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How COVID created my business

4 hours ago

Trying to find a job straight out of college was hard enough already, but trying to find one during the middle of a pandemic is just asinine. Claire Smith, graduated from the University of North Alabama with a degree in nutritional therapy, as well as a continuing credential in Gut and Psychology Syndrome (GAPS) in the spring semester of 2020, just as businesses were beginning to shut down. Claire spent the first few months of the pandemic working at a grocery store while trying to find a full-time job that was in her field. But as any pandemic college graduate

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Gas headed up, stocks headed down

10 hours ago

GasBuddy says gasoline prices at the pump may climb past $3 a gallon by Memorial Day, following a decision by OPEC and its allies to keep production curbs in place through April. The national average for regular unleaded hasn’t topped $3 since Oct. 2014. News of the production curbs sent oil prices rallying yesterday to their highest level since April of 2019. This morning, crude is trading around $65 a barrel.

U.S. travel demand remains low even as tens of millions of people get vaccinated for Covid-19, with just 12% planning a spring break trip this year. The U.S. Travel

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Five Tips For Mentoring Young Students About A Career In Business

16 hours ago

CEO and Founder of QA Madness, overseeing tech startups and seasoned players` business processes and software quality assurance globally.

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I guess every person reaches the point in their lives when they can and want to share their knowledge. Recently, I was invited to talk with high school students about business as a part of my son’s school initiative. It made me realize two things. First, preparing for a lesson is not an easy task. Second, many teenagers are very reasonable when you talk to them about business.

Initially, I decided to share my career achievements and describe how

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February job growth surges above expectations as coronavirus recovery picks up steam

22 hours ago

Yardeni Research President Ed Yardeni and Evercore ISI Chairman Ed Hyman provide insight into economic growth, today’s markets and the Federal Reserve.

The U.S. economy added 379,000 jobs in February, evidence the labor market’s recovery is gaining steam nearly one year into the pandemic as coronavirus caseloads fall nationwide and many states ease restrictions on business activity.

The unemployment rate fell slightly to 6.2% — well below the April peak of 14.7% but about twice the pre-crisis level, the Labor Department said in its monthly payroll report released Friday. Economists surveyed by Refinitiv expected the report to show that unemployment

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Dayton Arcade is ‘open for business’

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“I think (this is) the biggest on-site university program commitment in an innovation hub in America,” he said. “This is the launchpad ― this is just the beginning of rebuilding the economy of downtown, of the city of Dayton and the region.”

The hub offers co-working and co-share spaces, private offices, classrooms and print, art and design studios that will have UD students, faculty, small businesses, entrepreneurs, artists, creative professionals and other community members working side-by-side.

This will have a “monumental impact” on the student experience, said David Marshall, assistant professor with UD’s department of management and marketing.

“Sharing

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Top Business Minds Of The Pandemic

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From Netflix’s Reed Hastings and Zoom’s Eric Yuan to Pfizer’s Albert Bourla and Mirror’s Brynn Putnam, up close with the ten leaders and founders who carried us through the first year of Covid-19.

^One year after the World Health Organization declared the Covid-19 outbreak a global pandemic on March 11, the “new normal” is a reality that has affected nearly every aspect of our daily lives.

It’s hardly business as usual. Though this new world has been marked by

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