Articles filed under Bloomberg
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America's garage hobbyists fight the pandemic with 3D printersMay 04, 2020 10:52 am - Before covid-19, most Americans likely hadn't heard of 3D printing. If they had, it probably conjured visions of tinkerers and techies in their garages obsessing over Du...
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Nintendo Switch is in high demand, and there aren't enough of themMay 05, 2020 6:48 am - I was late to the whole Animal Crossing thing, but a few days ago I, too, decamped for a virtual island utopia, where I can breathe fresh digital air, chase butterflies,...
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'Scary time' for American middle class as office jobs disappearApr 27, 2020 9:37 am - The new year arrived with a new job for Tyler Simon, who had high hopes for 2020. They didn't last long. "Once covid-19 hit, things went from bad to worse really quick,"...
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YouTubers are the teachers nowApr 27, 2020 9:36 am - Typically, this time of year is slow for the "Amoeba Sisters." The YouTube channel makes animated, intricate videos about biology for over half a million subscribers, an...
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Analysis: The virus forces Silicon Valley to reset its moral compassApr 27, 2020 1:10 pm - Before the pandemic, Yiying Lu was known for her work designing the Twitter Fail Whale and the dumpling and boba tea emojis. In the past few weeks, Lu said she was calle...
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Americans' fear of job loss surges to 45-year high, poll showsApr 27, 2020 1:10 pm - A quarter of working Americans believe it's "very likely" or "fairly likely" they will lose their job or be laid off in the next 12 months, according to a Gallup poll. T...
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Uline owner pushes to end shutdown, recall Wisconsin governorApr 23, 2020 8:15 am - An unusual email greeted employees Friday at a Wisconsin shipping-supply company. It urged them to support a petition for the recall of Gov. Tony Evers - a Democrat - sa...
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Beauty companies have captive audience of quarantined AmericansApr 22, 2020 6:31 am - Stuck inside with nowhere to go, Chloe Smith still makes sure she has her hair and nails done. The 17-year-old high school student has swapped her regular salon appointm...
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Record bankruptcies predicted in next year as unemployment soarsApr 21, 2020 8:46 am - Bankruptcies related to covid-19 shutdowns will set records in the next 12 months, according to Edward Altman, the professor emeritus at New York University's Stern Scho...
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Houseparty vies with Zoom to be homebound chatters' app of choiceApr 20, 2020 2:33 pm - Sima Sistani has been getting through the coronavirus outbreak stay-home orders the past month in many of the same ways others have: home-schooling her 7-year-old, tradi...