Month: May 2020

The coronavirus pandemic caused an unprecedented jump in job losses, but the worst may be over, at least for now. After spiking more than 1,000% in March, layoffs among small business leveled off last month, according to exclusive data compiled by human resource provider Gusto and based on more than 100,000 small businesses nationwide. “We are no
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Remember when working from home used to be a perk? Little did we know when we were building the cloud-based interfaces and bring-your-own device security protocols that made it possible to offer work-from-anywhere programs as employee incentives that we were actually building the infrastructure that would keep the economy alive during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo
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A pedestrian wearing a protective face mask walks past the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, on Saturday, March 14, 2020. Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg via Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracked a cluster of coronavirus cases in rural Arkansas back to a church pastor and
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How to sell your home during Covid-19 Monthly retirement for a $50,000 salary factoring in Social Security and savings Here’s how to get into the habit of saving more and spending less How to pay less in taxes on your Social Security benefits How to earn $40,000 in interest every year in retirement Here’s how
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Magic Johnson Getty Images With the future of small businesses in urban communities at risk, former National Basketball Association great Magic Johnson has stepped in to offer assistance. The CEO of Magic Johnson Enterprises collaborated with MBE Capital Partners to offer $100 million in loans to minority- and women-owned companies hurt by stay-at-home orders due
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TOPLINE The market finished lower on Tuesday, following its biggest rally in six weeks on Monday, as stocks came under pressure following a STAT News report that raised questions about the trial results for Moderna’s potential coronavirus vaccine. Retail and bank stocks were hardest-hit on Tuesday. Spencer Platt/Getty Images KEY FACTS The Dow Jones industrial
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For entrepreneurs on ABC’s “Shark Tank,” a million-dollar investment is difficult to get.  But on Friday’s episode, co-founders Joe Demin and Rachel Connors left the Tank with a $1 million deal, even though they only asked for $400,000 in return for a 7% stake in their company. “It’s never happened before in ‘Shark Tank’ history
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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Tuesday in a memo that the coronavirus crisis should be used to build an economy that offers opportunities for “dramatically more people.” The memo, issued ahead of his bank’s annual shareholder meeting, served as an update to the New York-based bank’s response to the pandemic. Dimon also detailed the steps his
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Signs hang from the Meridian Heights apartment building in Northwes Washington on Monday, May 18, 2020. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Caroline Brehman The unemployment drama playing out in the U.S. has drawn comparisons to the Great Depression, the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world. But is
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