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Yelp adds tool search for black-owned businesses
By Dalvin Brown USA Today Yelp is making it easier for users to locate black-owned businesses amid renewed calls for racial equality in America. The app known for crowd-sourced reviews is launching a tool within the next two weeks that lets businesses identify themselves as black-owned, Yelp announced in a blog post. It’s unclear whether […]
How to network while working from home: Start with reaching out and contacting folks
Peter Pham has been calling his contacts lately. He misses his favorite part of attending conferences: working the room. So, in the middle of a pandemic, he’s keeping touch the old-fashioned way — by reaching out on the phone. “I randomly dial people,” says Pham, the co-founder of tech incubator Science Inc. He looks to networking to find [&hellip[...]
What improved and what didn’t in Friday’s jobs report
By Nathan Bomey USA Today A deep dive into the jobs report released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics provides clues on why the numbers turned out better than expected. The sharp improvement in jobs figures from April to May caught economists and investors off guard, driving up the stock market and increasing optimism […]
Wells Fargo will no longer accept loan applications from most independent car dealerships
By Jessica Menton USA Today Wells Fargo, one of the largest lenders for purchases of new and used cars, is no longer making auto loans to most independent car dealerships, a sign the bank is concerned about defaults in the wake of the pandemic. In May, Wells Fargo sent letters to hundreds of independent auto […]
FedEx CEO optimistic about economic recovery as e-commerce booms
By Max Garland Memphis Commercial Appeal FedEx’s business-to-business traffic fell significantly in the U.S. as COVID-19 lockdown measures across the country took effect, Chairman and CEO Fred Smith said in a livestreamed discussion with the Washington Post last week. However, the Memphis logistics giant is keeping busy with “a prolific amount of flights” delivering pro[...]
Viewpoint: We might be ready to move on, but COVID-19 isn’t
By Mitch Albom Detroit Free Press We are facing a new silent enemy. One that could take us down quickly. It is not COVID-19. It is our patience. Americans are not a patient people. Our news cycle is 24 hours; a big story, 48 hours. We get bored with long reads. We’re making movies in […]
5 reasons you shouldn’t worry about job losses
By Jessica Menton USA TODAY Even with the economy freezing up and layoffs surging, there are hopeful signs for recovery following this sudden collapse in American commerce caused by COVID-19. Stocks posted their best month since 1987 in April, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 cutting its 33% loss from February into late March by more […]
How do we replace the business handshake in the COVID-19 era?
By Nathan Bomey USA TODAY Handshaking is a key part of Michelle Ngome’s networking game as a marketing professional. Which is why Ngome, president of the African American Marketing Association and host of the “Networking With Michelle” podcast, is already missing it as social distancing rules discourage the age-old ritual. “We didn’t realize how powerful the[...]
1 in 4 restaurants won’t reopen after pandemic, study says
By Jefferson Graham USA Today Your favorite restaurant, now closed or only accepting take out orders due to the coronavirus, may never reopen, according to a top exec with reservation service OpenTable. Steve Hafner, CEO of Booking Holdings’ OpenTable and travel site Kayak, told Bloomberg that one out of every four restaurants won't come back. With most restaurants [&helli[...]