(Bloomberg) — Banks from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to Citigroup Inc., and HSBC Holdings Plc have hit pause on plans to return workers in London after Prime Minister Boris Johnson appealed to Britons to work from home to help tame a resurgent coronavirus. © Bloomberg A pedestrian crosses a bridge […]
Month: September 2020
HedgeTrade Introduces Steaks Finance – A Fair Launch DeFi Token with Lasting Power
SINGAPORE, Sept. 28, 2020 /CNW/ – Active crypto prediction marketplace HedgeTrade launches decentralized exchange and DeFi token for liquidity providers and yield farming earning opportunities. HedgeTrade is pleased to announce a closed-loop DeFi initiative to add new ways to earn tokens in conjunction with its leading crypto social trading platform. “Steaks […]
How COVID-19 will serve as a catalyst to reshape the insurance industry
© Provided by The Financial Express Consumer behavior has been evolving at a rapid pace in India with massive internet adoption, cheapest data services and the youngest demographic in the world. With more than two months of lockdown behind us, consumers and insurers are beginning to venture out, both in […]
Is Credit Card Relief Little Help? Check Out Debt Management | Lifestyle News
By MELISSA LAMBARENA of NerdWallet As cardholders experience financial difficulties due to COVID-19, some credit card issuers are promoting their hardship programs. Once a well-kept secret, these programs are now more prominently advertised, offering things like deferred payments and lower interest rates. But not all cardholders will qualify or receive […]
Health Insurance rules changing from October 1, 2020
© Provided by Zee News New Delhi: Beginning October 1, 2020 a lot of changes may kick in the Health insurance zone. The new rules apply to waiting period after getting health insurance, claim rejection by the companies, inclusion of many more illnesses in the health cover. However, the consumer […]
Home at last: Formerly homeless vets are moving into Brighton Marine’s new 25-unit building
“This supports the ability to really address all of the issues a person is a facing,” said Bruce Buckley, CEO of Soldier On, which runs similar facilities in Agawam, Chicopee, Northampton, and Pittsfield. “If you address most but not all of them, we’ve found, it doesn’t really provide a working […]
EU Plans to Regulate Cryptocurrencies in Digital Finance Push
(Bloomberg) — The European Union is taking a major step to regulate crypto assets in the bloc, seeking to protect its financial markets without depriving citizens and companies of the new technologies. Load Error Under the initiative unveiled on Thursday the EU’s executive arm seeks to establish clear ground rules […]
What to know about buying life insurance during the Covid-19 pandemic
Life insurance applications have been on the rise during the coronavirus pandemic. During the first half of 2020, application activity for life insurance rose 1.5% from the previous year, according to the MIB Life Index. Application activity for Americans under 44 rose about 3.4% year-to-date, while activity for ages 45 […]
Blizzard cofounder Mike Morhaime launches new gaming endeavor Dreamhaven
Mike Morhaime, the cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment, has launched a new game company called Dreamhaven, and it has established two new game studios: Moonshot and Secret Door. The Irvine, California-based company is a pretty good clue that Morhaime and his wife Amy Morhaime weren’t quite done with games when they […]
Global Finance Contract Management Market 2020 Research Study with Trends and Opportunities to 2025 – Impact of COVID-19
The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Sep 06, 2020 (CDN Newswire via Comtex) — MarketsandResearch.biz has published a new report titled, Global Finance Contract Management Market 2020 by Company, Type and Application, Forecast to 2025 where the base year considered for the study […]
Walmart says it needs to hire 20,000 holiday workers just for e-commerce
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Walmart says shoppers aren’t going to start acting radically different when the holiday shopping season begins. The world’s largest retailer expects the habits shoppers have developed during the pandemic to define the 2020 holiday shopping season, and it’s planning accordingly. Walmart is hiring 20,000 seasonal workers for its e-commerce fulfillment […]
Apollo Hospitals, Tata Motors, & Bajaj Finance in focus
© Kshitij Anand Trade Spotlight: Apollo Hospitals, Tata Motors, & Bajaj Finance in focus The Indian market posted its biggest fall in four months on September 24. The S&P BSE Sensex fell by more than 1,000 points while the Nifty50 breached 10,900 levels. The index is trading near crucial support […]
Grad transfer Auburn football’s insurance policy at quarterback
AUBURN, Alabama–It’s doubtful that there has been a college football season when having depth at quarterback has been more important than 2020. A newcomer to the Auburn roster, Grant Loy, looks to be helping the Tigers with that situation. When Auburn opens the season next Saturday with a […]
COVID-19 takes a grim toll on America’s small businesses
Brunetti’s Pizza and Deli opened in Scranton, Pa., in 1958 and was so beloved by the community that customers would volunteer to shovel its sidewalk on snowy days. Mike Brunetti, the son of the founder, and his wife Therese took over the operation. They got engaged in the shop and […]
Project Finance Startup Unety Partners With ecoAmerica to Save 16 Million Metric Tons of CO2
NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Unety, a novel platform that democratizes financing to upgrade commercial buildings, today announced the launch of a nationwide partnership with ecoAmerica, one of America’s largest environmental non-profits serving several sectors including the faith community. As the technology backbone for ecoAmerica’s Blessed Tomorrow program, […]
Health insurance startup Oscar Health is gearing up for a 2021 IPO
Oscar Health, the health insurance company cofounded by Joshua Kushner and Mario Schlosser, is prepping for a public listing in 2021, says Axios. The New York-based company initially aimed to provide coverage under the Affordable Care Act at the beginning of its launch in 2012, but has since expanded into […]
Stocks dip, dollar up as data warns of sputtering recovery
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Shares dipped and the dollar ticked up near two-month highs on Wednesday as data reaffirmed lingering concerns that new restrictions to counter coronavirus infections will hurt the economic recovery. The speed of recovery in U.S. business activity slowed down in September, with gains at factories more […]
COVID-19 Sparks Spike In Insurance Litigation Filings
Law360 (September 18, 2020, 5:44 PM EDT) — Federal district courts saw a surge in insurance litigation case filings in the first half of the year, due in large part to the explosion in suits by businesses seeking coverage for losses they have suffered amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to […]
German Cabinet approves 2021 budget with high borrowing
Germany’s Cabinet on Wednesday approved a 2021 budget that foresees significant borrowing for the second consecutive year as Europe’s biggest economy tries to lessen the fallout of the coronavirus crisis. The budget plan calls for spending of 413.4 billion euros ($485 billion) next year, down from this year’s exceptionally high […]
Hunt Companies Finance Trust Announces Quarterly Dividend Increase
NEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Hunt Companies Finance Trust, Inc. (NYSE: HCFT) (“we”, “HCFT” or “the Company”) announced the declaration of a cash dividend of $0.085 per share of common stock with respect to the third quarter of 2020, which represents a 13% increase over the second quarter of 2020 dividend of […]