Kenneth E. Coleman, a former Birmingham Baron and longtime senior executive with Southern Company, will assume the role July 20. He replaces interim president and CEO Fred McCallum, who has served since March 2019.
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"The partnerships we strengthen, the jobs we help create and the support we provide to all businesses moving forward will shape Birmingham's future as a leading metropolitan area," Coleman said. "I look forward to working closely with the public and private sector – old friends and new - to make that happen."
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"Mass Extinction Event" Warned as Wave of Business Closures Ravages Emeryville - The E'ville
As retail and restaurants begin their phase of reopening, we’re slowly assessing the economic damage caused or escalated by this pandemic. Many of the businesses forced to close when the original shelter order was placed back on March 16, will sadly, not be reopening. Whenever Emeryville completely emerges from this pandemic, is not likely to resemble the one that entered it.
Small businesses restaurants are expected to be hit the hardest with Shiba Ramen Owner Jake Freed warning of a "Mass Extinction Event" if legislation assisting payment of back rent could not be passed.
Trump to suspend entry of certain foreign workers despite business opposition
U.S. President Donald Trump will suspend the entry of certain foreign workers, a senior administration official said on Monday, a move the official said would help the economy, but which business groups strongly oppose.
Trump will block the entry of foreign workers on H-1B visas for skilled workers and L-1 visas for workers being transferred within a company through the end of the year, the official said. Trump will also block seasonal workers on H-2B visas, with an exception for workers in the food service industry.
The pandemic pushed small businesses online, but tech can't replace being open - The Washington
Everything about Uncle Bobbie's Coffee and Books was designed to be experienced in person. Flipping through the pages of its carefully chosen selection of books, milling around and talking to neighbors over an espresso, crowding in to hear speakers at free events.
"You can always get the books cheaper on Amazon, faster on Amazon," general manager Justin Moore said. "Customers are going out of their way to not only purchase books from independent bookstores themselves, but to encourage their friends and colleagues to do it as well. It's been very much a community-led initiative."
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California's Vacation Industry Is Open For Business. Proceed With Caution. - capradio.org
A week ago, Isabel Rasmussen and her husband drove over three hours from their home in South San Francisco to South Lake Tahoe. They stayed at the 7 Seas Inn nestled in the Sierra Nevada mountains for two nights.
“I was nervous about staying in a larger hotel,” Rasmussen said. She and her husband picked the 16-bedroom inn rather than a large resort because they didn’t want to come into contact with a lot of people who might spread the coronavirus.
Jim Cramer: National mask mandate critical to business travel resuming
A national mask mandate is critical for the large-scale resumption of business travel during the coronavirus pandemic, CNBC's Jim Cramer argued Monday.
"Unless everyone wears masks and there's a unified decision from Washington that everyone must wear a mask, I think ... corporate travel is just not going to come back the way people think," Cramer said on "Squawk on the Street."
Cramer said he believes businesses may be hesitant to welcome into their offices a person, or group of people, who just flew from a city where it's possible people weren't wearing a mask. "It's just too dangerous."
Former Apple executive: Black inequality is a business problem; how to start fixing it
"I believe in businesses in America solving business problems, and I really want to make the Black inequality problem a business problem," Johnson said on "Squawk Alley."
Johnson, former vice president of marketing at Apple, said companies can create change within their organization by starting with transparency around diversity. Take an honest measurement of the current situation, he said, and publish the results.
"How many Black employees do you have, on your board, on your executive team, all key decision-making verticals?" he said. "But also, think about the key functions outside of marketing and [human resources]. I know how a lot of people can feel when I say this, but we're not just marketing and HR people. What about finance, operations, engineering?"
Extension offers small-business webinar on HR and social media | University of Nevada, Reno
University of Nevada, Reno Extension is offering webinars this week to help small businesses market themselves through social media.
With small businesses reopening and needing to adjust their operations amid COVID-19 restrictions and economic challenges, University of Nevada, Reno Extension is offering three different online programs this week to help small businesses with specific challenges. The events are part of a series of town halls and webinars for small businesses, “Coping With COVID-19,” being offered each week, some in English, some in Spanish.
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