You’d think that a company that delivers medical samples, by drone, would thrive in today’s COVID-19 environment. But even when you’re well equipped with relevant technology, like San Francisco-based Matternet, the world has become so topsy-turvy that you might face just as many troubles as any other business. Because Matternet …
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Lisa Harris, a cashier at a Kroger grocery store in Virginia, was surprised last week when a customer offered her a $ 5 bill as a tip. Ms. Harris, a Kroger employee for 13 years, cited store policy in declining the generous offer. The woman was clearly disappointed that she …
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Author’s Blurb: We’ve all been pushed into a corner before due to circumstances out of our control, yet risen to the challenge and pulled through. The MCO has put a lot of companies to the test, and while some are buckling, they’re also seeing this as an opportunity to pivot. …
Read More »Photo by BestPhotoPlus / Shutterstock.com When you were a kid, did you roll your eyes at the lengths your parents or grandparents went to conserve, save and find new uses for old stuff? I did. But the older I get, the more I appreciate many of those nearly forgotten frugal …
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Three Singapore companies Frasers Property Retail, JustCo and PBA Group have each committed US$ 50,000 to purchase surgical masks that gaming peripheral company Razer is producing. The masks will be donated to health authorities in Singapore and other countries in Southeast Asia, to support frontline healthcare workers in the fight …
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Bottom Line: I’ve never been a studious person. I hated homework and revision, and if you flipped through my workbooks, you’d find completely empty pages in between daily homework that I left “to complete one day”. But if I could have levelled up my academic knowledge through an app back …
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Representative Devin Nunes, a California Republican, on Sunday encouraged healthy people to dine out at restaurants, contradicting public health advisories that strongly encouraged social distancing and discouraged Americans from attending mass gatherings. In an appearance on Fox News, Mr. Nunes said Americans should stop fighting over groceries and toilet paper. …
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On March 1, the day after the first coronavirus death in the United States, brothers Matt and Noah Colvin set out in a silver S.U.V. to pick up some hand sanitizer. Driving around Chattanooga, Tenn., they hit a Dollar Tree, then a Walmart, a Staples and a Home Depot. At …
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Let’s try something really quickly: close your eyes, and try to picture your face. What do you see? First you might register colors, like the tone of your skin and the shimmer of your hair and the bright (or not) marbling of your irises. Then maybe you see your most …
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