U.S. labour market struggles as layoffs spread despite businesses reopening
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Millions more Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, more than two months after a shutdown of the country to deal with the coronavirus crisis, pointing to a second wave of layoffs in industries not initially impacted by closures caused by the pandemic.The Labor Department's weekly jobless claims report on Thursday, the most timely data on the economy's health, also showed the number of people on unemployment rolls surging to a record high in early May,..