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Four Ways To Ensure Your Company Will Survive A Market Downturn

Raising staff morale, streamlining your outgoings, stabilizing your finances and adopting an agile culture are four of the most effective ways to ensure that your company survives a downturn.

Coronavirus is making the public pension crisis even worse

For years, the country’s public pension plans have faced a yawning gap between what they owe and what they can pay.

Airlines facing what an official calls deepest crisis ever

A Reuters analysis of data from FlightAware, which tracks air traffic in real-time, reveals a series of sequential and precipitous declines in flights in four key regions as officials sought to contain the outbreak.

Millions of unemployed chase a handful of job openings

Bri Hlava lost her bartending jobs when the Silver Dollar and the Pearl of Germantown in Louisville, Kentucky, shut down in the coronavirus pandemic. She had earned $600 a week.

Buffett makes his first move in the coronavirus bear market

It's not surprising to see the Berkshire Hathaway CEO taking a longer-term view.

There's a battle brewing for your $1,200 relief check

The world’s largest payment companies are fighting for their own piece of the U.S. coronavirus stimulus: an assignment to help distribute some of the relief money that will be sent to millions of Americans in the coming weeks.

How will America pay for $2 trillion stimulus package?

Where will all that money for massive amounts of health and economic aid come from? Can America afford the added debt?

GM turns gutted, shuttered plant into face mask supplier

GM is seeking paid volunteers from its workforce to start making face masks at its once-idled Warren Transmission plant starting Monday.

These states are missing out on the mortgage refinance boom

Mortgage rates that recently hit all-time lows are still in that neighborhood, and are allowing homeowners to slash their monthly payments and interest costs by refinancing.

Purell gets tariff exclusion as Trump reverses earlier rejection

The maker of Purell hand sanitizer was granted exclusions from U.S. tariffs on components it imports from China, in a reversal by the Trump administration aimed at lifting barriers for products used to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

Trump says he’d use tariffs if needed to protect oil industry

President Donald Trump ramped up his threats to impose oil import tariffs as renewed diplomatic tension between Saudi Arabia and Russia threatens efforts to reach a new deal to cut output.

'There is a light at the end of this tunnel.' Teamwork guru shares how to thrive at work amid coronavirus crisis

The coronavirus pandemic is a reminder that all businesses need to adapt as conditions change. With teams displaced, tips from Simon Sinek can help you keep ideas flowing to transform your business.

Beyond Borders: Five Tips For Expanding Your Business Overseas

While logistically it may be easier than ever to operate in multiple markets, there are still many serious considerations to be made before embarking on such expansion.

3 Critical Sales Touch Points to Grow Your Business

Finding qualified prospects is key to growing your business.

New Details on How to Get Your PPP Loan Forgiven

At least 75 percent of your small business loan must be used for paying your employees, explained Neil Bradley, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's executive vice president, in Inc.'s latest National Small Business Town Hall.

Study: Moderate social distancing yields $8 trillion in economic benefits

Saving lives and saving the economy are complementary goals, two University of Chicago researchers conclude.

What to do when your coronavirus stockpile runs low

Make a list of the items you think you’ll need — either because you’re already out of them or you’re running low. To conserve money, focus on buying necessities and leave off the things you might like, but can do without.

The 10 US cities most vulnerable to a housing downturn

Redfin projected the fallout to be milder than after 2008, based off 13 factors including leisure and hospitality employees and debt-to-income ratio.

J&J, Moderna sign deals to produce huge quantity of vaccines

The U.S. government has cut deals with Johnson & Johnson and Moderna Inc and said it is in talks with at least two other companies to prepare them to produce massive quantities of coronavirus vaccines even before safe and effective ones become available.

For some China businesses, there's no going back to normal

As the second quarter begins in China, it's an altered landscape in the coronavirus-stricken economy with businesses that remain shut — some for good.