In downtown Chicago, people crawled through the partially shattered exterior window of a Nike store and ran out carrying brightly colored athletic gear and sneakers.
On Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, they ignited garbage cans and broke locks on luxury stores, sweeping up armfuls of designer handbags and jeans.
"I was outside saying, 'Please, I don't have insurance!'" said Hussein Aloshani, an immigrant from Iraq, waving his arms in frustration as he recounted the scene Friday night outside the deli his family owns.
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Microsoft Warns Of A Massive Phishing Campaign…And Other Small Business Tech News
Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them?
1 — Microsoft is warning users of a massive phishing campaign that uses malicious Excel macros to hack PCs
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The bad guys are really in full swing so far this year, with reports of phishing, malware and data breaches significantly rising. This is because so many people have been working from home and are less protected by corporate security. It's critical that you have an IT firm review your work-from-home employee's security setup and provide some advice on avoiding phishing and other traps that may compromise their devices…and your network.
'Everyone was in tears:' Madison business owners start to clean-up after protests
"Most of these businesses have a good, close relationship with a lot of the college students and community here," said Devon Burck.
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"After things sort of calmed down a lot of the businesses owners were out here and they were in tears. Everyone was in tears."
It looks to be mostly a morning event, and a few of the storms could be on the stronger side. I think by the afternoon we could actually see some…
Cleveland business owners, residents clean up after protests: See the damage - cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Barrio owner Sean Fairbairn said he fled through the kitchen door Saturday evening when 100 people with baseball bats came toward his downtown taco joint, smashing windows and climbing inside the restaurant.
Related: See 97 incredible photos of Cleveland's rally for George Floyd, as it turned from peaceful to riotous
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A window of the Cleveland Indians team shop was smashed, and another was boarded. The crowd broke into the Arcade, and smashed up windows of many businesses. A sign one storefront read: "I'm sleeping inside with a 9 mil :)."
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Minneapolis Family Hopes For Justice Despite Losing Business To George Floyd Protests : NPR
After days of protests, a family returns to their restaurant to find it burned and badly damaged. They sympathize with protesters but mourn the loss of a cherished business.
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So we've been hearing how the nation is pulsing with anger with demands for racial justice. Some of that anger has translated into literal fire. And for some small business owners, that means their establishment is a casualty of the unrest. NPR's Leila Fadel followed one Minneapolis family and sent this story.
Which business book is Bill Gates recommending to colleagues?
Iger, who took over Disney in 2005 and retired in 2020 , "does a great job explaining what it is like to be a CEO," writes Gates. He's "able to take you inside the workings of a massive media company and show how he thought about building on its strengths and shoring up its weaknesses."
Even if you don't have any interest in the business world, it's entertaining and worthwhile, he adds. "I think anyone would enjoy this book, whether they're looking for business insights or just want a good read by a humble guy who rose up the corporate ladder to successfully run one of the biggest companies in the world."
A Million-Dollar, One-Person Business Founder's Tips For Peak Productivity During The Recovery
With more states starting to reopen for business, many small business owners are shifting into recovery mode. A big part of making it through this next phase for all businesses will be stretching whatever cash they have available and making sure they have a cushion for unpredictable emergencies. In one-person businesses and micro businesses, operating at peak efficiency will be the key to doing this.
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Of course, it takes time to create quality content, so it's important for any content strategy to focus on what will move the needle for the business. "We're writing the kind of content that is going to rank on business-related terms," says Faggella.
Central Camera, iconic Loop business for 121 years, vows to rebuild as building burns during
The Loop's iconic Central Camera went up in flames during Saturday night's protests, but the third-generation owner is vowing to rebuild "and make it just as good or better."
Owner Don Flesch, whose grandfather started Central Camera, expressed no anger at the demonstrators even as he watched his shop's neon sign shrouded in smoke.
"It's what's going on, it's reality, so you deal with it. It's that simple," Flesch, 72, said during an interview with CBS 2 Saturday night.
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