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GenAI Gives Young Businesses ‘Stilts’ to Surmount Obstacles
GenAI Gives Young Businesses ‘Stilts’ to Surmount Obstacles
August 18, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Many small businesses are still grappling with the best ways to use generative artificial intelligence (AI). But as The New York Times (NYT) reported Sunday...

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Social Distancing Still Keeping 3M Americans out of Work
Social Distancing Still Keeping 3M Americans out of Work
October 28, 2022  |  Coronavirus

COVID changed everything. From consumption patterns to communication standards, the idea that changes resulting from the events of 2020 and 2021 would disappear as soon...

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Where People Spent Stimulus Payments – And Where They Didn’t
Where People Spent Stimulus Payments – And Where They Didn’t
September 09, 2020  |  Economy

The stimulus payments may not have done much to, well, stimulate the economy at large. A recent report by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) finds that...

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US Debt Swells In Battle Against COVID-19 — And Bumps Lie Ahead
US Debt Swells In Battle Against COVID-19 — And Bumps Lie Ahead
June 12, 2020  |  Economy

In girding for battle, it’s critical to stock up on supplies, on weapons. To that end, in the United States, nonfinancial business debt surged in...

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Economic Research Bureau Says US Is Officially In Recession
Economic Research Bureau Says US Is Officially In Recession
June 08, 2020  |  Economy

If there was any doubt that the U.S. is in a recession, the nation’s scorekeepers made it official on Monday (June 8). “The unprecedented magnitude...

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New Research Shows 100K+ SMBs Won’t Recover From COVID-19 Pandemic 
New Research Shows 100K+ SMBs Won’t Recover From COVID-19 Pandemic 
May 13, 2020  |  SMBs

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic will cause the death of more than 100,000 small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), triggering a tsunami of bankruptcies nationwide, new research...

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