Month: April 2020

Junior’s Cheesecake owner Alan Rosen on Wednesday defended his decision to leave his restaurant employees on furlough despite receiving money from the Treasury Department’s newly created small business loan program.  Rosen told CNBC on Wednesday that he believes keeping the 650 workers on furlough, for the time being, is in the long-term best interest of the business
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Net positive energy home in Lincoln, Massachusetts Photo by Chuck Choi ZeroEnergy Design is an architecture firm creating high performance homes and buildings, while also offering energy consulting and HVAC design for other professionals through the firm’s mechanical design practice. The company has received numerous awards, including Best of Boston Home® 2020 Best Sustainable Architect,
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David Solomon, the CEO of Goldman Sachs, speaks during the Bloomberg Global Business Forum in New York, September 25, 2019. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Goldman Sachs reported first-quarter earnings before the opening bell Wednesday. The bank said Wednesday it earned $3.11 a share in the quarter on revenue of $8.74 billion. Goldman shares are lower by
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The Covid-19 pandemic has nearly instantly and very dramatically pivoted the priorities of some makers, start-up founders, entrepreneurs, researchers and doers — the innovators — to solving problems related to the pandemic and preparing for any in the future. “Every [tech] entrepreneur that I know is spending time on the pandemic response,” CEO of global start-up accelerator
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Jason Duff, founder of Small Nation, a community developer focused on revitalizing the downtown of Bellefontaine, Ohio received his PPP funding four days after receiving the SBA E-tran loan number and said he is “extremely thankful to have that runway of cash.” Jason Duff | Small Nation Much-needed small business aid is beginning to trickle
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Municipal officials carry out disinfection works as a precaution against the coronavirus (COVID-19) at historical mosques and churches in Mardin, Turkey on March 13, 2020. Halil Ibrahim Sincar | Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Turkey is on shaky ground and its currency depreciating as controversial monetary moves and fast-rising coronavirus cases threaten to plunge an
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Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Professional investors are heading for the sidelines while demanding that companies stop using their cash to buy back stocks and instead improve their balance sheets. The Bank of America Global Fund Manager survey for April reflects the large level of caution seen in the markets since efforts to stop the coronavirus
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Junior’s Cheesecake owner Alan Rosen said Tuesday that the money the restaurant company has received through the Treasury Department’s small business loan program is not enough to immediately bring workers off furlough.  There is too much uncertainty about when the coronavirus pandemic will subside and when people will be comfortable to “sit shoulder to shoulder in our
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TOPLINEA spate of lawsuits targeting gym chains—deemed non-essential businesses amid a near-national shutdown—over gym charges is just one bad sign for a huge industry that may have a hard time getting back into shape post-pandemic. A Planet Fitness in Reading, Massachusetts before the onset of Coronavirus. Dina Rudick/The Boston Globe via Getty Images KEY FACTS
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This is CNBC’s live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. All times below are in Beijing time. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks. Global cases: More than 1.97 million Global deaths: At least 125,678 Most cases reported: United States (602,989), Spain (172,541), Italy (162,488), France (131,361),
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