Data management
Fidel Martinez stands for a portrait at one of his former worksites in Minneapolis on Sunday, April 18, 2021. Martinez worked for a demolition contractor in the fall of 2020, demolishing several Walgreens stores and other structures. Martinez said the contractor owed him and his co-workers more than $20,000. His boss kept telling him the money was coming, but he would get his paychecks weeks late, and many of them he didn't get at all. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
How companies rip off poor employees — and get away with it

By Alexia Fernández Campbell And Joe Yerardi May. 04, 2021 12:12 AM EDT

Tennessee offering free online courses amid pandemic

Apr. 12, 2021 04:11 AM EDT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee labor officials are continuing to offer free online courses to help people without work during the COVID-19 pandemic advance...

Currency traders work at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. Asian shares rose Friday, echoing a rally on Wall Street, as hopes grew for a gradual global economic recovery from the damage of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Asian shares rise amid hopes for global economic rebound

By Yuri Kageyama Feb. 04, 2021 01:57 AM EST

FILE - In this June 5, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump poses for a photo after signing the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Thousands of minority-owned small businesses were at the end of the line in the government’s coronavirus relief program as many struggled to find banks to accept their applications. Or, they were disadvantaged by the program's terms. Data from the Paycheck Protection Program analyzed by The Associated Press show many minority owners desperate for a loan didn’t receive one until the PPP's last weeks. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Minority-owned companies waited months for loans, data shows

By Joyce M. Rosenberg And Justin Myers Jan. 03, 2021 09:00 AM EST

How major US stock indexes fared Monday

The Associated Press Nov. 09, 2020 04:57 PM EST
Brimming hopes that people will again return to office buildings, shopping centers and normal life sent markets rallying worldwide on Monday, following...

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, file photo, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds updates the state's response to the coronavirus outbreak during a news conference in Johnston, Iowa. Iowa is planning to use millions of dollars in federal pandemic funds on a long-term plan to improve data management across state agencies, a second information technology project that may not fit the purpose of the aid. State and federal auditors this week told Iowa’s executive branch to return millions of dollars to the state’s $1.25 billion coronavirus relief fund that have been spent on new accounting and human resources software. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Iowa's use of pandemic aid for 2nd IT project draws scrutiny

By Ryan J. Foley Oct. 22, 2020 03:54 PM EDT

More than 100,000 Virginia entities get PPP loans

By Alan Suderman Jul. 06, 2020 06:07 PM EDT
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia's businesses and nonprofits took in between $9.5 billion to $18.2 billion through the U.S. Treasury Department’s Payroll...

FILE - This May 14, 2020, file photo shows notes for healthcare workers taped in the front window at the Kimberly Hall North nursing home in Windsor, Conn. Nursing home residents account for nearly 1 in 10 of all the coronavirus cases in the United States and more than a quarter of the deaths, according to an Associated Press analysis of government data released Thursday, June 18. (AP Photo/Chris Ehrmann, File)
Nursing homes represent more than 1 in 4 COVID-19 deaths

By Justin Myers And Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Jun. 18, 2020 07:11 PM EDT

Charleston creates online art database during pandemic

May. 19, 2020 02:45 AM EDT
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The city of Charleston on Monday created an online art database for people to use during the coronavirus pandemic. ...