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Banks supplement benefits to help employees affected by coronavirus
American Banker - 20 Mar 2020 19:24
From paying $1,000 bonuses to branch employees to subsidizing child care expenses, banks are offering a slew of new perks for front-line employees still working and more paid leave for those who are ill or caring for sic...
Everything Coming To Disney Plus In April 2020, Including 'Onward'
Forbes - 20 Mar 2020 20:00
Onward joins the Disney Plus lineup much sooner than expected thanks to the coronavirus lockdown. Here's everything headed to the streaming service in April.
FemBeat: This Young Bulgarian Founder Manufactures CBD-Infused Tampons In London - And Investors Are Flocking To Her
Forbes - 20 Mar 2020 14:05
With governments taxing sanitary products and pharmaceutical companies thriving on pain medication sales, it's up to visionary entrepreneurs to find innovative solutions for women.
Toyota Puts Out One Of First Ads Aimed To Calm Rattled Consumers
Forbes - 20 Mar 2020 21:04
Toyota has become one of the first major marketers to wade into the coronavirus era with new advertising aimed at the new sensibilities.
Not A Drill: 3 Actions For Pivoting Your Business Today
Forbes - 20 Mar 2020 19:35
Engage teams remotely with exercises designed to reinvent your business and boost morale amid a crisis.
Everyone is At Risk. Just Not the Same Risk.
TPM - 20 Mar 2020 17:27
In recent days there has been a flood of reports suggesting, if not always saying quite directly, that many more...
Ultra-wealthy New Yorkers are demanding quarantine supplies delivered by helicopter to The Hamptons
Business Insider - 20 Mar 2020 16:53
Andia/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Blade, an "Uber-for-helicopters," says its ferrying quarantine supplies between New York City and The Hamptons for people who've decided to try and escape the spread of coron...
Sen. Kelly Loeffler, who once ran crypto-currency firm, reportedly sold off stock ahead of coronavirus market crash
Business Insider - 20 Mar 2020 06:18
Associated Press Sen. Kelly Loeffler, a Republican from Georgia, sold off stock following a Capitol Hill briefing on the threat of COVID-19. She then invested in a company that sells telecommuting software, The Daily Bea...
Animal Crossing: New Horizons guide: 8 tips to get you started
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2020 06:00
Here's a guide to get you started in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. These tips will help you get the most out of the game.
We All Need Small Businesses. Don't Let Them Die.
The New York Times - 20 Mar 2020 04:16
The economy relies on thousands of local operations that need urgent help even more than big companies do.
Brazil coronavirus cases top 600, diplomatic spat with China bubbles
Reuters - 20 Mar 2020 02:44
Confirmed coronavirus cases in Brazil surged past 600 on Thursday, more than doubling in two days, as a diplomatic spat over the disease's origins between President Jair Bolsonaro's son and the Chinese ambassador threate...
Walmart will pay a bonus of up to $300 to every hourly employee and hire 150,000 new workers
Business Insider - 20 Mar 2020 02:39
William Thomas Cain/Getty Images Walmart is paying out bonuses to US hourly employees and hiring 150,000 workers amid the coronavirus pandemic. Walmart will pay $150 to part-time hourly employees and $300 to full-time ho...
Small business owners go into survival mode as lawmakers debate economic relief
NBC News - 20 Mar 2020 01:57
Many small businesses "don't have reserves to make it for days or weeks or months," said one analyst. "They're all living on borrowed time."
How Trump's Attacks on the Fed Have Made Its Job Harder
The New York Times - 20 Mar 2020 00:43
The Federal Reserve has moved quickly to combat economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, but President Trump's ongoing attacks may have weakened its message.
Texas-Based AI Company Gears Up To Fight Coronavirus With Fever Detection Technology
Forbes - 20 Mar 2020 22:58
Athena Security uses thermal imaging and computer vision for gun detection-- and now is using the same technology to spot fevers in hopes of mitigating the spread of the coronavirus.
Now's The Time To Build A Virtual Super-Team. Here's How.
Forbes - 20 Mar 2020 22:47
In this new period of remote work, building a virtual super-team requires empathy for the differing needs of team members, the development of a "virtual team charter," and the ability to bring a human touch to virtual co...
An Average Booth Costs $42k. Here's What You Can Do Instead.
Forbes - 20 Mar 2020 22:28
Times of crisis call for true creativity. This is your chance to test those ideas that you've been wanting to try out.
The RetroBeat: Crackdown is a fun way to blast the stress away
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2020 22:03
Everyone is playing Animal Crossing. What about the people who find relaxation through, you know, casual mayhem and cartoony violence?
Diligent Robotics raises $10 million for nurse assistant robot Moxi
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2020 22:00
Diligent Robotics announced the close a $10 million Series A today to deploy more Moxi nurse assistant robots in hospitals.
Kahlief Adams on scraping by in the podcast game -- How Games Make Money
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2020 21:30
On this week’s episode of How Games Make Money, host Jeff Grubb speaks with Spawn On Me founder Kahlief Adams. Spawn On Me is a podcast about people of color working in video games. Adams started the show six years ago...
4 reasons you should be moving toward zero-trust security
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2020 20:44
The distributed nature of data across IT environments creates new security challenges Here's how to secure dynamic and borderless digital resources.
How To Become A 'Compelled Entrepreneur'
Forbes - 20 Mar 2020 20:15
There is a powerful force at play that causes corporate executives and career employees to leave safety and security for the risky and uncertain life of an entrepreneur. That force is the power of compulsion.