Erin Slifka – Page 1373 – Joplin Business Outlook

Governments May Revisit Postwar Playbook as They Tackle Huge Debts

June 14, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off

In the U.S. and elsewhere, government debt is set to soar this year. Some people thinking about how to pay down the debt are looking at an approach used after World War II: financial repression.

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Small Businesses Tackle New PPP Puzzle: Forgiveness

June 14, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off

Companies that received government-backed loans during the pandemic are beginning to turn to a process some say is as complex as getting the money: figuring out whether they have to pay it back.

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Global Economy Faces a Steep Climb to Recover After April’s Historic Dive

June 14, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off

Economic numbers coming in from around the globe are laying bare a stark truth amid the coronavirus pandemic: April was the cruelest month.

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Auto Makers’ Reopening Complicated by Worker Absences Amid Covid Cases

June 13, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off

Auto makers are grappling with absent U.S. factory workers and Covid-19 cases at their reopened plants, complicating the companies’ efforts to recoup production lost to the pandemic.

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Grocers Embrace Food Delivery, but They Still Don’t Love It

June 13, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off

Grocers charged into delivery to meet a surge in demand sparked by the coronavirus crisis, though many haven’t figured out how to get food to customers’ homes profitably and some wonder if they ever will.

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Coronavirus, Economic Toll Threaten to Worsen Black Mortality Rates

June 13, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off

The new coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout threaten to exacerbate mortality rates for African-Americans.

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Hotels Are Reopening. Will Guests Have Any Reservations?

June 13, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off

The pandemic closed more than 5,000 U.S. hotels. To bounce back, the hospitality industry has to reinvent itself as it reopens.

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Hertz Can Tap Market Frenzy to Sell ‘Potentially Worthless’ Stock

June 12, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off

Hertz Global won a bankruptcy judge’s approval to raise up to $1 billion in new equity from a counterintuitive stock rally, a move for a company eager to capitalize on market anomalies.

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Health Care

MOCAN 2020 Conference: Building a Healthy & Productive Missouri Workforce

June 12, 2020 Erin Slifka 0

(Columbia, MO) – The Missouri Council for Activity & Nutrition (MOCAN) will be hosting their 2020 conference virtually. The event was originally scheduled for April 2020, but had to be rescheduled to July and moved […]

Starbucks, in Reversal, to Distribute ‘Black Lives Matter’ Shirts to Baristas

June 12, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off

Starbucks said it would make T-shirts bearing the “Black Lives Matter” slogan available to employees, reversing an earlier directive not to display the slogan on their person at work.

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Articles by Erin Slifka

Governments May Revisit Postwar Playbook as They Tackle Huge Debts

Small Businesses Tackle New PPP Puzzle: Forgiveness

Global Economy Faces a Steep Climb to Recover After April’s Historic Dive

Auto Makers’ Reopening Complicated by Worker Absences Amid Covid Cases

Grocers Embrace Food Delivery, but They Still Don’t Love It

Coronavirus, Economic Toll Threaten to Worsen Black Mortality Rates

Hotels Are Reopening. Will Guests Have Any Reservations?

Hertz Can Tap Market Frenzy to Sell ‘Potentially Worthless’ Stock

MOCAN 2020 Conference: Building a Healthy & Productive Missouri Workforce

Starbucks, in Reversal, to Distribute ‘Black Lives Matter’ Shirts to Baristas

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