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In April, Tesla announced a 30 percent salary cut for executives, a 20 percent cut for directors and a 10 percent wage reduction for all other employees. The slimmer paychecks were in place from mid-April to the end of June.

Pay cuts for millions of U.S. workers worsen the pain of pandemic

It's an involuntary sacrifice that more and more workers are being asked to make.
Navigating the entire hiring process from home presents its own obstacles.

Millennial Money: 4 expert tips on getting hired from home

Job hunting has always been a little stressful. OK, a lot stressful. A global pandemic certainly hasn't remedied that. Rather, it's changing the landscape.
Some 2020 graduates are finding jobs, even in this economy. Luck plays a role, sure, but so does a willingness to compromise.

Where the Class of 2020 is finding job opportunities

Some 2020 graduates are finding jobs, even in this economy. Luck plays a role, sure, but so does a willingness to compromise.
Even though the real world has changed, the challenges most new graduates face haven’t.

How new grads can handle 3 essential post-college questions

Even though the real world has changed, the challenges most new graduates face haven't.
Millions of Americans are still waiting for their tax refunds. The IRS is slowly resuming operations after pandemic-related lockdowns, but delayed refunds are devastating some people’s finances.
Liz Weston: Some taxpayers face a desperate wait for refunds
Millions of Americans are still waiting for their tax refunds. The IRS is slowly resuming operations after pandemic-related lockdowns, but delayed refunds are devastating some people's finances.
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc., listens during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 23, 2019.
Facebook is working to persuade advertisers to abandon their boycott. So far, they aren't impressed.
More than 750 companies, including Coca-Cola, Hershey and Unilever, have already temporarily paused their advertising on Facebook and its subsidiary Instagram. More companies have joined the movement every day, with recent additions including Walgreens, Best Buy, Ford and Adidas.
As our isolation has dragged on, with Alexa, Siri and Google’s nameless “assistant “serving as one of our few outlets for conversation, a certain animosity for these devices has grown for some, seemingly exponentially.
We've been isolated for months, and now we hate our voice assistants
"I say things to Alexa that I wouldn't say to my worst enemy, if I had one. And I don't know why. She makes me crazy ... I curse at her. I call her names. I'm very, very mean to her."
The roof of the Sonic Drive-In in Brookhaven, Miss., was damaged in April after severe weather.
Destructive thunderstorm winds and hail could soon trigger alerts to your cellphone
For years, meteorologists have expressed concern about the lack of special alerts for the most dangerous thunderstorm situations. Tornado and flash flood warnings are sent to cellphones via wireless emergency alerts but not severe thunderstorm warnings. But there's now a plan to change this.
Tim Wirtz sits along the Hollywood Beach Boardwalk during the new coronavirus pandemic, Thursday, July 2, 2020, in Hollywood, Fla. In hard-hit South Florida, beaches from Palm Beach to Key West will be shut down for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Restaurants and businesses along the Boardwalk will remain open.
Consumers are closing their wallets again as coronavirus infections soar
The evidence of sinking consumer spending paints a grim picture of an economy that looked to be rallying strongly just weeks ago now stalling out.
An Alipay digital payment app logo and smartphone sit on a desktop in Munich, Germany, on Sept. 5, 2018.
Jack Ma's new chieftain lays out plan to fend off Tencent
Ant Group Chief Executive Simon Hu is aggressively pitching digital payment and cloud offerings to the local arms of KFC Holding and Marriott International, expanding the firm's focus from banks and fund managers on its ubiquitous app.
Oklahoma State University junior and Naperville native Brittany Harriman is co-owner, with her brother Trevor Harriman, of the new shaved ice stand Sno Problems in downtown Naperville. Harriman, who can’t eat dairy, developed the business plan while she was bored during the stay-at-home order.
How downtown Naperville got a shaved ice stand during a pandemic
If there were no COVID-19 pandemic, it's also likely there would be no shaved ice trailer in downtown Naperville. Here's how the new Sno Problems stand came to be.
Pat Szpekowski
Business Ledger | Szpekowski honored for communications
Pat Szpekowski, APR, president of PR Strategies & Communications, Inc./PmS advertising, inc. in Elgin, has received recognition from the National Federation of Press Women and the Illinois Woman's Press Association, an affiliate of NFPW in their recent 2020 communications contests.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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