MORE THAN 36 MILLION Americans have filed for unemployment benefits since mid-March. While the government is providing a $600 per week boost to the benefits of eligible workers, that extra money only lasts until July 31. Plus, it may not be enough to bridge the gap for some workers. How Are Unemployment Benefits Taxed? Even if unemployment benefits can […] Read more

BETWEEN LOST JOBS AND shuttered businesses, the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be leaving economic ruin in its wake. However, there may be an upside to months spent at home. “I think this is really an eye-opener for people,” says Dan Keady, chief financial planning strategist for financial services organization TIAA. “(It’s) an incredible wake-up call about how […] Read more

Entrepreneurs tend to be social people, even the introverted ones. You can’t run a company without talking to partners, vendors, employees, prospects and customers on a regular basis. Some entrepreneurs may flourish working from home, but more extroverted types could see their productivity slip during this frustrating period. Owners of small businesses, caught between financial struggles and […] Read more

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that fewer people should start careers in finance and law and instead focus on innovation. “In the United States especially, there’s an over allocation of talent in finance and law. Basically too many smart people go into finance and law,” Musk said in an interview with the comedian Joe Rogan that aired Thursday. When […] Read more

Marci Oberst sat down at her computer Tuesday and embarked on what’s become a daily ritual – trying to log onto the Maryland Department of Labor’s website so she can extend her unemployment insurance. At 9:30 AM, she was number 88,000 in line, according to the state’s labor website. “You call the Department of Labor […] Read more

Now we know why patients are being diagnosed with COVID-19 even if they haven’t been tested, why the official cause of death for deceased patients is COVID-19 even if they weren’t tested and/or if the cause of death was something else, and why countless patients are put on ventilators despite poor outcomes and less invasive […] Read more

We’ve devolved into religious leaders being forced to hide worshipers from authorities. According to KTVU-TV, Merced Country Sheriff Vernon H. Warnke and his deputies received a tip that Iglesia De Jesus Cristo Palabra Miel on Weaver Avenue had dozens of people inside the church with the doors locked and cars parked out of view of the […] Read more

Update (2020ET): Denver Broncos Pro Bowl linebacker Von Miller has tested positive for the coronavirus, becoming the second NFL player to contract the virus. EIB’s Hoyer Says ‘It’s a Question of Days and Weeks’ for European Companies “It’s true,” Miller told 9News. “I’ve just been here in the crib and I started to get a little cough. You know, I […] Read more

The coronavirus has sent unemployment rising and gross domestic product falling toward rates comparable or worse than those seen in the Great Recession and even the Great Depression. The most startling indicator is unemployment. During the Great Depression, which lasted from 1929 to 1939, millions of jobs were lost, but its record high of 15 million […] Read more

Has March 2020 felt longer than a century for you, too? You’re not alone. We should all take a deep breath, but we’re not quite done yet — March 31 is Equal Pay Day. This year, with a public health crisis crystallizing the inadequacies in U.S. workers’ rights and protections, the gender pay gap is yet another reminder […] Read more