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American Airlines CEO quells U.S. bankruptcy talk, says demand improving

American Airlines Group Inc's is not considering a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, Chief Executive Doug Parker said at a conference on Wednesday, and shot down speculation that a major U.S. carrier could disappear due to the coronavirus pandemic.



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New college graduates might not have to pay their student loans for three years

The coronavirus pandemic has excerbated the growing sense that there's something broken with how the U.S. finances higher education. Plans to deliver relief to borrowers are taking off.

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FedEx set to take stake in German deliver firm Hermes: report

U.S. logistics company FedEx Corp is close to taking a stake in German parcel delivery firm Hermes, the Handelsblatt newspaper reported on Wednesday.



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Nissan to begin restart of U.S. auto plants on June 1

Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co said Wednesday it plans to begin restarting its shuttered U.S. manufacturing operations beginning June 1.



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Ackman says hedge fund up 27% year to date, dumped Berkshire

William Ackman's hedge fund is boasting double-digit gains at a time many portfolios have sunk along with the economy during the coronavirus pandemic, after the billionaire investor plowed cash into a number of companies he already owned and dumped Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway among other stocks.



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An alternative to high interest debt: KOHO pilots new feature that allows Canadians early access to their CERB benefits

Koho Release | Brittany Bell | May 27, 2020 TORONTO, May 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- KOHO, Canada’s leading challenger bank, today announced it is piloting a new Early Payroll feature that will help those under financial strain pay their bills and make ends meet. KOHO’s Early Payroll pilot will grant users free access to

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Wall Street gains with economic hopes; bank stocks jump

U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 closing above 3,000 for the first time since March 5, as the further easing of lockdowns lifted optimism for an economic recovery.



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Boeing cutting more than 12,000 U.S. jobs, thousands more planned

Boeing Co said Wednesday it was eliminating more than 12,000 U.S. jobs, including involuntary layoffs of 6,770 U.S. workers as the largest American planemaker restructures in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.



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Got a PPP loan but workers rejected your rehire offer? You might have to report them to unemployment

The federal government rolled out further forgiveness guidance on Paycheck Protection Program loans to small businesses last week, and it addresses a burning question entrepreneurs have had: Will I have my PPP forgiveness reduced if a worker I laid off rejects an offer of rehire? The answer is no — but the employer will have to document the offer and the rejection, and then report the employee to the state unemployment office.

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BlackRock votes to split CEO, chairman roles at Exxon Mobil

Top fund manager BlackRock Inc on Wednesday said it cast an advisory vote in favor of an independent chairman at Exxon Mobil Corp and cast votes against the reelection of two directors over the company's approach to climate risks.



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U.S. businesses hammered by pandemic but see some green shoots, Fed says

U.S. businesses continued to be slammed by the effects of the novel coronavirus epidemic into the middle of May, a Federal Reserve report showed on Wednesday, and few expected a swift recovery despite some signs of hope.



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Dollar treads water against euro; yuan sinks on U.S.-China tensions

The dollar steadied against the euro on Wednesday even as the common currency remained supported by news of a proposal for an economic recovery package to help the euro zone region recover from the coronavirus pandemic.



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U.S. states sue Trump administration over fuel efficiency rollback

A group of 23 U.S. states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit on Wednesday challenging a Trump administration decision to weaken Obama-era fuel efficiency standards.



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Edtech’s biggest threat? Kids

Sifted | Tim Smith | May 26, 2020 As coronavirus has forced classrooms around the world to move online, kids are getting creative in trying to sabotage lessons Georgina Farnham, a Barcelona-based English literature and language teacher, was just getting used to the transition to online teaching when, one day, she thought the internet trolls

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Luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers scraps 2020 forecast on COVID-19 woes

U.S. luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers Inc on Wednesday withdrew its full-year forecast and warned it would not provide such guidance for the foreseeable future due to uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.



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