Photo by sasirin pamai / Shutterstock.com The coronavirus pandemic is a danger to everyone. Regardless of age or health, you can become very sick — and possibly even die. However, the overwhelming percentage of fatalities attributed to COVID-19 involve older people. While adults ages 65 and older account for 16% …
Read More »One Tough Cookie: How Famous Amos Weathered The COVID-19 Pandemic Despite Falling Revenue
The very picture and taste of the iconic traditional chocolate chip cookie Famous Amos has become synonymous with the crunchy delights it peddles. In fact, when a Malaysian woman claimed to crack the secret Famous Amos recipe earlier this year, the Internet went absolutely wild. The company remains unfazed however. …
Read More »Coronavirus Update: New Developments on COVID-19
It’s been a couple months since I did a post explicitly about COVID-19, or SARS-COV2, or coronavirus, and since the pandemic is still happening and is on everyone’s mind, I’m going to do another one today. This time, I’m going to do a big picture look at where we stand …
Read More »12 Career Tips For the COVID-19 Economy
What’s inside? Here are the questions answered in today’s reader mailbag. Click on the number to jump straight down to the question. 1. How to promote a side gig2. How to handle a professional review during coronavirus3. The value of finding “any” job4. How to network in a blue-collar job5. …
Read More »Why We Still Don’t Know Enough About Covid-19 and Pregnancy
At the end of April, Denise J. Jamieson, M.D., a member of the Covid-19 task force at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and chairwoman of gynecology and obstetrics at the Emory University School of Medicine, noted in an email that it was “remarkable” how much we still do …
Read More »Home Insurance Considerations For Multigenerational Families During COVID-19
In 1940, about one-quarter of the U.S. population lived in homes with three or more generations of their family, forming what is known as a “multigenerational home.” But after World War II, the significant expansion of suburban housing developments and the concept of the “nuclear family” took hold. At that …
Read More »COVID-19: Cinemas Like Cathay, GV Can Reopen In S’pore On July 13
The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) announced today (July 3) that cinemas can soon reopen in Singapore from July 13. Cinema operators like Cathay and Golden Village (GV) will be reopening on July 13, while indie cinema operator The Projector will reopen on July 15. As part of the COVID-19 …
Read More »This M’sian Insurance Is For You If Tourists Are Cancelling Bookings Due To COVID-19
According to The Edge Markets, the travel industry could be looking at a massive loss of RM3.3 billion in room revenues from January to June 2020. With Malaysia now lifting the travel ban and allowing for interstate travels, the travel industry could see a surge in domestic travels for the …
Read More »100% Of The Donations On This Site Will Go To M’sians Who Lost Their Jobs Due To COVID-19
According to data from the Department of Statistics Malaysia, an estimation of 2.1 million workers in Malaysia have been displaced and thrust into unemployment due to the COVID-19 crisis. In light of this, an online crowd donation platform called SamaBantu, which is automated, transparent, traceable, and auditable at any time, …
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