Click here to read the full article. As retail reopens around the U.S., pop-ups are popping up more than ever. For the past few years, these temporary retail spaces were…
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Inside historic black bookstores’ fight for survival against the COVID-19 pandemic
OAKLAND, Calif. – Inside Marcus Books, the nation’s oldest black-owned bookstore, no one lingers anymore over shelves lined with a diasporic collection of African and African American history, culture, music and…
Coronavirus Pandemic Shifts Back-to-School Spending
The coronavirus pandemic isn’t stopping parents from hitting the back-to-school sales, but it may be changing what’s on their shopping lists. Back-to-school spending for children in grades K-12 is expected…
Coronavirus puppy scams ‘seemed legit,’ ensnared dog lovers amid pandemic: Illegal Tender podcast
Everyone has had a different quarantine experience, and many people coping through the pandemic saw a golden opportunity to bring home a new puppy. But for the unsuspecting and unlucky,…
7 ways cybercrime is evolving amid the coronavirus pandemic
For many cybercriminals, the global coronavirus pandemic has been a golden opportunity for fraud. And we haven’t even seen the worst of it yet. Scammers love crises. From the criminal’s…
How Hollywood Is Continuing to Pivot Strategy Amid a Pandemic and Protests
Click here to read the full article. In September 2001, Nkechi Okoro Carroll was working at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Her offices were right down the street…
Pandemic propels old-school bond traders towards an electronic future
By Dhara Ranasinghe and Saikat Chatterjee LONDON (Reuters) – The mammoth bond market has long been the old-school bastion of the financial world, but the COVID-19 pandemic has cast a…