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Trump orders extended jobless benefits, payroll tax deferral

Bloomberg President Donald Trump announced four executive actions on Saturday, including continued expanded unemployment benefits and a temporary payroll tax deferral for some workers, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to hobble the US economy. Trump also ordered continued eviction protection and student-loan relief. The moves could jeopardise negotiations with congressional Democrats over an additional coronavirus relief package, with the two ...

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UK plans $1.7bn in building projects to lift virus-hit economy

Bloomberg Boris Johnson’s government will invest nearly $1.7 billion in building projects and provide two billion pounds in energy efficiency grants in an effort to create jobs and rally the pandemic-hit UK economy. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said 300 “shovel-ready” projects will receive a share of a 900 million pound Getting Building Fund, and a further 360 million pounds will ...

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Mexico’s tourism website in a daze due to strange translations

Bloomberg The sometimes literal nature of automated translation programs has tripped up plenty of tourists — or in the case of Mexico, its entire tourism board. Operators of the Visitmexico.com website were left red-faced when the English version of the tourism information portal suddenly sprouted a series of comic or literal translations. Confusion escalated to the point where Mexico’s government ...

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