The Alexandria Economic Development Partnership (AEDP) announced a full list of recipients for the program’s ALX B2B program — grant funding aimed at helping local businesses hold out through a sluggish recovery — and is moving forward on another phase of the program.
With the first batch of the funding being distributed to Alexandria businesses, AEDP said the process is starting for figuring out how to divvy up the next batch of state funding between the city’s needs.
Quite a lot has been going on:
GOP Argues Business Liability Protections Must Be Added To The Next Relief Package : NPR
Congress is debating the next relief package, and a sticking point in negotiations is liability reform. Republicans argue that businesses should be protected from pandemic-related lawsuits.
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Congress is debating the next coronavirus relief package, and one sticking point is liability reform. Republicans argue that for the economy to work, businesses should be shielded from COVID-19-related lawsuits. Democrats aren't having it. Planet Money's Greg Rosalsky reports.
Report: Walmart could announce corporate layoffs, plans 'changes' to business |
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — According to Arkansas Business, Walmart Inc. of Bentonville said Thursday that it is continuing to make changes to its U.S. operations, which may include workforce adjustments at its corporate headquarters.
Responding to Arkansas Business' inquiry into a tip that the retailer might announce layoffs at its Bentonville offices, spokesperson Jami Lamontagne said the company is making "some additional changes this week" as it continues its "journey to create an omni-channel organization within our Walmart U.S. business."
My womb is my business | Science
That interview was in Japan, where his question—I've since learned—isn't unusual. But I'm not from Japan. I grew up in Taiwan, and it was unusual for me.
I wished I told him I thought his line of questioning was inappropriate. I worried he'd ask the same question to other interviewees in the future and make them feel just as uncomfortable. It was also demoralizing to be judged based on the odds that I would have children. "Shouldn't my academic accomplishments be the only thing that matters?" I fumed.
Not to change the topic here:
Lyft expands its rental business with Sixt partnership – TechCrunch
Lyft Rentals initially gave folks in Los Angeles and San Francisco the ability to rent vehicles through its app, which might be traditionally used to hail a ride or grab a shared scooter. The pilot was successful enough to warrant an expansion, but with one notable change. Lyft owns and operates the rental fleet in Los Angeles and San Francisco. The new partnership will shift that responsibility to Sixt, a global rental car company with more than 70 locations in the United States.
The car rental option via the Sixt partnership will initially expand to Las Vegas, Miami and Seattle. Lyft said it plans to expand to all cities within the Sixt rental network in the U.S. in the coming months.
COVID-19 and a Rise in Business Divorces | The Recorder
"Notwithstanding this dispute, Gilead will continue to work with federal agencies, including HHS and the CDC," Gilead, represented by a team from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, including former U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen Jr., said in announcing the new lawsuit.
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We talk a lot about when things might "return to normal." In the context of law practice, it may be worth asking whether they should.
A report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services may result in the listing of PFOA under California's Proposition 65 as a carcinogen. Here's what that could mean for the explosion of litigation related to the chemical substance throughout the country.
Taylor Swift is rebranding her album merch after a Black-owned business accused her team of
Small Business Owners In NYC Plead With Officials For Help To Stay Afloat – CBS New York
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – New York City has entered Phase 4 , but Manhattan is still a ghost town.
Small business owners are threatened with extinction, pleading with Gov. Andrew Cuomo to do something, find a solution.
As CBS2’s political reporter Marcia Kramer reports, the owner of Lili’s Bake Shop on Seventh Avenue in Midtown is so desperate to make ends meet he came up with a new product – chocolate covered cheesecake on a stick – hoping it will bring people into his business and save him from going under.
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