Businesses shut down across America during the coronavirus pandemic, leading to millions of layoffs and furloughs. The US job market is attempting to emerge from its worst downturn in modern memory. But it’s not all doom and gloom on the employment front. There are still companies hiring amid the economic calamity as changing consumer habits…… MORE
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Today is National Donut Day
The first Friday in June, June 5 this year, is National Donut Day. Started by the Salvation Army in Chicago in 1938, the day honors the group’s “donut lassies,” who served treats and provided assistance to soldiers on the front lines during World War I. (And this isn’t to be confused with National Doughnut Day,…… MORE
Trump declares victory as US unemployment drops to 13.3%
President Donald Trump took a victory lap on news of a 13.3% US unemployment rate Friday, announcing in a tweet he would be holding a surprise news conference at 10:00 a.m. While the numbers still reflect enormous levels of American unemployment, the jobless rate improved from the dramatic 14.7% in April, which was the worst…… MORE
Bruce Lee gets a fitting tribute, as ‘Be Water’ looks at Asians and Hollywood
Bruce Lee isn’t an obvious fit for ESPN, beyond the fact lots of people enjoyed his action movies. Yet “Be Water” proves an excellent addition to the network’s lineup of documentaries to fill the sports void, examining the martial-arts star’s legacy and the circuitous, discrimination-marred path he followed to his too-short stardom. Like a handful…… MORE
Elisabeth Moss again outshines the movie as a troubled writer in ‘Shirley’
Elisabeth Moss has a knack for being interesting even in so-so movies and continues to pick varied and challenging roles. Enter “Shirley,” a strange, gothic look at “The Haunting of Hill House” author Shirley Jackson, which owes an overt debt to the mismatched couples — young and wide eyed meets older and squabbling — in…… MORE
Over 1,000 health professionals sign a letter saying, Don’t shut down protests using coronavirus concerns as an excuse
A group of health and medical colleagues has penned an open letter to express their concern that protests around the United States could be shut down under the guise of coronavirus health concerns. The letter — which went on to draw more than 1,200 signatures — focuses on techniques to reduce harm to people protesting…… MORE
2 officers suspended after video shows 75-year-old man being pushed during protest
Two police officers in Buffalo, New York, were suspended without pay Thursday after video showed them pushing a 75-year-old man, causing him to fall back and hit his head on the sidewalk, Buffalo Police Department spokesman Mike DeGeorge told CNN. The man is hospitalized in serious but stable condition, DeGeorge said Friday. FOLLOW LIVE PROTEST…… MORE
A whistleblower just took home $50 million — the biggest award the SEC has ever paid
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has paid out its largest-ever whistleblower award — nearly $50 million. The whistleblower tipped off the agency to a currency manipulation scheme at a massive bank, resulting in a “successful enforcement action,” the SEC said Thursday. The Wall Street Journal, which conducted an investigation about the scheme, reported the…… MORE
BBC promotes marketing exec to top job as it braces for uncertain future
The BBC has appointed Tim Davie as its next director general, choosing a commercial executive rather than a journalist to lead the British public service broadcaster into an uncertain future. Davie, who will take over the top job in September, joined the BBC in 2005 after senior marketing positions at Pepsi and Procter & Gamble.…… MORE
Business jet maker Bombardier cuts 2,500 jobs
Demand for business jets has dried up during the Covid-19 pandemic. A precipitous drop in orders prompted aircraft maker Bombardier to announce it is cutting 2,500 jobs, mostly in Canada, its home base. Business jet deliveries are expected to fall 30% this quarter, Bombardier said Friday. “Bombardier must adjust its operations and workforce to ensure…… MORE
