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Can Politicians Give The Global Sharing Economy A Boost?

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Puerto Rico is still trying to recover from 2017’s Hurricane Maria, and much of that effort involves getting more tourists to visit the island. According to CaribbeanBusiness.com , Puerto Rico Gov. The sharing economy could play a role in that and other recovery work — something the government has noticed.

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Job Losses Mount As New Unemployment Claims Hit Nearly 3M

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The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending May 2 were in Oklahoma (+41,385), Maryland (+25,318), New Jersey (+16,360), Maine (+8,452) and Puerto Rico (+4,600). In addition, 13 states reported that 79,538 people filed for pandemic unemployment. April jobs data also show that teenagers (31.9 percent), Hispanics (18.9

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More PPP Funds Would Help CDFIs Lend Money To Micro Businesses

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CDFIs — which exist in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. A new PYMNTS survey of some 700 SMBs found that they expect to run out of money 113 days on average before they think the coronavirus crisis will end. For more survey results, click here.

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Tax Season Adds Extra Fraud Weight For SMBs

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73 percent of corporates say fraud threats rose last year , according to Bottomline Technologies’ latest Treasury Fraud & Corporate Controls survey report. More than half of surveyed treasurers also said they had been hit by attempted cyber fraud in the last 12 months.

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Could This Be The Last Time We Change The Clocks?

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Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico, where daylight savings time is not observed. DST is not popular among many Americans: According to a survey by the Associated Press , only 28 percent of Americans want to continue changing the clocks, while 70 percent would prefer to stick with standard or daylight saving time. local time.

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Walmart Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: Grocery Upgrades, Entertainment Expansions

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and Puerto Rico. A Refinitiv survey indicated that adjusted earnings came in at $1.16, more than the forecast $1.09 McLay has been with Walmart since 2015 as VP of finance, SVP of supply chain and EVP of neighborhood markets, where she led the growth and overall operations of nearly 700 Neighborhood Markets across the U.S.