reported a $1.7-billion loss in its first quarter due to impairment charges related to the plunge in crude oil prices as a result of the pandemic. The company says it will now pay a quarterly dividend of …
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The Fed slashed rates to zero and lent billions of dollars. Its next step is complicated

New York (CNN Business) The Federal Reserve slashed interest rates to zero and committed to a large-scale asset buying programs to help the economy through the coronavirus shock. Now the attention turns to the future, as economists and investors await …
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Have your PPP loan? Here's what this local accountant says you should do next.

With those needs in mind, Russell Goldberg, partner-in-charge of accounting firm WithumSmith+Brown PC's Orlando office, spoke with Orlando
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