By Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell, Next Avenue Contributor Getty Micheline Burger, a 72-year-old retired attorney who lives in Longmont, Colo., has put off many medical appointments due to the Covid-19 pandemic, such as her annual physical and dental exam and an important follow-up for an eye exam. “I’ve had a cornea transplant, so I have to have
Month: June 2020
Demonstrators hold their fists in the air during at the Lincoln Memorial during a protest against police brutality and racism on June 6, 2020 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee People across the U.S. and other parts of the world are gathering in major demonstrations on Saturday against racism and police violence, marking the 12th consecutive
Members of the Long Beach, New York CSEA civil service union hold a drive-by protest in front of Long Beach City Hall to protest further union layoffs on May 26, 2020. (Photo by Thomas A. Ferrara/Newsday RM via Getty Images) The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 13.3% in May, defying expectations of a much bleaker
Three-time Olympic medalist Lindsay Vonn admits that she wasn’t exactly a natural when she first starting skiing professionally at age 7. “I was never the most talented skier but I outwork people,” Vonn tells CNBC Make It. Vonn, 35, retired from competitive skiing in February 2019 after nearly three decades. During that time she won an Olympic gold
Ravin Jesuthasan Source: Ravin Jesuthasan The coronavirus pandemic has destroyed tens of millions of American jobs. How many of them will come back? That might be one of the most pressing questions of the Covid-19 recession. Arguably no other downturn has threatened to leave American life so unrecognizable. What will the labor market look like
TOPLINE Casino stocks, among the hardest-hit by the coronavirus pandemic, have bounced back in recent weeks and continued to skyrocket after dozens of Las Vegas casinos reopened for business on Thursday. Shares of big casino operators are rallying amid optimism about reopening. John Locher/ASSOCIATED PRESS KEY FACTS America’s gambling mecca began reopening on June 4,
TOPLINE New estimates from the Congressional Budget Office show that extending the extra $600 unemployment benefits until 2021 would boost consumer spending but stifle growth in other areas. The US Capitol on March 26, 2020, in Washington, DC. AFP via Getty Images KEY FACTS The CBO estimates that if the benefits are extended until January
An OPEC sign hangs outside the OPEC Secretariat in Vienna, Austria, on Nov. 29, 2017. Akos Stiller | Bloomberg | Getty Images OPEC and its oil-producing allies reportedly agreed to extend the historic 9.7 million barrels per day production cut that was set to expire at the end of June, according to two sources familiar
A view of Gap Clothing Store in Times Square in New York City USA during the coronavirus pandemic on May 9, 2020 in New York City. John Nacion | NurPhoto | Getty Images Gap Inc.‘s first-quarter sales fell 43%, the clothing maker reporter Thursday, as its stores were shut for much of the period due
A “Now Hiring” sign advertising jobs at Lowe’s is seen as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Homestead, Florida, U.S., April 17, 2020. Marco Bello | Reuters Quite unexpectedly and rather suddenly, investors have been given a reset, a reprieve, a chance at a fresh start. What should they do with it?
Do you need to wear a mask while exercising? Is it safe to socialize outside? Should I wipe down my groceries when I get home? These are the questions that still remain as the country reopens amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Many infectious disease experts and epidemiologists have been fielding these types of inquiries from family and
The Wall Street Bull (The Charging Bull) is seen during Covid-19 pandemic in New York, on May 26, 2020. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Company: Synalloy Corp. (SYNL) Business: A chemical manufacturing company operating through two segments: metals and the specialty chemicals. Stock Market Value: $78 million ($8.62 per share) Activist: Privet
Joseph Louis joins others in a protest asking the state of Florida to fix its unemployment system on May 22, 2020 in Miami Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images One generous proposal on Capitol Hill could put as much as $10,000 per month into American families’ hands to help them weather the coronavirus pandemic.
TOPLINE Governor Andrew Cuomo said in a press conference on Saturday that the number of new coronavirus cases in New York continues to decline, with the state’s death rate falling to 35—its lowest level since the crisis began. New York’s daily death toll fell to its lowest number yet. Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images
Getty Covid-19 is wreaking terrible destruction. Over 110,000 deaths, output down some 40 percent, 43 million unemployed, millions of businesses going bankrupt, and entire industries decimated. Ironically, this includes healthcare. Yes, there’s a huge demand for docs and nurses to treat the plague’s victims. But the rest of the healthcare system has been locked down,
Photo: Getty Regardless of what you are reading to understand the disparities of all the generations, one thing is for sure: Millennials are the largest and most educated living adult generation in the country. According to the National Association of Realtors, in 2019, millennials represented the largest cohort of homebuyers at 37%, making them the
For most people, this coronavirus lockdown would be a whole lot easier if there were live sports to distract us. Professional sports have been out of commission since early March, when the NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball announced they were halting all activities. People are so desperate, the NFL draft drew record ratings for its
The Slack Technologies Inc. logo is seen behind the “Fearless Girl” statue outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during the company’s IPO in New York, U.S. June 20, 2019. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Slack shares fell as much as 17% in extended trading on Thursday after the company reported first quarter earnings. Slack reported
Managers at the massive Bell facilities in North Texas had a problem. As 5,000 employees building helicopters needed to stay on the job, the company — a division of Textron — had to take steps to keep workers safe. One step included plans to take employee temperatures as they came to work. The company set
A significant gap in unemployment between blacks and whites continues even as the most recent report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the economy-wide unemployment rate improved in May. The rate for black Americans rose to 16.8%, the highest level in a decade, and exceeded that of white Americans, which ticked down to 12.4%
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