Did you find yourself cooped up during the pandemic-induced stay-at-home orders, blankly staring at the walls of your house, longing for more?
Maybe you wanted to travel or go out to dinner with friends. Or maybe you just wanted a fresh coat of paint on that wall.
If you found yourself in the latter camp, you had company: When the home improvement platform Houzz surveyed 1,000 homeowners who use the site in April, nearly 80% said they’re considering remodeling changes that would help them enjoy their houses more. And sales at Home Depot were up 7% in the first quarter of this year compared with the same period last year, a possible sign that consumers were already spending more on home improvement materials.
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Here are 6 smartphones across budgets made by non-Chinese companies
A survey in June found that a large number of Indians say they will boycott major Chinese brands such as Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and OnePlus.
With India taking a stand by boycotting Chinese goods and services, many smartphone users are increasingly looking to buy a new phone which are not made by a Chinese company.
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The Indian government also recently asked all the ecommerce companies operating in India to ensure the ‘country of origin’ of all products is clearly listed on their platforms.
For its COVID-19 response, Utah leaned on business consultants to steer logistics - The Salt Lake
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And Democratic state lawmakers say they worry these consultants are wielding an outsized influence over critical decisions best left to public health experts.
The state has paid the Goldratt's consultants hundreds of thousands for their guidance during the pandemic and has already contracted for an additional $200,000 in services, according to the Governor's Office of Management and Budget .
And this isn't the only consulting firm the state has hired during the coronavirus, GOMB points out; the state has also paid nearly $340,000 to Leavitt Partners, a health care intelligence firm run by former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt , who was also health and human services secretary under President George W. Bush. The agency has also sought guidance through a partnership with the University of Utah and from state health department experts, a medical panel and a data analytics panel.
What to expect in Chancellor's budget statement this week | London Business News |
The Chancellor’s budget statement on Wednesday could deliver bad news to the self-employed, according to a leading tax and advisory firm, Blick Rothenberg.
Nimesh Shah, a partner at the firm said, "The Chancellor will more than likely focus on business support measures, to stimulate activity and generate employment, but his statement could also deliver bad news for the self-employed."
He added, "The Government and the Chancellor have made no secret of their desire to increase taxes for the self-employed, and especially those that operate through limited companies. When the Chancellor announced the Self-employment Income Support Scheme ('SEISS') at the end of March, it came with a warning that the self-employed would have to pay back that support in the future.
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How Netflix Beat Hollywood to a Generation of Black Content - The New York Times
The Black documentarian Stanley Nelson says his phone has been "ringing off the hook" as America is looking again at racism and the Black experience. Justin Simien, the creator of "Dear White People," says the reactions to his pitches have grown warmer. And the director Ava DuVernay reports a flood of calls to "me and every other Black person that's ever picked up a camera."
Hollywood is scrambling, in its traditional way — late, liberal, a bit ham-handed — to catch up with this cultural moment. Some streaming services have made civil rights-themed programming free to all, while studios race to sign new projects by Black directors. And to the immense frustration of mostly white executives all over town, they also find themselves — again!
More homebuyers want budget-friendly apartments due to Covid-19: Realtors | Business Standard News
Press Trust of India | Chennai Last Updated at July 5, 2020 16:06 IST
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Work-from-home due to Covid-19-enforced lockdown norms is seeing buyers tightening their purse strings and opting for budget-friendly residences instead of luxury offerings, city realtors said.
"Earlier they were stretching their budgets for bigger apartments, but are now going in for properties within their budget," he said.
New York Municipalities Feel Budget Crunch as Coronavirus Pandemic Squeezes Funding - WSJ
Officials in Buffalo, the second-largest city in New York, were already preparing to borrow $18 million to keep them in the black after the novel coronavirus caused municipal revenues—from parking meters to sales tax—to shrivel.
But when word came from Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration that a $98.4 million state grant due on June 25 would be about $20 million short, the city raised its borrowing plans by 50%.
Coronavirus testing a stress threat for athletic budgets
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Coastal Carolina already had one of the smaller athletic budgets in the Football Bowl Subdivision, and that was before a 15% spending cut was ordered because of projected declines in state funding and student fees stemming from the coronavirus pandemic.
Facing the prospect of having to pay for testing of returning athletes and staff for the virus this summer, athletic director Matt Hogue went to work finding a way to defray costs. His 19-sport program includes about 450 athletes, and with individual tests currently costing about $100, testing could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars by the end of the 2020-21 academic year.
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