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Gripped by surging pandemic, US employers cut back on hiring

by Christopher Rugaber
| December 6, 2020 12:06 AM

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

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