The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc in a way that most of us could not have imagined. Though necessary, social distancing measures and business closures to slow the spread of the virus are currently causing spikes in layoffs. President Trump declared a national emergency on March 13, and since …
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Back in 2018, roughly 40% of Americans said they would struggle to cover an unexpected $ 400 emergency bill. Jean Chatzky, an award-winning personal finance journalist and CEO and co-founder of HerMoney, says the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed how alarming that statistic really is. “If you don’t have a reserve, …
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Waze has released data revealing the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic is keeping drivers off roads around the world. The navigation app, which Google acquired for more than $ 1 billion back in 2014, is used by 130 million people globally for turn-by-turn navigation and real-time travel updates provided …
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LONDON — Just two months ago, Ireland’s leader, Leo Varadkar, was a spent force in Irish politics: a trailblazing prime minister whose failure to solve Ireland’s housing crisis frustrated voters and whose aloof style left them cold. In a three-way Parliamentary race in February, his party finished last. Last month, …
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As coronavirus continues to spread across the globe, we’re working to answer the questions on many parents’ minds. This is a fast-moving situation, so some information may be outdated. For the latest updates, read The New York Times’s live coronavirus coverage here. Johanna Moran and her husband, Terry, have created …
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BEIJING — As new cases of the coronavirus spiked on two continents, the World Health Organization warned on Monday that the world was not ready for a major outbreak, even as it praised China’s aggressive efforts to wrest the epidemic under control. After two weeks on the ground in China, …
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