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Companies that have filed (and could file soon) for bankruptcy

Even companies that weren't in financial trouble before the coronavirus pandemic arrived may now be teetering. There are some iconic names that are fleeing to court for bankruptcy protection, from high-end department stores and gourmet grocers to tech-focused companies that didn't keep up with changing times.

Financial Leverage and How it Can Help Your Business

While not always the best option for small businesses, financial leverage can be beneficial. Learn what financial leverage is and if it’s a good option for your business.

Your 6-Step Engagement Marketing Guide

Engagement marketing humanizes your brand and helps it relate to your audience. It can shoot your online sales through the roof.

7 Email Newsletter Best Practices for Small Businesses

A good email newsletter will send a steady stream of clients to your business. Here are seven practical tips that will ensure you create an effective business newsletter.

How to Run an Email Marketing Campaign for Your Small Business

An email marketing campaign is an essential part of any small business marketing strategy. Here’s a practical guide to create one for your business.

A Guide to Digital Advertising for Small Businesses

In this guide, we’ll take a look at the key steps, strategies, and tools for digital advertising to get your brand, products, and services in front of your customers successfully.

A Small Business Guide to Setting Up Human Resources

An HR department is not a nice-to-have, it’s a must-have for most businesses. Find out how you can set up a department and create a workplace and workforce that drive success.

9 startups helping moms get back to work after having kids

Most of these startups are mom-founded, and they're all helping mothers deal with the stress and anxiety of re-entering the workforce.

Cities That Spend The Most — and Least — on Groceries

Here's where Americans shell out more to put food on the table.

How to handle a bear market

If you've got to take action, boost your savings rate or scout for mispriced securities. And check that your portfolio is in line with your goals.

How the Fed's bond buying could be driving the market rally

The Fed's massive bond market activity is indirectly inflating stock prices and likely one significant cause behind the market rally no one expected.

Why the stock market is up even with historic job losses

The most Americans in history lost their job in April, but markets are moving higher. Here's why.

How COVID-19 misinformation is still spreading online

Despite pledges from the big social media companies to remove dangerous coronavirus misinformation, from false causes to false cures, Silicon Valley and fact-checkers around the world are struggling to stem the flow of false claims about the pandemic. CNN's Donie O'Sullivan reports.

Companies and states clash over how to classify gig workers

May.08 -- App-based companies have created a unique labor market for workers. Known as the gig economy, these workers perform tasks for customers that have been assigned to them through mobile apps. The gig workers, if labeled as independent contractors, are left without minimum wage, overtime, benefits, and other job protections that traditional employees receive. That's drawn the attention of some state governments that say gig workers are being misclassified as contractors to avoid costly benefits and payroll taxes. In this video featuring Bloomberg Law’s Erin Mulvaney, we explore why the companies and state governments are at odds over how to properly classify gig workers. (Producer & Editor: RJ Jewell; Executive Producer: Josh Block) (Source: Bloomberg Law)

Why the markets and economy are diverging during the pandemic

As economic data deteriorates, the stock market is substantially off its March lows, and the Nasdaq is now flat year-to-date. Peter R. Orszag, CEO, Financial Advisory, Lazard, joins "Squawk Box" to discuss the disconnect, the reopening of America and what might never return to normal.

Looking at coronavirus' impact on unemployment

On Friday morning, the unemployment report for April will be released, and it is expected to be its highest on record since the Great Depression. Carter Evans is in Los Angeles, where some business owners are concerned reopening is too little, too late.