I couldn’t resist sharing this great deal from Crate & Kids with you guys! Toys at Crate & Kids are 20% through the end of the day today & some of my favorite toys are included in the sale. With all of the time we’ve been spending at home we …
Read More »Dispatches from a Pandemic: ‘We are now experiencing the aftershock’: As Italy’s death toll exceeds 10,000, Italians wait for the coronavirus surge to finally peak
Emanuele Cremaschi/Getty Images A mural dedicated to all Italian medical workers depicting a nurse cradling Italy and reading ‘To All Of You… Thank You!’, on a wall of Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital in Bergamo, Italy. Bergamo is the epicenter of Italy’s hardest-hit region, Lombardy. The Italian government continues to enforce …
Read More »Key Words: As coronavirus ravages his native New York, media mogul David Geffen observes a sunset from his $400 million superyacht: ‘I’m hoping everybody is staying safe’
If ever there were doubts about how the superaffluent are faring amid a pandemic for the ages, media mogul David Geffen wants to make it abundantly clear that, for his part, he’s doing just fine — and he wishes us all the best. Geffen, whose net worth is estimated at …
Read More »Stock market gets a jolt from stimulus bill
In its best three-day stretch since 1931, Wall Street roared back to life this week despite some incredibly abysmal unemployment numbers. The big news that helped rally markets was the Senate passing a $ 2 trillion stimulus bill. The bill includes a payout to American families, a $ 500 billion …
Read More »Will you get a $1,200 check from the $2 trillion stimulus bill? That depends on how much money you make
Millions of Americans are slated to receive $ 1,200 checks as part of a $ 2 trillion stimulus deal — but there’s a cutoff determining who’s eligible for the money. People making over $ 99,000 and married couples making above $ 198,000 will not be receiving the payments, according to …
Read More »How to Make a Kids Punching Bag from Recycled Materials
You can create a kids punching bag entirely from recycled items — and you’ll probably be tempted to use it yourself! (DepositPhotos) Kids with plenty of pent-up energy usually need to burn it off outside, but there are also options to get exercise indoors — for instance, you could install …
Read More »Economic Report: U.S. businesses dealt severe blow in March from coronavirus and slip toward recession
Getty Images The coronavirus is killing Americans and devastating the economy. The numbers: Business in the U.S. posted the biggest contraction in March since the end of the Great Recession owing to massive disruptions caused by the coronavirus. A “flash” reading by the forecasting firm IHS Markit showed a small …
Read More »Dispatches from a Pandemic: In the emergency room, scarcity of protective equipment ‘has been the biggest issue,’ says ER doctor
My brother-in-law, John Velasquez, is an ER doctor on the front lines of the response to COVID-19. He just finished a series of night shifts at Lawnwood Regional Medical Center in Florida and is heading north for a week working at St. Luke’s University Health Network in New Jersey. I …
Read More »A Note to You and From You
I, like most of you, have been a little shell-shocked by what is going on not only in our towns, states and country, but across the whole world. Instead of fearing the negative effects the next few weeks may bring, I am trying to stay positive and put my newfound …
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