April 5, 2020 - PDL-10

Stock futures point to further losses

Apr 5, 2020

Stock futures opened lower Sunday evening as investors braced for another week of closely monitoring developments around the global coronavirus outbreak and policymakers’ responses to the pandemic. Over the weekend, new coronavirus cases continued to rise in major centers around the world, albeit at an at least temporarily slower pace than in recent weeks. The […]

US teachers try to ‘bring normalcy’ amid ‘very unique time in their little lives’

Apr 5, 2020

The novel coronavirus pandemic has upended every aspect of daily life, denying us the freedom to freely eat, shop, work, and learn. Teachers have always had to get creative in the classroom — keeping students engaged and meeting their social and emotional needs, while...

Coronavirus pandemic leading to ‘unprecedented’ financial pain for U.S. households, survey shows

Apr 5, 2020

Financial pain for U.S. households triggered by the coronavirus pandemics is starting to show, according to a new survey. The survey, by Freedom Debt Relief, looked at how 2,335 Americans between the ages of 18 and 74 were dealing with their finances between March 25...

Americans buying a ‘historic’ amount of computers during coronavirus lockdown

Apr 5, 2020

As states and cities across the country continue to roll out and enforce stay at home orders to contain the novel coronavirus, Americans are transitioning from the office to the home office. And with that change, workers are finding they don’t have the resources they...

‘It’s going to get worse before it gets better’

Apr 5, 2020

Women-owned ventures now make up 42% of all businesses in the U.S., generating $1.9 trillion in annual revenue, according to the most recent annual State of Women-Owned Businesses report. But many female founders still have a tough time raising the venture capital...