pandemic

A pandemic is a disease outbreak that spreads across countries or continents. It affects more people and takes more lives than an epidemic.

Western Union Temporarily Halves Fees For Essential Workers
Western Union Temporarily Halves Fees For Essential Workers
May 07, 2020  |  Digital Payments

Western Union is offering a 50 percent discount for essential workers utilizing its payment services, according to a press release issued on Thursday (May 7). Get...

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Unemployment Filings Top 3.1M Across US
Unemployment Filings Top 3.1M Across US
May 07, 2020  |  Economy

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to cripple the U.S. economy, another 3.169 million people filed for unemployment benefits in the week ending May 2. Total...

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Pop Up Grocer Checks All The Pandemic Retail Boxes
Pop Up Grocer Checks All The Pandemic Retail Boxes
May 05, 2020  |  Retail

As retailers contend with the continuing COVID-19 crisis and the inevitable resettling of the business, one of the most popular pieces of advice has been...

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Apple And Google App For Virus Contact Will Block Location Tracking
Apple And Google App For Virus Contact Will Block Location Tracking
May 05, 2020  |  Mobile Applications

In new contact tracing apps built to combat the coronavirus, Apple and Google-parent Alphabet will ban the use of location-tracking GPS software that could compromise...

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Have We Seen The Bottom Of The Student Loan Delinquency Crisis?
Have We Seen The Bottom Of The Student Loan Delinquency Crisis?
May 04, 2020  |  Consumer Finance

Long before the advent of the COVID-19 epidemic and the litany of financial and economic disruptions brought in its wake, the student loan situation in...

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Strategy Rules: How To Play For The Pandemic
Strategy Rules: How To Play For The Pandemic
May 04, 2020  |  Retail

There is no playbook for a pandemic. It’s a truth repeated over and over in the press, from analysts and executives during the last week...

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The Shift To Digital Commerce Amid The Coronavirus
The Shift To Digital Commerce Amid The Coronavirus
May 04, 2020  |  Today In Data

The coronavirus pandemic has brought about a massive shift to digital commerce. Consumers who are under stay-at-home orders are going online to manage their professional and...

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Why Consumers Aren’t In A Rush To Reopen The Economy
Why Consumers Aren’t In A Rush To Reopen The Economy
May 04, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Economists, policymakers and epidemiologists have been modeling the cost/benefit of reopening the U.S. economy since governors began asking their citizens to #stayathome in mid-March, and...

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Some COVID-19 Relief Funds Went To Healthcare Cos Under Scrutiny For Possible Fraud, Report Says
Some COVID-19 Relief Funds Went To Healthcare Cos Under Scrutiny For Possible Fraud, Report Says
May 03, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

The U.S. government’s massive payouts of financial aid to health care providers of Medicaid and other programs have inadvertently resulted in taxpayer dollars going to...

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