Month: May 2020

Chief Executive Officer Bracken Darrell of Logitech addresses a news conference in Zurich, Switzerland March 6, 2019. Arnd Wiegmann | Reuters Logitech reported a 13.6% rise in quarterly sales on Tuesday as more people used its computer products while working from home due to the coronavirus crisis. Logitech said demand accelerated in the three months
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As many restaurants around the world remain closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, one restaurant in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is experimenting with a new way to dine out. Mediamatic ETEN, a vegan restaurant at the arts center Mediamatic Biotoop, set up greenhouses to test out allowing diners to follow social distancing measures while still eating
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Richard Cordray, former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and author of “Watchdog: How Protecting Consumers Can Save Our Families, Our Economy, and Our Democracy” Congress provided borrowers a lifeline when it passed the CARES Act. Whether it will deliver significant relief to consumers remains to be seen. The $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief bill
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People are reflected in a closed store window, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, on Main Street near the Breckenridge Ski Resort in Breckenridge, Colorado, U.S., April 13, 2020. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Lia Hakim was excited to get her $292,000 loan from the federal Paycheck Protection Program to cover payroll at
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Many recovered Covid-19 patients are reporting a longer road to “full health” than expected and some appear to have relapsed, the World Health Organization said Monday. Researchers around the world are still trying to understand exactly how the coronavirus affects the human body. WHO officials say they are working with governments and hospitals around the
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Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban told CNBC on Monday that coronavirus safeguards in place at the White House need to become the norm before most Americans will feel comfortable going out again. “We have to get to that point where the White House standard becomes the national standard, I think, in order for consumers to feel safe going out,
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Several countries that have lifted coronavirus restrictions and reopened businesses, including China, have seen jumps in coronavirus cases, underscoring the “challenges that may lie ahead,” the World Health Organization warned Monday. “In the Republic of Korea, bars and clubs were shut as a confirmed case led to many contacts being traced,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
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The coronavirus-induced economic shutdown has left millions across the U.S. jobless, with business owners struggling to remain open and unsure how to move forward. Because of this, the financial savvy investors on ABC’s “Shark Tank” shared a few pieces of advice during Friday’s episode – including how to save, handle rent and remain productive at home
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