Simple ways to cope with coronavirus, flu
Simple precautions workers can take with coronavirus, flu If you are sick, stay home. If you get sick, go home and stay home. If you are not sick,…
Month: April 2020
Coronavirus and investments: Don’t worry, be happy
So the stock market tanked in historic drops in February on news of the coronavirus Covid-19. It also recovered in an historic one-day recovery. Dizzy…
Refunds confuse tax payers, survey finds
Nearly half (46%) of taxpayers don’t know a refund comes for overpaying taxes to the federal government. That is one finding of a survey of taxpayers by…
Tax time: Go for the refund, or no?
Not to be a downer, but if you get a refund come tax time, it means one thing: you had too much money withheld from your paycheck throughout the year and…
The Twinkie: A treat shaped by current events
The legendary Twinkie, once America’s most irresistible shortcake, started out as a toss-off product created to mark time until strawberry season. The…
Entrepreneurs: From MySpace to Millions at 17
In 1990, Ashley Qualls was born in suburban Detroit. After her parents divorced, she and her younger sister were raised by their mother in a one-bedroom…
The reach of disease: How an epidemic makes business sick
More than 5,000 miles away from Wuhan, China, a pretty little shopping village in Oxfordshire, England, is eerily quiet. Bicester Village is famous among…