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US hiring slows sharply to 245,000 jobs as virus intensifies

by Christopher Rugaber
| December 4, 2020 6:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers sharply scaled back their hiring last month as the viral pandemic accelerated across the country, adding 245,000 jobs, the fewest since April and the fifth straight monthly slowdown.

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