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Facebook will begin opening up its candidate pool to remote workers this summer, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday during an employee townhall livestreamed to the public on the social networking platform. Currently, 95% of the company’s employees are working in a remote capacity during the coronavirus pandemic, Zuckerberg says. He estimates half of the organization will

Daniel Lubetzky, founder and CEO of Kind, started his healthy snack company in 2004 and steered the fledgling business through the 2008 recession. Despite the uncertainty of the time, Kind, which had garnered a cult following before the downturn, gained momentum and the business grew stronger. During the recession Kind leaned on its strong customer base

We’ve all been looking for new ways to stay productive lately, particularly when it comes to work. Whether laid off, furloughed or adapting to new ways of working, more and more of us are spending time honing our skills as we adapt to the fast-changing jobs market. That has caused demand for online learning to

On Friday, President Donald Trump announced a “massive scientific, industrial, and logistical endeavor” called “Operation Warp Speed,” to find, manufacture and distribute a proven vaccine against Covid-19, hopefully before the end of the year.  To achieve this “great national project,” as Trump called it, will take a collaboration of American businesses, scientists, the federal government

Adam Levin, co-founder of Credit.com and founder of Cyberscout, says that the coronavirus shutdown provides a perfect environment for scammers to operate. Millions of people are working from home and sharing devices with family members. This creates new vulnerabilities for thieves to target. Watch this video to see how the new scams work and to

Coronavirus has dramatically changed college for millions of students, as schools have been forced to close their physical campuses and move classes online. Now, many are anticipating that enrollment will be down at traditional non-profit four-year colleges next semester. “I know there’ve been some students that have already withdrawn from next year because they’re worried

Entrepreneurs and small business owners across the country have undoubtedly been hit hard by today’s pandemic with many non-essential businesses remaining closed until further notice.  Though the federal government has stepped in to offer more than $600 billion in financial assistance through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) under the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security

How fashion designer Rebecca Minkoff is shifting her business during the Covid-19 pandemic Monthly retirement for a $50,000 salary factoring in Social Security and savings Here’s how to get into the habit of saving more and spending less How to pay less in taxes on your Social Security benefits How to earn $40,000 in interest

If you’re out of book ideas headed into another month of staying at home, or finally ready to crack one open, Bill Gates has some suggestions. The billionaire released his annual summer book list on Monday. Whether you want to learn more about pandemics amid the coronavirus outbreak or are simply looking for a distraction, Gates has

Even though he doesn’t win them all, billionaire investor Mark Cuban has an eye for vegan companies on ABC’s “Shark Tank.” But when Cuban invested in a vegan, non-GMO soap and body care company during Friday’s episode, his fellow Sharks thought he was crazy to do so. Three best friends – Anthony Duncan, with brothers Mohammed A. and

Michael Jordan didn’t have much down time in the summer of 1995. The Chicago Bulls superstar spent the offseason filming the movie “Space Jam” at Warner Bros. Studio in Burbank, California — plus, he was trying to get back into peak basketball shape after leaving the NBA to play professional baseball for 13 months. Jordan

View of Brooklyn office of NYS Department of Labor as unemployment claims soar during Covid-19 pandemic, with sign on the doors asking people to apply for unemployment online. Lev Radin | Pacific Press | LightRocket via Getty Images The startling 14.7% unemployment figure released last Friday bears even more sobering news for Latino workers: Among

Michael Jordan wasn’t looking to make any friends on the basketball court.  “My mentality was to go out and win, at any cost,” said the NBA legend on an episode of the “The Last Dance,” a 10-part documentary about his meteoric rise and the dynasty he built in Chicago. And that meant holding his teammates

The Covid-19 pandemic has been going on in the United States for months, and yet many questions still remain. The biggest one for many Americans is: When will life go back to normal? And, what will that new normal even look like? As summer approaches, you may find yourself longing for events that you would

Graduating students around the country will be missing out on walking down an aisle to pick up their diplomas due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. In order to make up for the loss, Facebook hosted a virtual graduation on Friday and enlisted a host of celebrities to offer words of encouragement. One of those celebrities

The coronavirus pandemic has impacted the lives of students around the world, but the college Class of 2020 may have felt those impacts harshest of all — making them the class of Covid-19.  The Class of 2020 has been forced to quickly pack their lives into boxes and car trunks, rush their goodbyes to friends

Some gamers spend hours each day playing their favorite games and battling online competition. So it makes sense that they might be willing to part with some extra money to spend that time in comfort, and fully immersed in their game, rather than sitting on the floor in a beanbag chair. But for the truly

Since early March, over 36 million Americans have filed for unemployment due to the coronavirus crisis, marking the biggest spike in unemployment in U.S. history.  In response to these claims, states have paid a record $48 billion in unemployment benefits to people out of work but several recent studies have found that this total could

In a press conference May 6, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that 66% of new hospitalizations in New York for Covid-19 were people who had been staying home. “This is a surprise: Overwhelmingly, the people were at home,” Cuomo said. “We thought maybe they were taking public transportation, and we’ve taken special precautions on public transportation,

In April, the unemployment rate rose by more than 10%, with at least 26 million Americans out of work due to the Covid-19 pandemic. With more time spent at home to stop the spread of the virus, many people are turning to side hustles as a way to make more money in trying times.  Curious