Lovelyday12/Dreamstime Text size While the financial damage done by the pandemic is leading many Americans to rein in their retirement expectations or delay retirement, the number of companies cutting or suspending 401(k) matches remains below the level seen during the 2008 financial crisis, according to a pair of recent surveys. […]
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How EVE Online Is Changing Players’ Lives for the Better
“It helps people develop leadership and social skills,” Fair says. “Whether you’re leadership for a thousand-person alliance, or the CEO of a corporation of twenty people, or just a member of one of those corporations, it allows you to choose what you want to focus on and get good at, […]
How COVID-19 Is Changing Life Insurance For the Better
There aren’t a lot of ways the COVID-19 pandemic has made our lives more convenient. One small one: The way we shop for life insurance. © Arad Golan Coll for Money Life-insurance-Myths-Pandemic Faced with increasing demand, insurance companies have labored to make buying life insurance quicker and easier. Many of […]
Business owners in the East Village changing how they operate to keep doors open
Some shops have added curbside pick-ups, launched websites or are now offering to drop off items. DES MOINES, Iowa — It has been a challenging year for business owners. COVID-19 brought on shutdowns and then reopening phases. Now, owners are looking for ways to survive. Three shop owners in the […]
How Haircrush Is Changing the Black Hair Narrative
This year has proven to be a flashpoint when it comes to the discussion of Black hair in the UK. Academic and author Emma Dabri started a petition to amend the UK Equality act to include Afro hair, in order to halt discrimination against children in schools on the grounds […]
Here’s how stores are changing Black Friday for the pandemic
Black Friday is officially Black November. Also parts of October. And December, too. The shopping spectacular is getting a pandemic-induced makeover, with many major retailers starting their sales earlier than ever and ending them later. Companies are hoping to avoid the crush of customers that crowd stores on the Friday […]
How stores are changing Black Friday for the pandemic
The shopping spectacular is getting a pandemic-induced makeover, with many major retailers starting their sales earlier than ever and ending them later. Companies are hoping to avoid the crush of customers that crowd stores on the Friday after Thanksgiving by giving them more buying, pickup and delivery options. This year, […]
The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Dramatically Changing the Way We Buy Cars
It took three phone calls to realize how little car shopping has changed in the COVID economy. In early August, I resigned myself to buying a new minivan; I knew precisely the one I wanted and found several online that were nearby and listed at fair prices. Yet, I could not manage […]
U.S. consumer watchdog proposes changing rules on accessing borrower financial data
TipRanks 2 “Strong Buy” Dividend Stocks Yielding at Least 9% Markets have shown two themes in recent weeks, a combination of uncertainty and an upward trend. Day to day, it’s impossible to predict just what will happen, but the larger scale movement has been upwards. Looking ahead, all we know […]
Obamacare Open Enrollment Starts Nov 1. Here’s What’s Changing This Year : Shots
Open enrollment is about to start for those buying private insurance off state or federal exchanges. PhotoAlto/Frederic Cirou/Getty Images/PhotoAlto hide caption toggle caption PhotoAlto/Frederic Cirou/Getty Images/PhotoAlto Open enrollment is about to start for those buying private insurance off state or federal exchanges. PhotoAlto/Frederic Cirou/Getty Images/PhotoAlto Facing a pandemic, record unemployment […]
Carvana, Vroom, Shift Changing the Way Americans Buy Cars During Covid Pandemic
Illustration: Max Litvinov Illustration: Max Litvinov Even before the pandemic, Laura Ratliff hated car shopping. She was hunting for a well-worn, yet dependable, Toyota SUV, but the options didn’t much impress her. When she got to a certain point with a model or two, they failed inspections with her mechanic. […]
Here’s one big way the pandemic is changing holiday shopping
Retailers have been chided over the last decade for playing a divisive hand in allowing the holiday season to inch further and further away from Christmas by opening stores on Thanksgiving. But this year, a growing number of retailers are announcing they will not open their doors on Thanksgiving, which […]
Cryptic Studios interview: Surviving Atari, working with Wizards, and a changing business model
Cryptic Studios is entering its third decade in the massively multiplayer online game market, where it started (like everyone else) in paid subscriptions before moving on to the free-to-play model. In that time, CEO Stephen D’Angelo has seen the company grow from working on one game (City of Heroes) to […]
Car Buying is Changing and All It Took Was a Pandemic: The Enlightenment
Photo credit: Illustration by Marcos Chin – Car and Driver From Car and Driver For ages, car dealers have stacked the deck against buyers. They’ve squelched competition with state laws that their lobbyists helped craft. They’ve fought attempts to share financial information with buyers, making negotiating unpleasant and difficult. Many […]
Schools rarely teach climate change outside of science class. Teachers are changing that.
Schools rarely teach climate change outside of science class. Teachers are changing that. There’s a pretty good chance you remember all of those early, iconic lessons learned in school, from the fetching utility of Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally to the way your mind was quietly blown with the […]
How the coronavirus is changing the influencer business, according to marketers and top creators on Instagram and YouTube
These 3D Technologies Are Changing the Way Shoes Are Made
3D technology is not the future for footwear design — it’s already here, changing the way brands design and market their product. When it comes to footwear production, 3D technology has been introduced at multiple stages. Significant attention has been given to 3D printing for its tangible results, but 3D […]
How COVID-19 Is Changing the Way Families Save for College Costs
<strong>Ryan Ermey</strong>: With the fall semester fast approaching, the COVID-19 pandemic has cast a shadow of uncertainty over higher education. Kevin Walker of CollegeFinance.com joins us for a discussion of how the landscape has changed for colleges, students, and parents alike in our main segment. On today’s show, Sandy and […]
Here’s how the pandemic is changing summer wedding plans
Couples that were planning to marry in 2020 have had to contend with a unique type of wedding planning stress. The coronavirus has derailed plans and forced couples to reimagine their big celebrations. But engaged couples and newlyweds have shown that COVID-19 is no match for love and they are […]
Black, female entrepreneurs are changing Silicon Valley
SAN FRANCISCO – In the early days of Zume Pizza, visitors to Julia Collins’ robotic food prep company in Silicon Valley would greet her at the door and say, “Can you grab me a water? I’m here to meet with the founder.” When pitching her business to investment partners at venture capital firms, […]