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Drop in Jobless Rate Shows Healing U.S. Labor Market

National NewsBy Tamar Lutz November 9, 2020

Economy added 638,000 jobs in October and the jobless rate fell a percentage point to 6.9% By Josh Mitchell, The Wall Street Journal // November 6, 2020 The U.S. labor market regained another chunk of jobs lost during the pandemic-induced recession, sending unemployment down sharply in October amid other signs the economy is recovering. Employers added…

Walmart Scraps Plan to Have Robots Scan Shelves

Business NewsBy Tamar Lutz November 9, 2020

Retailer ends contract with robotics company after seeing similar results from workers grabbing online orders during pandemic By Sarah Nassauer, The Wall Street Journal // November 2, 2020 Walmart Inc. WMT -1.53% has ended its effort to use roving robots in store aisles to keep track of its inventory, reversing a yearslong push to automate the task with the hulking…