Small Businesses Have Surged in Black Communities. Was It the Stimulus?
New research finds a big rise in new businesses despite the pandemic, particularly in predominantly Black neighborhoods.
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At Least A Dozen Tornadoes Spotted In Two Days As Severe Weather Kicks Up In Colorado
Meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Boulder Kari Bowen said Sunday’s severe weather is not unusual for this time of year.
How Shein surpassed Amazon as the most downloaded shopping app in the U.S. | Modern Retail
On May 17, Shein surpassed Amazon as the most downloaded iPhone shopping app in the US, something it had already done in Google Play downloads the week prior, according to analytics firm App Annie. The online-only retailer was formed in Nanjung, China, but ships its products, primarily inexpensive women’s apparel, to more than 220 countries worldwide. Researchers and consumers site innovative digital strategies and low-priced, trendy products that appeal to a Gen-Z mindset as key to the retailer’s success.
Target, Whole Foods, ShopRite and Other Retailers Look to Upgrade Their Store Brands
They have set out to change the image of their product lines with better ingredients, a more-appealing name and new packaging.
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Maybe SPACs were a bad idea after all
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“Telling the Bees” | JSTOR Daily
In nineteenth-century New England, it was held to be essential to whisper to beehives of a loved one’s death.
America's Leading Startup Neighborhoods
More than 50 percent are urban, and two in downtown San Francisco attract more than a billion dollars each in venture capital.
The Death and Life of the Central Business District
Offices are not going back to the way they were pre-pandemic, and neither are the downtown neighborhoods that house them.
What Is Ahegao, the Hentai Face That’s Suddenly Everywhere?
The expression gives its wearer the distinct and distasteful appearance of having dropped an anvil on their foot while tripping on ibogaine
The Sunday Read: ‘Neanderthals Were People, Too’ · The New York Times
How Income Inequality Became A Big Issue Among Asian Americans - CNBC
Older adults are heading to college in pursuit of new opportunities - PBS NewsHour
Parabolas and Archimedes - Numberphile - YouTube
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She Left Me There · The New York Times
Commuting is psychological torture
Not doing that commute gave me 15 hours per week of my life back
Dasha Zhukova’s New Real Estate Venture, Ray, Makes It Night at the Museum Every Night
Art patron and museum founder Dasha Zhukova enters residential real estate with Ray, a new development firm with projects in three cities.
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Why is creator economy exploding now?
Here's the story of one of the brightest examples in the space - @APompliano, and why there will be more solo-preneurs in the next decade, read on 👇 https://t.co/G9t73WwvxQ
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Rejection Proof: How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible Through 100 Days of Rejection by Jia Jiang · Misty Stinnett & Lisa Linke
The dark legacy of this iconic baseball stadium
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Job Search, Job Posting and Unemployment Insurance During the COVID-19 Crisis by Ioana Elena Marinescu, Daphné Skandalis, Daniel Zhao :: SSRN
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses had to close and unemployment skyrocketed. To help the unemployed, the CARES Act increased US unemployment benefit
Aggregate Employment Effects of Unemployment Benefits During Deep Downturns: Evidence from the Expiration of the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation | NBER
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.
Yale study finds expanded jobless benefits did not reduce employment
The analysis, supported by Yale’s Tobin Center for Economic Policy, comes as Congress debates whether to extend the expanded unemployment benefits.
Pandemic Accelerates Retirements, Threatening Economic Growth
The proportion of older workers participating in the labor force is hovering at its worst level since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, potentially impairing economic growth.