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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
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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 “I know there’ve been some students that have already withdrawn from next year because they’re worried
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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Nearly 36.5 million people have filed unemployment claims in the past two months as a result of the coronavirus crisis, with 2.981 million of those claims being filed for the week ending May 9. Though the pandemic has undoubtedly impacted millions of Americans, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that women are disproportionately feeling the
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