Month: September 2020

Pedestrians wearing protective masks walk by a sign displayed outside a retail store in Harlem, New York City, saying it’s going out of business. Noam Galai | Getty Images Yelp on Wednesday released its latest Economic Average Report, revealing business closures across the U.S. are increasing as a result of the coronavirus pandemic’s economic toll. 
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Opendoor cofounder and chief technology officer Ian Wong. Opendoor The market reacted kindly yesterday to news that Opendoor, a technology startup that lets customers rapidly sell their homes, will go public through a merger with a blank-check company. Shares of its soon-to-be acquirer soared 35% during normal trading hours, before falling 7% early on Wednesday. 
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LONDON — Eli Lilly announced Wednesday it had found proof of concept data from an interim analysis of a clinical trial that showed a reduced rate of hospitalization for coronavirus patients treated with its neutralizing antibody drug. The U.S. drugmaker said the experimental treatment had helped patients recently diagnosed with mild-to-moderate symptoms of Covid-19 rid their systems
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Hundreds of jobless people wait outside the Kentucky Career Center for help with their unemployment claims on June 19 in Frankfort, Kentucky. John Sommers II/Getty Images Americans who are hoping for more financial assistance may have to wait until after the November election before Congress can strike a deal. Yet experts say continued financial assistance
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By Richard Eisenberg, Next Avenue Managing Editor getty Given the steep number of Covid-19 deaths and cases in nursing homes and lack of PPE there; the recent inability to see loved ones in assisted living and retirement communities as well as the poor pandemic communication between many operators and families of their residents, is it
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U.S. stock futures were flat in overnight trading as investors readied for comments from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday.  Dow futures rose 12 points. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures were also set to open flat, with gains of 0.02% and 0.07%, respectively. Better-than-expected earnings from FedEx and Adobe after the bell boosted sentiment. FedEx
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Those with private student loans find themselves in a difficult situation during the pandemic. fizkes | iStock | Getty Images The U.S. Department of Education has said that people with federally held student loans don’t need to resume making payments until 2021. For the millions of Americans with private student loans, the bills are still
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Svetikd | Getty Images More than one-third of the American workforce freelance amid the Covid-19 pandemic, contributing $1.2 trillion to the U.S. economy, a study by Upwork revealed Tuesday. This was a 22% increase since 2019 and it was fueled in part by an influx of younger, highly-skilled professionals seeking flexible alternatives to traditional employment. 
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Topline Stripe is offering a $20,000 bonus to employees who move away from San Francisco, New York City or Seattle but it comes with a 10% pay reduction, spokesman Mike Manning told Forbes, making the e-commerce and mobile payment processor the latest tech company to implement pay cuts for workers who chose to relocate to
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