When and if Congress agrees on an extension for federal unemployment benefits, the payments are likely to be retroactive to when the $600 lapsed in your state. hxyume | iStock | Getty Images It’s now been days, or more than a week, since unemployed Americans stopped receiving the $600 federal boost. Now, they await updates on
Month: August 2020
Covid-19 has exacerbated long-standing racial disparities in the U.S., data shows. The pandemic has disproportionately impacted people of color, particularly Black people, across the country and has highlighted years of health and social inequities. It’s “been very painful to watch,” Snap co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel said on the “How Leaders Lead with David Novak” podcast on Thursday. “The
A sign is posted outside of the PayPal headquarters in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images PayPal has hired Peggy Mangot, a former entrepreneur who led the development of a standalone mobile banking app at Wells Fargo, for its internal venture capital team, CNBC has learned. Mangot recently joined the online payments giant
Carlos Ponce joins other demonstrators participating in a protest asking Senators to support the continuation of unemployment benefits on July 16, 2020 in Miami Springs, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Losing a $600 boost to weekly unemployment benefits puts 6 million people at risk of not being able to pay their bills this month,
Better Economic Outcomes Do Not Follow From Riskier Public Health Approaches getty The responsibility for balancing public health and an economic recovery has fallen on state governments. Some states, such as Massachusetts, New York and Washington, chose to go slow with lengthy stay-at-home orders and a gradual reopening. Others, such as Florida, Georgia and Texas,
TOPLINE NPR reported Tuesday that thousands of foreign workers who were in the U.S. on temporary visas erroneously received $1,200 stimulus checks in the error-prone process of distributing financial aid across the country to blunt the coronavirus pandemic’s economic impact. Foreign workers in at least 129 countries have received stimulus payments, according to NPR. Getty
Financial services startup for mom-and-pop landlords, Zibo announced today the closure of a $10.5 … [+] seed funding round. Zibo Zibo, a banking and payment platform for independent landlords, announced today that it has raised $10.5 million in seed funding to help scale its one-stop-shop approach to financial management for residential rental properties. “It’s a
Coronavirus relief talks are set to resume Tuesday after “productive” efforts to strike a deal left Democrats and Republicans with with outstanding sticking points. On Monday, President Donald Trump urged Americans to stay “vigilant” against the coronavirus as U.S. officials begin to see new “flare-ups,” including in states like Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Missouri. Trump also presented a
A man exits the American International Building, world headquarters of American International Group (AIG). Chris Hondros | Getty Images Insurer American International Group on Monday posted a 56% fall in quarterly adjusted earnings, spurred partly by higher catastrophe losses and lower private-equity returns. Adjusted after-tax income attributable to AIG common shareholders fell to $571 million
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey addresses students during a town hall at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi, India, November 12, 2018. Anushree Fadnavis | Reuters Shares of Square soared on Tuesday evening after posting better-than-expected quarterly results and strong growth in its consumer payments app. The San Francisco-based company reported $1.92 billion
As schools across the country wrestle with reopening plans, one New York City private school seems to have it all figured out. “The only school that I have seen really reaching out to educate parents about a safer option is Avenues,” said Emily Glickman, president of Abacus Guide Educational Consulting. Avenues: The World School has made
The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating Eastman Kodak‘s disclosure about getting awarded a $765 million loan from the U.S. government to start producing drug ingredients, which sent the stock up on heavy volume ahead of the official announcement, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. On July 27, a day before Kodak, as well as President Donald
The top source of financial stress is saving enough for a comfortable retirement, a worry that is trending upward as a result of the pandemic, according to a newly released nationwide survey by Charles Schwab of 1,000 currently employed 401(k) plan participants between the ages of 25 and 70. The survey, conducted between May 28 and
Howard Schultz, the former Starbucks CEO, on Tuesday urged Congress to provide additional financial support to small businesses, saying that the now-iconic coffee chain would have struggled to weather the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic in its early years. In 1987, Starbucks had just 11 stores and about 100 employees, Schultz said on CNBC’s “Squawk
getty On August 4th, the SBA released further guidance on PPP program questions after consultation with the Department of Treasury. The guidance was provided to supplement the PPP Interim Final Rules that were reviewed by my article posted here. These FAQs provide further disappointment for small business owners who would otherwise be able to receive
getty Back-to-school may look different in 2020, but that doesn’t mean that parents and teachers won’t be shopping. According to the National Retail Federation, consumers could spend a record amount in 2020 to prepare students for school and college as they buy more laptops and computer accessories for online shopping. “By any measure, this is an
TOPLINE Chip and Joanna Gaines, hosts of the wildly popular home improvement TV show Fixer Upper, announced a new season of the Waco, Texas-set program would kick off in 2021—on their own broadcast network—as their lifestyle empire, which comprises of book deals, restaurants, retail shops and a Target home goods line, shows no signs of
Kellogg: “I like Kellogg. I think it’s OK. Not my favorite food stock. There are others that I like even more, but it’s not bad. It’s not as bad as it used to be.” Smartsheet: “No. If you’re going to do cloud-based workflow, you’re just going to need to do ServiceNow or … Salesforce.com.” Uber
Bob Chapek, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Experiences, stands for a photograph at an unveiling event of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Walt Disney Co.’s Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California, U.S., on Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Disney is set to report earnings for its third
U.S. stock futures were flat in overnight trading as investors eye any progress from Washington on a new coronavirus stimulus package. The White House and Democratic congressional leaders have reported some progress in the negotiations, but they remain apart on some issues. Dow futures rose 14 points. S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 futures ticked 0.01% and
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