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Unemployment benefits, emergency savings. Here's how to get by without a paycheck after a job loss
The many Americans who have been laid off recently have an unfortunate math to figure out: how to get by without a paycheck. Financial advisors share tips.
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Fake unemployment sites are trying to scam users out of their personal information
There has been an uptick in fraudulent third-party websites and scams surrounding unemployment benefits, according to Massachusetts officials. The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office and the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development are warning people who are looking for information on unemployment benefits or trying to access their online accounts to be careful. According to the AG’s office, claimants...
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China reports second-quarter GDP miss, another record high in youth unemployment
Analysts expect a faster pace than the first quarter, but it comes off a low base due to the lockdowns in Shanghai in April and May last year.
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Mass. tax relief plans in limbo after state misused $2.5B in federal funds
Top lawmakers are scrambling to figure out how much money, if any, the state might be on the hook for after auditors learned that the Baker administration erroneously spent $2.5 billion in federal funds on jobless benefits that should have been covered by state money during the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s too early to speculate whether the misuse of the $2.5…
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Unemployment Fell to 3.5% Under Biden. For How Much Longer?
President Joe Biden keeps seeing good economic news and bad public approval ratings.
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Out of Prison for Sex Trafficking, RI Man Started COVID Unemployment Scam
A man under federal supervision after being imprisoned for sex trafficking participated in a COVID unemployment scheme across the country, federal prosecutors in Rhode Island said Wednesday. Mackenzy Scott, a 26-year-old from Providence, pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to charges of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, stealing government money and identity theft, according to the U.S....